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Secretary of War Taft and Herbert Wolcott Bowen question Harry Unwin on his work as an auditor for the asphalt trust. Taft and Bowen focus on a bank draft for $5,000 or $10,000 which Unwin was instructed to send to Henry W. Bean in Venezuela.
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1905-06-10
R. Sheridan’s business card. Sheridan, an English boot maker, has moved his business from 47 Broadway to 50 Broadway, New York City.
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1905-06-10
No change in the positions of the Russian and Japanese armies were noted this week. It is rumored that Japan has occupied a strategic point eighty miles east of Kirin. The defeat of Admiral Zinoviĭ Petrovich Rozhestvenskiĭ in the Sea of Japan leaves the Japanese a more direct route through which to deliver troops and supplies to armies in the field.
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1905-06-09
President Roosevelt urges Japan and Russia to negotiate for peace. Roosevelt believes Japan and Russia can meet without an intermediary, but offers to assist if the two nations would like his help.
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1905-06-08
John Callan O’Laughlin relays concerns Count Cassini has in regards to President Roosevelt’s negotiations in the Russo-Japanese War.
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1905-06-08
The writer states John Callan O’Laughlin should be able to arrive in twenty-five to thirty minutes.
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1905-06-08
Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Lloyd Smith should arrive in Washington, D.C., tomorrow and Mr. Long will send him to the White House.
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1904-03-17
The Office of Naval Intelligence reports that there has been no change in position along the Sha River since last week. The first reported military operation on the west side of the Liao River was a Russian raid by Cossacks accompanied by mounted infantry and eight guns. It is not clear whether the troops passed though neutral Chinese territory.
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1905-01-20
Frederick L. Cornwell, an attorney, writes in defense of Judge Willis Sweet against charges that he was a drunkard while Attorney General, that he borrowed money from employees of the Department of Justice, and that he is disloyal to the National Administration. Cornwell states that Judge Sweet does not drink to excess. The money was borrowed to make payments on the San Juan newspaper because members of the cabinet failed to assume their financial obligations to pay. Finally, he is an “honest, faithful and efficient public servant.”
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1905-01-12
Colorado State Republican Chairman Fairley summarizes recent political matters in Colorado and believes the state will go to President Roosevelt in the 1904 election.
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1904
Erwin Craighead describes William Frye Tebbetts’s reputation within the Mobile, Alabama, business community where he served as customs collector. He is in good standing in the community.
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1904-12-27
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis and Secretary of State Hay believe that President Roosevelt should not attend the Dutch Minister’s wedding. He should simply send a note of thanks.
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1904-12-20
Booker T. Washington is requesting a meeting with President Roosevelt on a day that he will be in Washington.
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1904-12-16
J. Pierpont Morgan will be in Washington, D.C., for the Gridiron dinner. President Roosevelt should extend an invitation to Morgan to visit the White House.
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1904-12-10
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou leaves several letters for President Roosevelt’s review, with a recommendation that Roosevelt consult with Justice Morris before making the appointment to which the letters relate.
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1904-12-10
Japanese troops are succeeding in their siege of Port Arthur.
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1904-12-09
Representing the perspective of the woolen goods industry, an unknown author argues against revision of the tariff. The author suggests creating a committee as a stop-gap measure that would demonstrate willingness to discuss the matter without threatening business with possible new legislation.
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1904-12-03
The Office of Naval Intelligence reports that there has been no change along the Sha River. Russian naval divisions are en route. It is reported that five Holland submarines arrived in Yokohama.
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1904-11-25
The Office of Naval Intelligence details Japanese troop size and deployment. The Japanese are building railroads. Russian naval squadrons are sailing to ports in Africa.
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1904-11-18
Patrick F. MacAran, pastor of the Church of St. Anastasia, asks the recipient of this letter to vote for Frank Wayland Higgins as governor of New York. Edward Henry Harriman, who several years back helped repair the Church of St. Anastasia, also vouches for the candidacy of Higgins, who MacAran characterizes as a “distinguished and upright candidate.”
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1904-11-07