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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Letta M. Turnbull for the letter and campaign contribution. Roosevelt wishes that Turnbull was a voter and he is trying to serve the citizens that “are doing the actual work of our American life.”
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1912-07-02
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Mrs. M. E. Weber for the letter and campaign contribution.
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1912-07-03
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary suggests that Elon Huntington Hooker contact Emil Klein regarding the $25 Klein promised to donate.
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1912-07-01
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Charles S. Ramsay, Jr. for the $65 check he sent on behalf of Elon Huntington Hooker.
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1912-07-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes to John H. Bernhard to thank him for the letter and the $50 check. He encourages Bernhard to become a United States citizen.
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1912-07-01
Frank B. Kosch is going to donate one thousand dollars to the campaign fund.
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1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s Secretary explains to Helen Dortch Longstreet that, as a private citizen, Roosevelt lacks the funds and influence to support the waterpower trust. Longstreet indicated in a prior letter that if she could secure financial backing, she could secure Georgia and North Carolina in the general election. Longstreet was referred to Senator Dixon because it was thought she was asking for Roosevelt’s “help or influence” in getting money. Senator Dixon does not have funds to give Longstreet.
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1912-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to F. J. Lowell for the ten dollar contribution and has sent it along to Elon Huntington Hooker, the treasurer of the Roosevelt Organization.
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1912-05-24
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Reverend Leech that it was not Alice Roosevelt Longworth who donated to President Taft’s campaign but instead the mother of Nicholas Longworth, a close friend of Taft.
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1912-05-24
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Emma Renten Dease for the letter and subscription sent to Roosevelt.
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1912-05-16
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks W. H. Walsh for his letter and financial contribution to Roosevelt’s campaign.
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1912-05-09
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks D. L. Morgan for his contribution, which is being sent on to the Roosevelt campaign treasurer.
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1912-05-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a letter and one dollar contribution from Peter V. Fernandes. He requests that Fernandes be acknowledged through the ordinary channels.
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1912-04-30
When Theodore Roosevelt visited Newport, Rhode Island, he assumed that the local committee had made all arrangements and was handling financial matters. He was surprised to learn that the Progressive Service was supposed to be involved. Roosevelt is powerless in the matter but offers to give Daniel LeRoy Dresser’s letter to Frances Kellor.
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1914-11-07
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Thomas Harris Powers for his contribution to the Progressive campaign and for his letter that revealed a “fine, manly and generous spirit,” which is needed to achieve the growth and development of democracy.
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1914-09-17
Theodore Roosevelt thanks John H. W. Rees for the work he did in the campaign, particularly for the Dollar Campaign Fund Committee. Roosevelt also appreciated having the opportunity to read Bryam L. Winters’ letter, which Rees forwarded.
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1912-11-29
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Judge George for his donation to the Progressive Party, even though he believed the Progressives would be defeated.
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1912-12-03
Theodore Roosevelt just received the $1,000 dollars that John Foster Bass sent. Roosevelt is troubled by the amount of personal money that Bass spent during the campaign.
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1912-11-22
President Roosevelt responds to William Dudley Foulke’s request to call the Indianapolis News to account for the falsehoods they are spreading. Roosevelt explains that he does not believe it will do any good, because the paper is simply on par with other papers like the New York World, New York Sun, and New York Evening Post. Such papers will simply repeat their falsehoods and spread new ones if they are corrected. Roosevelt believes that it is useless to deny false stories in the news because papers do not attempt to prove their assertions. In particular, Roosevelt mentions false stories about his raising campaign funds and the purchase of the Panama Canal.
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1908-10-24
President Roosevelt does not believe that William H. Taft will allow “a single dollar” to be spent illegitimately in the campaign. Taft is currently leading the effort to carry Indiana in the election, and Roosevelt believes they will be successful. Roosevelt is interested to hear what Otto Gresham says that James Hogan found out about Samuel Gompers.
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1908-10-24