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President Roosevelt is pleased with Alford Warriner Cooley’s health improvements. Roosevelt will have Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte send in Cooley’s name soon. Roosevelt wishes Cooley could have been there for the “fight over the Secret Service,” and notes that he will not be there when Cooley assumes his duties.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-26
Alford Warriner Cooley is deeply grateful for President Roosevelt’s letter and decision to reappoint him to his previous position. He will plan to have his doctors reexamine him at the beginning of February, and will ask them to communicate with Roosevelt. Cooley is sure that neither would consent to him returning east unless he is entirely fit to do so.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-04
Former assistant attorney general Alford Warriner Cooley has been told that he should be able to go back to work in the early spring. Cooley does not think he should remain in the west, and would have liked to start up a practice in New York, except that he has been advised by his doctor to avoid the strain. It seems that resuming his job in the Department of Justice makes the most sense for his financial and physical health, and he asks Roosevelt’s advice of how to raise this question with President-Elect William H. Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-21
Susan Dexter Dalton Cooley, the wife of Assistant Attorney General Alford Warriner Cooley, tells President Roosevelt how his recent letter eased Cooley’s mind during his convalescence. Cooley finds comfort in Roosevelt’s friendship as she faces her husband’s recovery, which is progressing well. Regarding the check, Cooley does not want to feel obligated to hurry his recovery to earn the proffered money and, therefore, returned it to Roosevelt. Cooley believes her husband might be able to do a little work again in four months, but wishes for him to stay a little longer to ensure that he is able to return to health. She is looking forward to spending the winter in the warmer climate, and hopes to get a little home by a lake for a time once her husband is able to leave the sanatorium.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-08