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Admiral Taylor defends the current naval strategy in the Pacific and West Indies, specifically Puerto Rico and the Philippines. He is responding to remarks made by Admiral Clark regarding a potential war with Germany and the need to abandon posts in the Pacific. Taylor also discusses the implementation of the “Coast Squadron.”
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1903-02-09
James Sullivan Clarkson reports that Mr. Rosenfeld has ended his connection with the office and will no longer be allowed to collect money from officials. The Civil Service Commissioners declared the case closed.
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1903-02-10
Von Krunhaar’s mother has passed away and he will be returning to Europe.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-29
Barbara MacGahan would like to meet with President Roosevelt and wants the recipient to give the president the enclosed letter. Although she is a journalist, her interest in this meeting is purely personal.
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1903-02-01
Herbert H. D. Peirce has been called away by the death of his brother-in-law but before he leaves he submits the brief for the case against Mahlon Van Horne, consul at St. Thomas.
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1903-02-02
Mahlon Van Horne is charged with failure to respond to requests for postage stamps and generally performing poorly as Consul at Saint Thomas.
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1903-02-02
David Banks Sickels encourages members of Congress to pass the legislation that would create a Department of Commerce.
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1903-01-19
David Banks Sickels encloses a letter he sent to 23 members of Congress.
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1903-01-19
Senator Stephen B. Elkins suggests that former Senator William Lindsay be selected to assist Minister Herbert Wolcott Bowen with the Venezuelan negotiations.
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1903-01-20
Apolinario Mabini has freedom to travel anywhere except the Philippines until he swears an oath of allegiance.
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1903-01-23
It is recommended that Captain Treat and Captain Kelly be relieved from duty at the military academy.
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1903-01-11
President Roosevelt returns three papers to the Treasury Department to be treated as private.
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1903-01-12
Senator Alger asks that President Roosevelt’s attention be called to his recommendation of T. J. O’Brien.
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1903-01-17
Senator Beveridge would like to consult with some of his Indiana friends before advising President Roosevelt on Ambassador Horace Porter and the Fourth of July speech.
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1903-01-17
The managers of the anthracite coal fields claim the strike led by the United Mine Workers of America is violent in nature and refuse to enter into arbitration with the union. The managers are willing to follow the decisions of a Presidential commission should one be appointed but insist that the miners return to work during the commission’s investigation. The owners argue that they have small profits and that the non-union miners have the right to work in spite of opposition by the union. The owners claim they want to start back before winter and they recommend the type of men on the commission. Two copies.
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1902-11-01
Baer, George F. (George Frederick), 1842-1914; Fowler, Thomas Powell, 1851-1915; Olyphant, Robert M. (Robert Morrison), 1824-1918; Thomas, E. B. (Eben Briggs), 1839-1919; Truesdale, William H. (William Haynes), 1851-1935; Walter, Alfred, 1851-1907
President Lima requests that his appreciation be forwarded to President Roosevelt for his part in negotiating an agreement to end the Anglo-German blockade.
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1903-01-01
Lima, S. de Magalhães (Sebastião de Magalhães), 1850-1928
The annual stockholders meeting of the Broadway Improvement Company will be held at the office of the company on Wednesday, January 14.
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1903-01-03
William Nixon requests information on Edward Garstin Smith who is reportedly gathering subscribers for The National Weekly, an anti-Roosevelt publication. A handwritten note on the letter says, “No such person around here at present.”
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1903-01-08
Undelivered telegram requesting an address.
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1902-12-07
Reverend W. S. Rainsford sends Christmas greetings and wishes his correspondent a return of the blessings he has brought to others.
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1902-12-25