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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Michener for their kindness in returning a box they thought belonged to Roosevelt’s family. He replies he has no claim to the box because his aunts were not born 1853 nor did they attend Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-18
President Roosevelt confirms, based on the statement from Governor Magoon of Cuba, that James Pennie’s claim can not be paid. Roosevelt has sent a copy of Magoon’s letter to Senator Frank P. Flint of California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-31
President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of War Taft in his view on the action of the Commissioners of Claims in Cuba. Roosevelt directs that the payment of the claims proceed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-11
President Roosevelt will discuss the claim of the Samina Bay Company of Santo Domingo with Secretary of State Elihu Root.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-16
President Roosevelt asks Attorney General Knox to investigate if the State Department can influence the Spanish government to provide information to the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission. No information has been furnished by Spanish officials.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-28
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Frances Monroe Robinson that he has shown both her letter and Mrs. Lock’s letter to Senator Lodge. Lodge will attempt to get the claim they request through again, but both he and Roosevelt are doubtful it will happen due to the suspicious nature of the claims.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-17
William Davenport Hulbert sent Abbott a rough draft of his article on Clarence Cunningham’s Alaskan land claims. If it comes to him, Hulbert asks Theodore Roosevelt to critique it. Additionally, Hulbert requests Roosevelt show it to anyone involved in Alaskan affairs. B. D. Townsend, a special assistant with the Department of Justice, approved the article after discussing the issue with Hulbert. Hulbert includes a passage he is considering adding regarding the controversy between then Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger and Chief Forrester Gifford Pinchot.
This article discusses the issues regarding the Alaskan land claims of Clarence Cunningham and its connection to the controversy between Gifford Pinchot and Richard Achilles Ballinger.
Mary Elizabeth Lease sends Theodore Roosevelt her letter to Governor Walter Roscoe Stubbs regarding the payment of her claim against the State of Kansas. She asks Roosevelt to write Stubbs on her behalf.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-25
Anna Roosevelt Cowles forwards President Roosevelt the note he requested from Joesph W. Alsop as a reminder about the case since the “Solicitor of the State Department” that was in charge of the case has returned. She hopes she can spare some time to see Roosevelt when she comes to visit Washington, D.C., on December 11, and if not she will see him when he sends off the Great White Fleet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-09
Secretary of War Taft returns several items related to Cuba to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-10
In this fragment of a letter, the writer provides President Roosevelt with observations pertaining to the payment of soldiers’ claims after a recent visit to Cuba. Currently, fifty percent of total claims are being paid out of the $35,000,000 loan. The purchased claims are held by speculators in the United States and in Europe. The soldiers are seeking more payment, and two options have been discussed to fix this problem: another loan or a sinking fund. It is believed that the latter would not fall within the meaning of the Platt Amendment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-27
Undated newspaper article regarding “Dakota Dan Russell,” a rancher in Medora, North Dakota, who claimed he was an heir to Daniel Blake Russell’s million dollar estate in Boston, Massachusetts.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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