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Presidential election estimates

Herschel V. Jones estimates the results of the 1904 presidential election.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-28

Report on religious issues in the Philippines

Series of exhibits highlighting religious issues in the Philippines, including disputes between religious and municipal authorities, opposition to the friars, and conflict between the Catholic Church and the Iglesia Filipina Independiente.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903

Report from Joseph Bullock Coghlan to William H. Moody

Rear Admiral Coghlan describes the positive reception he received from Governor Insignares and other locals when he brought the USS Olympia to Cartagena, Colombia. Coghlan also notes that he picked up United States Minister Arthur M. Beaupre and his wife. He regrets that he was unable to speak with Vice Consul Thomas C. Stevenson since Stevenson was violently ill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-28

Report from Joseph Bullock Coghlan to William H. Moody

Rear Admiral Coghlan reports on the status and movements of the American ships Olympia, Bancroft, Nashville, Atlanta, Prairie, and Castine. He notes that the ships will have to be coaled by African Americans or Colombians when at the wharf as his own people are “apt to get fevers and rheumatism from getting wet and working in the sun.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-29

Report from Alford Warriner Cooley and Henry F. Greene to Theodore Roosevelt

The Civil Service Commission reports the results of the Philadelphia Post Office investigation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-29

Report from Joseph Bullock Coghlan to William H. Moody

Rear Admiral Coghlan reports to Secretary of the Navy Moody on the location and strength of the Colombian military. Coghlan also reports on railroads, bridges, and the weaponry of the Colombian forces.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-30

Report from H. C. Taylor to Joseph Bullock Coghlan

Admiral Taylor reports on military readiness at various ports in the event of hostilities with Colombia and the need to capture Cartagena. He asks if Admiral Coghlan has any further information and whether Coghlan can capture and hold Cartagena given the reports.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-22

Report from Joseph Bullock Coghlan to William H. Moody

Rear Admiral Coghlan identifies British and American citizens who may have valuable information on Colombian affairs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-23

Extract

The Associated Academic Principals of the State of New York are almost unanimously opposed to the reelection of Charles Rufus Skinner as Superintendent of Public Instruction. A variety of reasons are provided for this opposition.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-19

Report on Philadelphia post office investigation

An investigation at the Philadelphia post office found that three carriers had been transferred for political reasons and the postmaster failed to answer relevant questions. President Roosevelt has written to Postmaster Clayton McMichael directing him to restore the carriers to their original routes and drawing his attention to the civil service rules that require employees to answer all relevant and proper questions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-31

Report from Henry Glass to William H. Moody

Report concerning U.S. naval operations in Panama during the Panamanian revolution. Glass also reports the presence of presumed Colombian spies in Taya, Tapalisa, and Cana, and many have been arrested by Panamanian authorities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-21

Report from Joseph Bullock Coghlan to William H. Moody

Report describing naval maneuvers of the Caribbean Squadron in Panama and the surrounding area, including those of the ships Bancroft, Nashville, Mayflower, Atlanta, and Prairie.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-15

Report from William H. Turner

Commander Turner reports that he received a complaint from General Daniel Ortiz, delivered to him by General Rafael Novo.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-15

Report from William H. Turner to Joseph Bullock Coghlan

Commander Turner provides a report on the operations of the USS Atlanta to Rear Admiral Coghlan. He specifically reports on the execution of orders given by Coghlan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-16

Spanish War Veterans organization

The Spanish War Veterans organization is to be modeled on the Grand Army of the Republic and will financially support Spanish-American War veterans and their families. A fundraising athletic tournament is to be held in New York, New York, which required the creation of the Spanish War Veterans Athletic Association in order for the tournament to be sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union. The tournament has acquired considerable attention and prominent military officers have already donated prizes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11

Report of Saint Louis Boodle cases by Joseph Wingate Folk

Report summarizing the St. Louis Boodle cases, outlining trials convictions, and incarcerations. Folk relays that Henry Nicolaus was exonerated by Judge Ryan, while the cases of Emil A. Meysenburg, Julius Lehmann, and Henry A. Faulkner went to the Supreme Court.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-01

Report of the New York Harbor Line Board concerning the City of New York’s application for a pier extension along the Chelsea Improvement

The Harbor Line Board recommends that the proposal to extend a pier head line in the Hudson River along the Chelsea Improvement be denied. This extension would not be in the public interest as it would “diminish the navigable capacity of the North River and be obstructive to navigation.” The proposal offers “no compensating advantages to the public at large.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-02

Report from Herbert H. D. Peirce to John Hay

Herbert H. D. Peirce reports on specific conditions of United States consulates in England, France, Holland, and Germany. Peirce assesses the performance of the consuls general in these locations and suggests salary changes, reassignments, and suppression of ineffective consulates. Peirce focuses extensively on allegations of corruption and infidelity against Consul General Oliver J. D. Hughes of Coburg, Germany, and allegations of scandal surrounding Clergyman G. Monroe Royce and Consul General James H. Worman in Munich, Germany.