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Ambassador Porter requests a signed photograph of President Roosevelt to display at the embassy in Paris. He concludes by expressing happiness at Ted Roosevelt’s recovery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-04
The Boer delegates; Montague White, A. D. W. Wolmarans, and Cornelius Hermanus Wessels; would like to meet with President Roosevelt and deliver a letter from Paul Kruger, the former President of the South African Republic. In a handwritten note, President Roosevelt agrees to the meeting and asks if it will be informal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-05
Bradley T. Johnson asks President Roosevelt to have the Secretary of State request a $100,000 appropriation to edit the records of the State Department. Johnson says, “I am a very unhappy old man & I want employment to occupy my time & thoughts.” Johnson looks forward to seeing Mrs. Roosevelt and the children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-05
Herschel V. Jones suggests that President Roosevelt consider publishing his works as limited editions. He recommends Houghton, Mifflin & Company and Little, Brown & Company as publishers. Jones concludes with a request for a signed first edition of Roosevelt’s newly published book, The Deer Family.
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1902-03-05
By unanimous vote, the American Cattle Growers’ Association has elected President Roosevelt as its sole honorary member.
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1902-03-05
George Haven Putnam sends President Roosevelt a revised set of his works with new covers and editorial changes. He encloses a copy of Life of General Putnam for Roosevelt’s library and a clipping from Finley Peter Dunne’s comic, Mr. Dooley, concerning Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-05
The New York Journal has just printed “a sensational account” describing the preparation of an elaborate copy of one of President Roosevelt’s books. G. P. Putnam’s Sons has written to the New York Journal and informed them that the account is entirely false.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-05
Jacob A. Riis requests that President Roosevelt look into a complaint from John Palmer Gavit regarding an unpopular postmaster. Riis’ letter is written on the back of Gavit’s letter to Riis.
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1902-03-10
Secretary of War Root believes that the military and civil affairs of the Philippines have been “able and successful.” American sovereignty is being accepted and many former Filipino rebels have accepted positions in the civil government. Root sees no benefit to bringing Cuban or Puerto Rican delegations to the Philippines or bringing a delegation of Filipinos to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-05
Charles Scribner encloses a new edition of President Roosevelt’s The Rough Riders.
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1902-03-03
William Townes extends an invitation for a recovering Ted Roosevelt to stay with him. The climate will be better and Ted will be built up on a “simple diet of hog hominy.”
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1902-03-05
President Jordan of Stanford University encloses excerpts from two letters written by Carl S. Smith regarding Hawaiian affairs. He advises President Roosevelt that it would be a mistake to reverse Governor Dole’s policies or do anything which might humiliate him.
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1902-03-06
John C. Shaffer reports to President Roosevelt that he has met with Graeme Stewart and that there will be no coalition with the junior senator from Chicago, William E. Mason. Albert J. Hopkins will receive all possible support for the Senate seat.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-09
William Sturgis Bigelow has found a new scale that goes “far to make life worth living.” Henry Cabot Lodge told Bigelow that President Roosevelt enjoys “violent exercise, with danger” and Bigelow recommends fishing for New England flounder off Tuckernuck Island.
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1902-03-07
Rear Admiral Clark returns his corrected statement regarding the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Clark mentions Ted Roosevelt’s improved condition.
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1902-02-09
James Brown Potter encloses an article from the Mexican Herald in which Potter is interviewed regarding the Sampson-Schley controversy. While visiting New Orleans, Potter was surprised how partisan Southerners were concerning Admiral Schley.
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1902-02-09
Lyman Abbott reviews his interview with Archbishop Ireland concerning the friar and land controversy in the Philippines. Ireland hopes to use money from the land sales for religious and educational work in the Philippines. He would like the friars retained in the Philippines under the authority of the American Catholic Church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-10
The Department of the Interior is considering changes to the personnel of the Oregon forest reserves due to the Forest Superintendent’s policy of disbanding the forest force from November until June. Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock cites multiple illegal activities on the part of forest rangers and incompetency on the part of supervisors. The personnel change is opposed by Governor Theodore Thurston Geer who has been encouraging Oregon’s Congressional delegation to join in his appeal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-10
William Allen White has received letters requesting that he return to Emporia, Kansas, to address a political issue, but he has been ordered by his doctors to “California and the Catalines.” He believes that the Emporia matter can be resolved if Representative Miller agrees to only make a recommendation for Mr. Wiggam and Mr. Ewing receives a reappointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-10
Senator Hanna is unsure of the Danish Treaty’s status in the Senate and reports that President Roosevelt’s Cuban policy is gaining strength. He was alarmed to hear that Ted’s symptoms are less favorable. Roosevelt’s friends will be on guard in Washington, D.C., while the President is with Ted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-11