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James S. White thanks President Roosevelt for his letter, which helped White to gain employment in San Francisco.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-27
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf writes to William Loeb regarding a letter from the San Francisco Merchants Exchange to President Roosevelt. Metcalf requests to meet with Roosevelt before Roosevelt responds to the letter.
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1905-11-23
Publisher Samuel Hubbard tells President Roosevelt that he spoke with his correspondent Wheeler and learned more regarding a deer that seemed to have been attacked by a cougar. Hubbard had been investigating what happened to the deer, which had been taken to a taxidermist. Hubbard then asks for Roosevelt’s permission to have their correspondence published in Sunset Magazine. (Page 3 of the letter is missing.)
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1905-11-24
Secretary of State Root proposes wording for President Roosevelt to add in his letter to the San Francisco Merchants Exchange regarding China’s boycott of American goods.
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1905-11-24
Fairfax Henry Wheelan asks President Roosevelt to appoint General Charles Albert Woodruff to a position on the visiting board to Annapolis. Wheelan also writes at length about the San Francisco political campaign that ended in disappointment, and says that much of the difficulty they had was due to tensions with labor movements. He also comments about William R. Wheeler’s appointment to the Interstate Commerce Commission, noting that the Southern Pacific Railroad will oppose him, but he thinks that Wheeler will be fair.
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1905-11-24
The Merchants Exchange reviews the status of the boycott of American goods in China and ventures to bring its serious condition to the attention of President Roosevelt.
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1905-11-06
Secretary of War Taft writes to President Roosevelt to discuss his plans for leaving China. Alice Roosevelt is traveling to Peking, China, and will then continue on to San Francisco. Taft hopes her visit will be useful.
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1905-09-06
George C. Perkins writes to President Roosevelt regarding the boycott in China and its effect on the people of San Francisco. Perkins requests that Roosevelt send Secretary of War Taft to Canton to stop the boycott.
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1905-08-30
Alice Roosevelt will go to Peking, China, chaperoned by Edith McAllister Newlands and will arrive in San Francisco around November 5. She will be accompanied by female chaperones the whole trip.
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1905-08-22
Commissioner Yerkes received Colonel Barnes’s letter and is awaiting information from Internal Revenue collector John Lynch in San Francisco.
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1905-08-10
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee acknowledges that William Woodville Rockhill has been informed of a Chinese Consul-General who made reference to the Chinese boycott on American goods in San Francisco.
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1905-07-31
C. Hart Merriam received a batch of bear skulls from Colorado but did not receive any data to accompany them. He will ask his officer about the rattlesnakes, but kindly requests the data.
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1905-08-03
Fairfax Henry Wheelan describes the abuses of political office and federal employment currently occurring in San Francisco, California. Wheelan discusses the obstacles to removing Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz from office.
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1905-07-13
Attorney General Moody informs President Roosevelt that Judge William Ball Gilbert has designated a judge for the trials of the Oregon land fraud cases following the death of Judge Charles B. Bellinger. Moody questions whether Gilbert has the authority to do this.
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1905-06-01
Clement A. Griscom forwards a quote from his son Lloyd Carpenter Griscom expressing his enthusiasm on receiving the news of his future as First Assistant Secretary of State.
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1905-05-17
Captain Darrah forwards a letter from Datu Piang of Mindanao transmitting a collection of Moro weapons to be delivered to President Roosevelt in Washington, D.C.
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1905-04-24
Secretary of the Navy Morton writes to President Roosevelt to confirm that a telegram was sent to the Commandant of the Navy Yard at Mare Island. While the crew and officers of the Russian warship Lena are allowed to travel between San Francisco and Mare Island, precautions are to be taken to ensure they do not violate the regulations of their parole.
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1904-09-17
Secretary of the Navy Morton writes to President Roosevelt to forward a telegram from the Commandant Navy Yard of Mare Island reporting on the forms of parole given to the crew and officers from the Russian warship Lena.
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1904-09-19
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee advises President Roosevelt to consent to the Russian war ship Lena‘s request to dock for repairs in San Francisco provided the Russians agree to disarmament of the ship, docking in San Francisco until the conclusion of the conflict, US custody of the ship while in the harbor, and Russian responsibility for the costs of repairs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-15
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