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Lawrence F. Abbott assures President Roosevelt that he received his letter and enclosures. Abbott will forward the materials to his father, Lyman Abbott. Lawrence Abbott describes the Arthur P. Gorman campaign in Maryland as “extraordinary.”
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1903-10-30
James Rudolph Garfield, Commissioner of Corporations in the Department of Commerce and Labor, acknowledges receipt of copies of letters from President Roosevelt. He approves of Roosevelt’s methods of dealing with the Senate, and feels the public does not understand the complicated relationship between the two. In a postscript Garfield writes that he received General Leonard Wood’s letter about the articles, and there is no need to answer such attacks. If the Senate asks for the records the truth will come to light.
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1903-09-15
Ernest Hamlin Abbott responds to President Roosevelt’s inquiry concerning The Outlook’s editorial on Roosevelt’s resolution of the threatened bookbinders’ strike and encloses documents Roosevelt had sent to Abbott’s father, Lyman Abbott.
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1903-08-04
Lyman Abbott encloses a newspaper item he had promised to send to President Roosevelt. If the President writes a response, Abbott would like to publish it.
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1903-06-30
Lawrence F. Abbott will give President Roosevelt’s letter to his father, Lyman Abbott, and is currently “greatly absorbed in the Addicks case.”
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1903-02-07
Booker T. Washington has met with Silas McBee, Lyman Abbott, and Lawrence F. Abbott about appointing African Americans to office in the South. Washington’s position is that even though there are less African Americans holding office in the South compared to the McKinley administration they are of higher quality. McBee agreed not to write any more articles against the president’s policy and the Abbotts feel that they have always supported the Roosevelt administration.
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1903-02-03
Booker T. Washington has met with the Abbotts and Bishop Walters. He will send details when he returns to Tuskegee.
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1903-01-31
Booker T. Washington thanks President Roosevelt for letting him read Dr. Abbott’s letter of December 4. He will give his impression of the letter to Roosevelt in person.
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1902-12-18
Three telegrams on the effort to end the Anthracite Coal Strike with an agreement between the miners and operators.
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1902-10-07
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock encloses articles from The Outlook magazine pertaining to leases of land on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. A controversy is brewing over these leases and Hitchcock orders C. F. Nesler to investigate whether the Standing Rock Indians desire the lease and the propriety with which the government made the lease.
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1902-04-22
A petition left at The Outlook offices by Mrs. Charles Russell Lowell was forwarded to President Roosevelt. Lyman Abbott’s reply is also being forwarded.
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1901-12-13
Lawrence F. Abbott responds to Vice President Roosevelt’s letter to his father, Lyman Abbott, who is on vacation. The Outlook would be pleased to have an article on Governor Taft but cannot print it until November. Abbott regrets not being able to attend the meeting at Roosevelt’s home and suggests District Attorney Philbin as a candidate for mayor.
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1901-08-28