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President Roosevelt tells George Rumsey Sheldon that he awaits the advance of “the old guard” with pleasure and expects them all at lunch at the White House on inauguration day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-11
President Roosevelt informs George Rumsey Sheldon he has heard highly of both Marcus M. Marks and William R. Willcox for the New York Postmastership, but men whose judgment he trusts like Henry W. Taft and Herbert Parsons favor Marks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-01
President Roosevelt thanks George Rumsey Sheldon for the letter, and says that he appreciates everything Sheldon has done during the recent political campaign.
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1904-11-07
President Roosevelt thanks George Rumsey Sheldon for his letter and hopes he can come for lunch some time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-18
President Roosevelt invites George Rumsey Sheldon to have lunch with him when he is in Washington, D.C., to discuss a few things.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-13
President Roosevelt has started the investigation of Mr. Plimley.
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1903-03-17
President Roosevelt is disappointed that Mr. Bacon is not interested but thanks George Rumsey Sheldon for his work in the matter.
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1903-03-07
Henry C. Payne gave George Rumsey Sheldon’s letter to President Roosevelt and Roosevelt appreciates Sheldon’s reasons.
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1902-05-24
Frank B. Kellogg, a member of the Republican National Committee, writes to Republican National Committee Treasurer George Rumsey Sheldon protesting the acceptance of money from the trusts and those who run them. In particular he lists the Standard Oil Company, the Union and Southern Pacific railroads, and the Powder Trust, and names the men he knows who are associated with them. He states that it would be wrong for the Republican Party to take money from any trust when these same trusts are violating the law.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-21
William Nelson Cromwell feels it is the duty of “all men of means” to contribute to the campaign fund to elect William H. Taft, especially considering the National Republican Committee’s policy to not accept contributions from corporations. Cromwell therefore sends George Rumsey Sheldon a check for $50,000.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-29