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President Roosevelt tells Albert Shaw, regarding his appointment of James Rudolph Garfield as Secretary of the Interior, that there is a vital need for change in the department. Roosevelt asks Shaw to visit him so he can inform him more fully, before the Review of Reviews comments on the appointment.
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1907-02-21
President Roosevelt believes that with Frederick K. Lane appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission from California, it would not be possible to appoint another person from “the Inter-mountain States.” He appreciates what Albert Shaw said about the work of the latest session of Congress, and comments that he himself is pleased about the amount of legislation, as it is somewhat uncommon for so much to have been passed in a President’s second term.
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1906-07-09
President Roosevelt tells Albert Shaw that his message has already been distributed to the press and contains the recommendation to admit Arizona and New Mexico as one state. He also asks who in Massachusetts is “grumpy” about his communications with Henry Melville Whitney about reciprocity.
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1905-11-25
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1905-07-03
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Robert Bridges of Scribners informed President Roosevelt that he spoke with Charles D. Lanier of the Review of Reviews about Roosevelt writing an article about his upcoming hunting trip. Roosevelt reiterates for Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews, that he does not want anything about his hunting trip published. The article in question is supposed to be only about Roosevelt’s life at Oyster Bay.
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1905-03-22
President Roosevelt likes Albert Shaw’s proposal for an article in The Country Calendar, and encourages him to write the article himself from Alexander Lambert’s notes. Shaw can use any of Philip Battell Stewart’s photos not needed by Scribner’s. Roosevelt asks that the article be confined to his “country life” at Oyster Bay, as he is writing an article about the hunt in question for Scribner’s himself.
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1905-03-18
President Roosevelt would be glad to see P. M. Mattheeff, and wishes that Albert Shaw could come to lunch as well. Roosevelt was interested to read Alvah Eastman’s statement about state elections in Minnesota, which he returns.
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1904-11-30
President Roosevelt was delighted to receive the congratulations from Albert Shaw, and hopes that he can visit soon.
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1904-11-09
President Roosevelt has seen a copy of Albert Shaw’s letter to William F. Saunders, and feels that it is what was needed. He sends Shaw a copies of a letter and a telegram that he has sent to Thomas J. Akins.
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1904-10-31
President Roosevelt asks Albert Shaw to send him a copy of the letter he sent to Missouri, which has possibly been misconstrued by Collier’s as saying Roosevelt believed Cyrus Packard Walbridge to be a better man than Joseph Wingate Folk.
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1904-10-25
After receiving letters from Albert Shaw and his secretary, President Roosevelt believes the misunderstanding about his statements regarding Missouri gubernatorial candidates Joseph Wingate Folk and Cyrus Packard Walbridge was due to a “mere matter of terminology.” Ultimately, Roosevelt is tired of answering “all kinds of people on all kinds of subjects about which they really have no right to information.”
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1904-10-27
President Roosevelt asks Albert Shaw to withdraw a previous letter he wrote, in which Shaw attributed to Roosevelt a comment comparing the candidates for governor of Missouri. Roosevelt wishes to make clear that he could not have made such a comment, as he knows neither candidate, and would of course support the Republican ticket in Missouri. He hopes that Shaw may be able to come visit early in the next week.
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1904-10-29
President Roosevelt sends Albert Shaw a copy of his response to Robert J. Collier, regarding the letter supposedly written by Shaw about the candidates for the Missouri governorship. Roosevelt tells Shaw that even though he never saw a copy of that letter, he knows Shaw did not say Roosevelt “thought Walbridge a better man than Folk.” Roosevelt will ask Collier not to print or allude to the letter, as it would be “idiotic to do so.”
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1904-10-22
President Roosevelt thanks Albert Shaw for the set of books.
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1904-06-03
President Roosevelt states that he agrees with Albert Shaw’s views, but cannot take any hand in the matter. Roosevelt also expresses relief at the Illinois outcome.
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1904-06-04
President Roosevelt admires Albert Shaw’s editorials and believes they will help combat the “Wall Street-Hanna movement.” Roosevelt is confident he can secure the presidential nomination even if opposed by Senator Hanna and “all the money of Wall Street.”
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1904-01-30
President Roosevelt does not want to discuss the matter in writing but invites Albert Shaw to see him in person.
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1904-01-15
William Loeb informs Albert Shaw that a duplicate set of President Roosevelt’s speeches and papers is being created, but it might not reach Shaw tomorrow.
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1903-12-17
President Roosevelt had a friendly meeting with George Putnam, who reminded Roosevelt of his request to print presidential speeches. Roosevelt had previously turned Putnam down claiming he did not want the speeches published. However, Putnam might need to be brought into the arrangement since it would be awkward if Collier’s starting printing the speeches.
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1903-12-07
President Roosevelt sends an enclosure for Albert Shaw and asks if the arrangement is made or if it can still be changed.
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1903-11-28