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Mayor Goldwater invites Theodore Roosevelt to visit his city, Prescott, Arizona, on his upcoming trip to Phoenix and the Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Many Rough Riders used to live in Prescott.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-11
C. J. Blanchard updates Frank Harper on train schedules and logistics regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Arizona to dedicate the Theodore Roosevelt Dam. From Arizona, Roosevelt will continue on to El Paso.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-11
As President of the Phoenix Young Men’s Christian Association, Benjamin A. Fowler invites Theodore Roosevelt to address that organization when he is in Phoenix this spring.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-10
Upon hearing that Theodore Roosevelt and his party will be visiting the Grand Canyon, Arizona Territorial Governor Sloan asks for information about his itinerary and how he would like to spend his time there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-04
C. J. Blanchard tells Frank Harper that, with regards to Theodore Roosevelt’s upcoming trip in the American Southwest, Harper has come up with the most practicable routes and trains, with one exception. He addresses some of the plans for the trip, including a stop in El Paso to deliver a short speech and a trip to the Grand Canyon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-23
C. J. Blanchard asks Frank Harper for an itinerary of Theodore Roosevelt’s upcoming Western trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-12
William H. Andrews encloses for William Loeb the call for a joint statehood convention that will be held in Phoenix, Arizona. The intention is for all parties to stand together in favor of statehood, and Andrews has urged them all to endorse Theodore Roosevelt and thank him for all he has done.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-14
Postmaster Gaddis writes to Representative Andrews about F. W. Smith who is Postmaster in Williams and was a representative in the Republican Convention who unseated the delegation for statehood. Gaddis calls Smith “unworthy,” a “traitor,” and “an Oaks and Frank Murphy man,” and asks that Andrews see that Smith does not get reappointed by President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-10
O. D. M. Gaddis expresses his strong support for the joint statehood of Arizona and New Mexico to William H. Andrews. He feels that the conventions in Bisbee were a sham and that federal officials and representatives of corporations are determined to interfere and make sure joint statehood does not go forward. He believes the joint statehood sentiment is growing and looks forward to the upcoming convention in Phoenix. Gaddis hopes President Roosevelt will come to the aid of the proponents of joint statehood. He is worried about ballot stuffing at the voting booths.
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1906-09-10
William H. Andrews encloses newspaper clippings related to the meeting of the Democratic and Republican Territorial Committees on joint statehood of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as two letters from O. D. M. Gaddis. He notes that Charles Henry Akers, publisher of the Phoenix Gazette, is anxious to provide his support for joint statehood but is also indebted to his paper. Andrews reports that he has heard nothing from Senator Boies Penrose regarding the matter of President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America.
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1906-08-07
O. D. M. Gaddis spoke with Charles Henry Akers, editor of the Arizona Gazette, about the matter of joint statehood. Akers is eager to use his paper to support statehood, but fears a loss of advertising business might result. Gaddis asks if a sum of five thousand dollars can be raised for Akers to “start the ball rolling.” Gaddis argues that if they secure Akers’s support, their cause will have a leading daily and the only Republican paper in Phoenix, Arizona.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-06
O. D. M. Gaddis describes the meeting of the committee considering joint statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. While many are sympathetic to the cause of statehood, some representatives at the meeting felt pressured to oppose statehood. Arizona Governor Joseph H. Kibbey got the mining corporations involved in the statehood issue. Near the end of the meeting another committee of Democrats and Republicans was appointed to consider statehood.
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1906-08-06
William H. H. Llewellyn believes that while there is a genuine effort among credible individuals to achieve statehood for Arizona, the government and business interests are fighting the measure. Appointed by President Roosevelt, Governor Joseph H. Kibbey has worked against Roosevelt’s wishes by actively working to defeat statehood. While Llewellyn does not believe there is justification to remove all political appointees in Arizona, Kibbey certainly must go. Not only is he working against the President’s wishes, he is also an alcoholic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-04
Llewellyn, William H. H. (William Henry Harrison), 1851-1927
William H. Andrews writes to William Loeb from Albuquerque about the campaign for joint statehood of Arizona and New Mexico. He is concerned that the Republican Territorial Committee of Arizona and the Democratic Central Committee will both declare against joint statehood when they meet in August. Andrews discusses his strategy for getting support for joint statehood. He is “quite sure that both the Republican and Democratic Conventions will declare for joint statehood when they meet about the first of September.”
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1906-07-21
Rachel Sherman Thorndike apologizes for writing again so soon, and requests that President Roosevelt appoint her cousin John Krepps Miller Ewing to the Arizona post that Judge Frederick S. Nave will vacate on April 1. Her family worries that Catholic Republicans will be at a disadvantage once Roosevelt leaves office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-01
A scrap of paper noting it is from Louis C. Hill in Phoenix, Arizona.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-26
Lucy H. Yetter of Phoenix, Arizona, is enthusiastic about discovering uses for various types of cacti including, as cattle feed and a medicinal beverage.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-11
Two pages from the March 12, 1904, edition of the Phoenix Enterprise.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-12
Governor Brodie discusses the possible appointment of George W. Dunn as Secretary of Arizona Territory. Brodie advocates for the appointment to go to an Arizonan instead of to Dunn, who is from New York.
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1904-03-14
Blank form allowing the author to appoint someone to serve as their proxy at the meeting of the Territorial Central Committee at Phoenix, Arizona on August 4, 1906.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906