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President Roosevelt tells Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop that he has forwarded Winthrop’s letter to Puerto Rico Governor Regis Henri Post, along with the advice to not get into a fight over removing Francisco De Paula Acuña Paniagua from office.
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1907-08-01
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed hearing from Beekman Winthrop. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is recovering. Unfortunately, Alford Warriner Cooley is not doing well.
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1911-11-14
William Loeb encloses a check for Theodore Roosevelt, which should be applied through the Red Cross for relief of earthquake victims in Italy.
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1908-12-31
President Roosevelt appoints Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop to be the Treasury Department’s representative on the Central Committee of the American National Red Cross.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt informs Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop that the Puerto Rican House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill voting for an amicable settlement, but that the bill was defeated by the executive council, due almost entirely to its American members. Roosevelt asks Winthrop to take the matter up with Puerto Rico Governor Regis Henri Post, and wishes he could get Cabot Ward’s thoughts on the matter.
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1908-05-06
President Roosevelt appoints Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop as the representative of the Treasury Department on the Central Committee of the newly incorporated American National Red Cross.
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1907-11-27
President Roosevelt informs Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winthrop that he is impressed by Edwin Grant Dexter and is in favor of selecting him as the commissioner of education for Puerto Rico. Roosevelt urges Winthrop to consult with different university presidents before he commits to his decision.
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1907-06-08
President Roosevelt cannot write the letter Governor of Porto Rico Winthrop has requested. Were Roosevelt to write one such letter, he would have to write many, as demonstrated by an identical request received earlier this week.
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1907-02-14
William Loeb informs Governor of Puerto Rico Winthrop that President Roosevelt has received and accepted the resignation of Andrés G. Crosas O’Ferrall from the Executive Council of Puerto Rico.
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1907-02-12
President Roosevelt updates Puerto Rico Governor Winthrop that they will be arriving a day earlier than planned and to make arrangement accordingly.
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1906-11-15
President Roosevelt sends Governor Winthrop of Puerto Rico an enclosed letter and some papers from Acting Attorney General Henry Martyn Hoyt which he says are self-explanatory. As Winthrop is actually on the ground and can get full knowledge of the situation, Roosevelt asks him to make a careful investigation of the case.
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1906-07-27
President Roosevelt tells Governor Winthrop of Puerto Rico that he believes Winthrop will find Judge Bernard Shandon Rodey and his wife, Minnie Codington Rodey, to be very nice people, and asks him, along with several other officials, to welcome them warmly to the island.
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1906-06-09
President Roosevelt asks Governor Winthrop of Puerto Rico to look into the accuracy of some communications concerning labor disturbances and report to him on the matter. Roosevelt states that while the police should be upheld regarding the maintenance of order, no one should be forced to work or otherwise interfered with while they are behaving in a law-abiding manner.
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1906-05-28
President Roosevelt thanks Governor Winthrop of Puerto Rico for sending him the bag of coffee he ordered. Roosevelt comments that the White House only uses Puerto Rican coffee, and has given instructions that, “hereafter all coffee for The White House shall be bought directly from the Commercial Agency established by the Porto Rican Government in New York.”
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1906-04-14
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Eugene A. Philbin on behalf of Cabot Ward. He instructs Governor of Puerto Rico Winthrop that if Thomas W. Hynes leaves his position, Ward should replace him before any man within the service is promoted. He believes it would be helpful to have a Catholic there.
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1905-12-07
President Roosevelt introduces Puerto Rico Governor Winthrop to Reverend Benjamin S. Haywood, who is the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a personal friend of Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw.
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1904-11-22
President Roosevelt approves of Beekman Winthrop’s actions and has him in mind for a potential promotion.
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1904-02-05
President Roosevelt would like Beekman Winthrop to meet with Senator Platt regarding the commissionership.
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1903-08-31
Rockwell will not accept the Philippine commissionership and President Roosevelt offers the position to Beekman Winthrop.
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1903-08-27
President Roosevelt congratulates Beekman Winthrop and Miss Wood.
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1903-07-18