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“Translation of Article 23 of the Treaty signed July 31, 1896, by representatives of Bolivia and Brasil, but not ratified by the Brasilian Congress, and now withdrawn because Bolivia has made the Aramayo Contract.” Article 24 of the same treaty is translated on page 2.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-14
Rhinegold Champagne was not used at the christening of the Meteor, Kaiser Wilhelm’s yacht; President Roosevelt wants to make sure it is used from now on when the next battleships are christened, “if proper.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-15
The German Emperor’s message and the President’s reply are not to be made available to the press until the President so directs. In a second hand, a note asks, “In view of the publication of the correspondence…Shall Secy. of State send over a special message?”
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1902-05-15
Paul Dana, by way of Mr. Barry, wants President Roosevelt to know that he will be over next week and part of the week after.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-16
There is some confusion over the offer of a statue of Frederick the Great from Kaiser Wilhelm II and President Roosevelt’s response to the offer.
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1902-05-16
On behalf of the British Embassy, Arthur Stewart Raikes, the First Secretary of the Embassy, expresses appreciation for President Roosevelt’s condolences to the late Ambassador’s family.
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1902-05-24
Dean Greene of the University of Michigan’s Engineering School recommends George Y. Wisner for appointment to the international commission on lake levels, pointing out Wisner’s experience in hydraulic engineering and lake levels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-30
“Paper from General Alger concerning General Miles’ record was returned to Mr Victor L Mason this morning.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-01
Mary E. Flynn will be pleased to accept a clerical position. She plans to visit Washington shortly. She is finishing her work and will be able to leave, as her sister is improving.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-05
Quoting a remark made by President Benjamin Harrison’s Private Secretary Elijah Walker Halford to General T. J. Morgan, “We don’t know what to do with General Miles.”
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1902-04-25
Arkansas Governor Jeff Davis believes Sam Seelig should be pardoned. Seelig had been convicted of stealing $25 from the Post Office in Missouri. Davis believes that Seelig did not steal quite so large an amount and should be pardoned.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-25
William H. Michael explains that the decision of which New York papers may print death notices is determined by “the political complexion of the administration.” Michael lists the New York Star, Tribune, World, Sun, and Mail and Express as newspapers that have been charged with publishing the death notices since the first Grover Cleveland administration, depending on the political party in power.
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1902-04-18
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and General Henry Clark Corbin both believe that a letter approved by President Roosevelt should be made public. There is no indication what the letter contains.
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1902-04-22
According to Mary C. Collins, Agent Bingenheimer was limited in his speech and actions with the Native Americans due to instructions from his superiors. Bingenheimer related to her that Commissioner Jones had the leases drawn up and boundaries determined, long before the meeting at which the Native Americans signed the leases.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-12
The reservation residents, represented by Thunder Hawk, did not want to provide a lease for part of their land to the railroad. They were forced to do this and then the leased land was marked off in Washington without their input. Agent Bingenheimer claims he was going to take their input but marking off the leased land was done by his superiors without consulting him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-12
E. H. Deming would like to resign as postmaster of Farmington, Connecticut, and recommends his brother-in-law F. L. Scott as his replacement. Commander Cowles is in favor of Scott, but Representative E. Stevens Henry does not know Scott, so the outcome is up in the air.
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1902-04-14
President Roosevelt has heard many statements for and against both Terence Vincent Powderly and Edward F. McSweeney. He is inclined “to have a clean slate and start entirely afresh” at the Bureau of Immigration.
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1902-04-01
Mr. Wilkie, responding to a request from George B. Cortelyou, called with information on Berry Benson. Benson is an inventor of a patent bookkeeping scheme and after a brief investigation appears to be “perfectly straight and is not a crank.”
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1902-03-24
Secretary of War Elihu Root would like a meeting with President Roosevelt, Secretary of State John Hay, and Attorney General Philander C. Knox before they begin communicating with Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-24
Secretary of War Root sends papers regarding an unnamed resolution from the House of Representatives.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-28