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Michael J. Horan, Chairman of the Taxpayers’ Convention Committee, encloses a circular to show Theodore Roosevelt that many taxpayers have grievances. If Roosevelt agrees that a $210 million budget cannot be justified and that people have reason to complain, Horan and the convention would be honored to hear from Roosevelt about this.
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1911-10-09
Architect C. Grant La Farge writes to President Roosevelt about the addition of the North Room to Sagamore Hill. The windows and blinds will be arranged as Roosevelt wishes. La Farge asks a number of questions regarding the types of wood to be used in the room. Some of the wood may be more expensive than Roosevelt can afford, but if this is the case Lafarge has other projects in which he can use it. He also asks if Roosevelt wants the room wired for electricity or gas, and asks that Roosevelt send him a telegram so that La Farge can get things set up before he goes to Washington.
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1905-01-29
List of major government expenditures for 1904.
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1904
Calculations of church claims, what amount was considered, and what was included in Military Reports.
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1906-01-19
Rear Admiral Newton E. Mason explains the budget and spending of the United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance including expenditures for ships, guns, ammunition, equipment, and facilities. Mason defends the budget in an attempt to secure ideal funding for the upcoming year.
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1906-01-11
Theodore Roosevelt agrees with William T. Hornaday that a tax on cartridges will meet the expenses of the McLean law (most likely a reference to the Weeks-McLean Act).
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1913-05-02
An act making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907. The act stipulates funding for salaries of ambassadors and ministers, salaries of secretaries of embassies and legations, contingent expenses, foreign missions, and a number of international bureaus and commissions among other things.
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1906-08-28
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson reports to President Roosevelt on the appropriations of the 57th Congress for the Department of Agriculture. Wilson also presents a breakdown of how these funds will be divided among the various different bureaus and projects managed by the department.
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1907-04
Secretary of State Root encloses for President Roosevelt a dispatch from the American charge d’affaires ad interim at Havana, regarding the Cuban budget for 1905-1907.
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1906-01-23
Jacob Sleeper, charge d’affaires in Cuba, writes to Secretary of State Root regarding the 1905-1906 budget and its progress through Congress and the Senate.
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1906-01-16
Charles Edward Magoon, Military Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, writes to Secretary of War Taft regarding budget and salary cuts for medical officers. Because of the present conditions in the isthmus, Magoon believes it to be unwise to reduce salaries.
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1906-01-05
Note calculating the amounts owed by the Treasury Department.
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1905
The memorandum outlines Venezuela’s revenue and debts.
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1905-07-28
Ambassador Reid is sending a memorandum from Lord Lansdowne. The subject is the official agent of Venezuela’s reply to a letter written earlier of Secretary Root’s objection to the agent.
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1905-07-28
Senator Allison updates President Roosevelt on the status of the bill in the Senate that includes a $300,000 appropriation for the War College.
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1904-07-13
Correspondence between Governor-General Wright, the Asociacion de Empleados Civiles de Filipinas, and members of the Philippines Civil Service board address the concerns of the Philippine Civil Service Association about whether Filipinos have a fair chance at getting positions in the Filipino government.
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1904-07-13
Regional Historian Mattes writes to Regional Archaeologist Beaubien regarding the status of the archaeological report on the Elkhorn Ranch Project. A completion report on the project ought not be submitted until the final archaeological report is received. About $2,900 in funding designated for the project remains, and Mattes suggests a process to move to completion.
1960-06-17