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This complaint, warrant, officer’s return, docket entry, and clerk’s report document the case of Massachusetts v. Hugh Gurney in which Gurney was accused of driving his car over the speed limit of 10 miles per hour. He was found guilty and was fined $25.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-26
Testimony from Robert Valentine Mathews, Augustus Ralph Keller, and George Haven Putnam regarding a lawsuit brought by Eliza A. Sanderson. Sanderson alleges that Gebbie and Company misrepresented the content and uniqueness of the author’s edition of President Roosevelt’s works to which she was a subscriber.
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1904-01-28
William H. Taft, Civil Governor of the Philippines, addresses the Governor of Oriental Negros Demetrio Larena concerning the forced expulsion of Spanish friar Claudio Argote by angry mobs in Bais City and in Dumaguete City in the Philippines.
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1903-07-23
Commission for a postmaster that has not been filled out or signed. The section “during the pleasure of the Postmaster General of the United States” is circled.
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1903-09-29
In his personal Last Will and Testament, James King Gracie disperses his assets to family members, including $30,000.00 to his nephew, President Theodore Roosevelt.
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1903-06-01
Section of Jacob A. Riis’s will naming members of an advisory board for the Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement, including Theodore Roosevelt.
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1911-11-07
The Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico requests that the Reciprocity Treaty between Cuba and the United States be amended to allow Puerto Rican coffee to one of the products imported into Cuba with the highest rebate.
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1903-02-04
In a statement Richard W. Morgan said he found the anti-Wolcott arguments persuasive, but he remained a strong supporter of Wolcott.
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1903-01-30
William Randolph Hearst calls for the initiation of anti-monopoly proceedings against several companies involved in the anthracite coal industry.
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1902-10-04
Julius Wurzburger states that Representative Richard Barthold attempted to recruit him before the 1900 Republican National Convention to secure the Missouri delegation’s support for Representative Jonathan P. Dolliver as vice president and not Theodore Roosevelt.
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1901-11-29
Several citizens of Colorado County, Texas, affirm that Robert Lloyd Smith supported Representative Hawley during the 1898 congressional election and that Smith is a loyal supporter of the Republican Party.
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1901-11-28
Adolph Hartmann refutes newspaper articles that appeared in the American press stating that Hartmann fought a duel with a German officer. Hartmann did not hear a German officer insult the United States and has never fought a duel.
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1901-09-30
Edward A. Moseley, secretary for the Interstate Commerce Commission, submitted the accounts and vouchers of the ICC which were approved. Robert J. Tracewell, Comptroller of the Treasury, then opened the accounts and claimed that some were invalid because they lacked the proper vouchers. Moseley believes Tracewell’s demands are “unreasonable and impractical.” The majority of the pages consist of Exhibits A and B for the case.
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1899-09-14
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt writes a statement indicating that he is no longer a resident of New York and has not been a resident since he was appointed Assistant Secretary.
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1898-03-21
The United States Senate requested information on any contracts and negotiations relating to the landing of foreign telegraphic cables upon the shores of the U.S. This document summarizes and transcribes pertinent documents, including those related to the first such cable, which connected the island of Cuba with the State of Florida in 1867.
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1885-01-27
Official appointment of Wallace S. Weeks as Notary Public for the state of Florida, signed by Governor William D. Bloxham.
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1881-06-29
Official appointment by the state of Georgia of Seth H. McGee to the Lumpkin County Board of Education. Document is signed by Governor Rufus B. Bullock.
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1871-01-30
Deposition in the case of William Jagger, plaintiff, and Samuel Phillips, defendant. The central character in the case is Thomas Hart Benton. The deposee testifies that Benton stole money from him and his companions when they were students at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1842-09-16