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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt apologizes to Anson D. Fessenden for not knowing what newspaper he should reference. His letter was in all of the papers around April 16.
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1897-05-05
Governor Johnson gave the statement to several newspapers and, if it is considered valuable, he would like to see it in the morning papers.
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1912
Gifford Pinchot offers three suggestions for the presidential campaign. He suggests that The North American be sent to all country newspapers east of the Mississippi River. He would also like Theodore Roosevelt to agree to an interview with Henry Beach Needham and appear at the National Conservation Congress.
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1912-08-24
Edwin A. Van Valkenburg responds to Theodore Roosevelt’s request for a copy of a letter sent on June 14, 1911, as Roosevelt is upset about a false story circulating. The story concerns a false statement that Roosevelt endorsed William H. Taft’s renomination for president. Van Valkenburg attempts to reassure Roosevelt about the situation.
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1912-03-05
John Potter Whittren sends Theodore Roosevelt a marked copy of his newspaper, the Daily Nugget, which illustrates Alaska’s opinion of Roosevelt.
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1911-12-11
Arthur H. Vandenberg asks Theodore Roosevelt again for a brief note of New Year’s wishes for publication in the Grand Rapids Herald.
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1911-12-09
On behalf of publisher Frank A. Munsey, Robert H. Davis sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the editorial page from The Baltimore News with a reprint of Roosevelt’s article from The Outlook. The editorial also ran in several other papers at Munsey’s request as he considers it of great importance.
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1911-12-07
Samuel Bigstaff sends Theodore Roosevelt material related to a small matter, which he sent to one of the newspapers. He wants to remind Roosevelt that he has friends in Kentucky who support him.
Morgan’s Cavalry refers to the cavalry troops led by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan in the Civil War.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Saginaw Board of Trade, Joseph P. Tracy invites Theodore Roosevelt to address the Saginaw Board of Trade at their annual banquet. While they will accommodate Roosevelt on the best time and theme, Tracy suggests the dinner take place on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday and Roosevelt might speak on Lincoln’s statesmanship.
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1911-11-28
Frank Basil Tracy asks Theodore Roosevelt, in confidence, to confirm whether Winthrop Murray Crane offered Roosevelt his support.
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1911-11-27
George L. Carlisle informs Theodore Roosevelt that the New York Times refused to publish his enclosed letter regarding the newspaper’s criticism of Roosevelt. He reminds Roosevelt who he is.
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1911-11-09
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt’s admirers, George L. Carlisle protests against Charles Ransom Miller’s “chronic hostility” towards Roosevelt in the New York Times.
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1911-11-09
Norman Hapgood tells Theodore Roosevelt that Mark Sullivan wants to come in to a staff meeting, but that it is more important for him to preserve his energy instead of wasting it on any “temporary thing”. Hapgood also says that his brother Hutchins Hapgood is pleased that Roosevelt has agreed to meet with him.
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1911-08-29
George W. Gray asks R.W. Child to help him in an “advocate enterprise” where they would print an article by Theodore Roosevelt for the first issue in the fall. Gray believes that it isn’t too much to ask Roosevelt for a message to the Harvard undergraduates, and that it would be a boon to their publication if they manage to persuade him.
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1911-08-31
Mercer Pamplin Moseley sends Theodore Roosevelt an editorial from his newspaper, The New York Commercial.
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1911-08-17
Harry Thurston Peck attempts to answer Frank Harper’s question regarding Henry W. Fischer’s book, Private Lives of William II and His Consort as best he can. Peck briefly looked over the manuscript, but does not know why Fisher included Theodore Roosevelt’s name or an alleged letter from Peck in his book. He suggests trying to contact H. J. Wright of the New York Globe in order to get contact information for Fischer, but is of the opinion that “Fischer is really too unimportant to notice.”
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1911-07-04
John J. Neff sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a local Hoboken newspaper under separate cover containing an article about Neff’s new son. He wishes for Roosevelt to know about his large family.
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1911-07-05
Gilson Gardner encloses clipping in a letter to Theodore Roosevelt, and states there is a “campaign of deliberate falsehood,” as the Washington Post and the Star are featuring similar content almost daily. Gardner thanks Roosevelt for denying “the lie carried out by the Associated Press.” He states a local paper editor in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, had also seen the story in the Associated Press that Roosevelt had endorsed William H. Taft’s nomination, and the editor had not seen Roosevelt’s denial.
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1911-06-16
George C. Edwards sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a paper by a man identified only as “Ottis.” Edwards asks Roosevelt to “keep at him” because “we people here dare not.”
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1911-06-17
John O. Jackson seeks to determine Theodore Roosevelt’s course of action regarding recent publications slandering Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-13