Stranahan, Nevada N. (Nevada Northrup), 1861-1928

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Stranahan, Nevada N. (Nevada Northrup), 1861-1928

President Roosevelt wishes Nevada N. Stranahan a merry Christmas and is glad to hear his health is improving. Roosevelt leans on him both personally and as a public official in his position as collector of customs at the Port of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-17

Surveyor of Customs Clarkson sends Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of the Port of New York, a report of recent violations of the navigation laws in the Port of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-28

Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor Smith informs Nevada N. Stranahan, customs collector for the Port of New York, of the delay in the ruling regarding life preservers and children under six years. He details the ruling’s reasons, which ultimately concludes that life preservers should be required for each child regardless of paid fare or age.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-21

Letter noted as not sent. President Roosevelt believes that it would be best to hold up the appointment of Shipping Commissioner until after the Legislature adjourns. If Senator Thomas Collier Platt is convinced that Harry A. Hanbury should be appointed, Roosevelt will leave word with Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-28

Theodore Roosevelt long relied on Nevada N. Stranahan and notes his “faithful, efficient, and disinterested service.” Roosevelt permits Stranahan to use and share the letter as desired. He is sorry to hear of Elsie Merriman Stranahan’s poor health.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-07

President Roosevelt accepts Nevada N. Stranahan’s resignation from Collector of the Port of New York. He commends him for his excellent service to both New York and the United States during his tenure. Roosevelt expresses his profound regrets that Stranahan is leaving his current position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-03

President Roosevelt wishes Nevada N. Stranahan, Collector of Customs in New York, luck. Roosevelt hopes that all his tasks were as easy as renominating him, and that all his public servants were half as efficient as Stranahan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-14

President Roosevelt shares with Nevada N. Stranahan, Collector of Customs in New York, that he feels Governor Frank Wayland Higgins is correct about suggesting John T. Mott as chairman of the New York Republican State Committee. He would have accepted several other candidates, but there would be too much opposition. Roosevelt will gladly back Mott and considers him ideal for the situation. He wants Higgins to take care of the matter immediately and asks Stranahan to contact William L. Ward and George W. Dunn. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-15

President Roosevelt tells New York Collector of Customs Stranahan that in light of the testimony of James H. Hyde, it is clear that Governor Benjamin B. Odell has, directly or indirectly, used his office for personal gain and thus should not continue to be leader of the Republican party in the state. Roosevelt does not wish to make any public statement, as he “was elected President and not boss,” but he says that Stranahan can show this letter to New York Republicans Hamilton Fish and Frank Wayland Higgins.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-17

President Roosevelt asks Nevada N. Stranahan what he knows about William D. Murphy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-27

President Roosevelt asks Collector of Customs in New York City Stranahan for his advice about Deputy Commissioner of Ellis Island Joe Murray. Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island William Williams and Murray are having difficulties getting along, and Roosevelt wonders if there is another position that would pay at least $3,000 where he could put Murray by March 4.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-24

President Roosevelt hopes that Collector Stranahan’s prediction is correct and urges him to “see to it that there is no letting up in the work.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-12

President Roosevelt is pleased by what Nevada N. Stranahan, Collector of the Port of New York, tells him. While he has been pessimistic about New York, he now believes they will carry it. Roosevelt has instructed Secretary of the Treasury Shaw to write to Stranahan about the man Senator Platt recommended for the position on the Board of Appraisers. Roosevelt thinks Governor Odell will approve of the man, but thinks it more important that he be someone the merchants and lawyers are satisfied with.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-13

President Roosevelt provides a letter of introduction for William D. Murphy to Nevada N. Stranahan. Roosevelt says Murphy is a long-time friend of his and a “first class fellow.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-04

President Roosevelt has received Nevada N. Stranahan’s letter and appreciates his action.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-27

President Roosevelt would like Nevada N. Stranahan’s help finding a position for Mike Donovan, son of the boxer Mike Donovan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-03

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-27

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Stranahan, Nevada N. (Nevada Northrup), 1861-1928

William Loeb encloses letters for Senator Lodge and George Turner to be delivered upon the arrival of the S.S. Cedric.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-23

Stranahan is welcome to tell Dunn what occurred but President Roosevelt believes that Dunn knew he would be meeting with the officers of the Attorney General’s department.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-29