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Frederick William Holls encloses letters regarding the Berlin ambassadorship from Theodore Lange and Emil von Schleinitz. Holls supports David Jayne Hill for the position and hopes for an opportunity to discuss possible appointments with President Roosevelt if he decides to revise his decision.
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1902-09-03
Archbishop Ireland would like to be informed when more teachers are to be selected for the Philippines. He is pleased that Catholic agitation against the Roosevelt administration is “quelled for good.” The new Apostolic delegate to the Philippines, Monsignor Giovanni Battista Guidi, is an old friends of Ireland’s and is an excellent choice.
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1902-09-03
Senator Lodge was disappointed he was unable to be there to see President’s Roosevelt’s reception by Governor Crane however he wanted to be in good health for his Portland speech. Ballard, a reporter, has impressed Lodge. Lodge is also disgusted by the Duchess of Marlborough scandal.
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1902-09-03
Senator Lodge encloses letters from Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Charles H. Ames that he thinks President Roosevelt will enjoy. He was pleased to receive a telegram from George B. Cortelyou as he was worried after reports of the carriage accident.
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1902-09-04
Winthrop Chanler is relieved that President Roosevelt is doing well after the carriage accident.
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1902-09-04
Richard Watson Gilder was glad to hear that President Roosevelt and George B. Cortelyou emerged safely from the carriage accident. He would like Roosevelt to recommend someone to write an article entitled “The President and the Trusts,” and suggests Nicholas Murray Butler or Albert Shaw.
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1902-09-04
Senator Hanna congratulates President Roosevelt for escaping serious injury in the carriage accident and asks if the upcoming conference in Oyster Bay, New York is still being held.
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1902-09-04
Secretary of the Navy Moody is grateful that President Roosevelt escaped serious injury in the accident at Pittsfield. He has heard, unofficially, that there is no foundation to the incident involving the Duchess of Marlborough. Finally, he requests direction as to possibly accepting an invitation to speak at the Marquette Club in Chicago.
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1902-09-04
Anna Roosevelt Cowles was pleased to hear from President Roosevelt after the carriage accident and encloses some clippings from English papers.
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1902-09-05
George Elam congratulates President Roosevelt on surviving his recent accident. Elam comments on the story that has appeared in the newspapers, that Roosevelt’s son Theodore has been “warned off the land by ‘Populist’ farmers.”
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1902-09-05
Senator Frye praises President Roosevelt’s speaking tour through New England, and assures Roosevelt that he will be the Republican presidential nominee in 1904.
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1902-09-05
Endicott Peabody is thankful that President Roosevelt was not seriously injured in the carriage accident. He compliments Roosevelt on his stand against the corporations.
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1902-09-05
Governor Hunt provides information on the American Federal Party of Puerto Rico. He describes the Federals as largely pro-Spanish and the source of all anti-Americanism on the island. They desire full territorial government and then statehood.
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1902-09-06
Nancy Jackson, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt’s childhood nurse, expresses best wishes to President Roosevelt and hopes to meet him.
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1902-09-06
Owen Wister was shocked by the carriage accident and hopes to visit President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
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1902-09-06
Fred W. Atkinson, General Superintendent for Public Instruction for the Philippine Islands, defends the work of the Bureau of Public Instruction in response to a letter criticizing the bureau from Bernard Moses, Secretary of Public Instruction.
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1902-09-08
Kaskel & Kaskel has received President Roosevelt’s order and will have it sent out by Saturday.
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1902-09-08
Gates Kersburg wishes to host President Roosevelt on his hunting trip in Colorado.
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1902-09-08
Senator Lodge encloses a copy of one of his recent speeches where he remained close to President Roosevelt’s line on the Constitutional amendment.
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1902-09-08
Silas McBee is sending a “copy of Marshall” for President Roosevelt and wishes to thank Roosevelt for his hospitality.
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1902-08-08