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At the request of President Roosevelt, Presidential Secretary Benjamin F. Barnes encloses a letter from William Allen White and requests a confidential report on the matter discussed.
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1903-07-14
Theodore Roosevelt asks Father Curran to treat the enclosed as confidential and to write to Mr. Steele to arrange to see Roosevelt during the festivities.
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1912-08-15
Theodore Roosevelt will treat the letter from Charles E. Wortham and the enclosed letter confidentially and take action on the matter. The letter was sent to Senator Dixon.
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1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt writes Ambrose J. Lambert that it has been a great victory and believes they will triumph in the end. Roosevelt agrees with Lambert that William H. Taft was wrong to have published a confidential letter.
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1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt instructs James A. Harris that a letter is “private and confidential” to Harris and must not be published.
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1912-05
The letter is accurate but Theodore Roosevelt did not intend for it to be published. He has instructed Gifford Pinchot to write Senator Bourne on the other matter.
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1912-02-06
Theodore Roosevelt asks John Callan O’Laughlin to return letters or copies of letters Roosevelt wrote to O’Laughlin. Roosevelt believes private and confidential letters between him and O’Laughlin should not be published. Roosevelt does not object to his personal opinions about William Lorimer or Albert J. Beveridge being made public, but not what he said “as to the attitude of other men about [them].” What Roosevelt said to Elihu Root and Henry Cabot Lodge ought to be obtained from Root and Lodge, not from O’Laughlin. Roosevelt is greatly interested in the presidential nominations and O’Laughlin’s views “as to the outcome of [Roosevelt’s] position.” Roosevelt is amused by John T. McCutcheon’s cartoon.
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1911-07-25
President Roosevelt directs Third Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce to deliver a message to Sergei Vitte, requesting that he send Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen or some other trusted representative to see Roosevelt immediately.
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1905-08-18
Theodore Roosevelt cannot write the letter about Clara Barton that Mrs. John A. Logan wants him to because he was not impressed by Barton’s work during the Spanish-American War.
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1916-06-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes a private letter to Henry Truro Bray advising Bray. Roosevelt recounts a visit Gouvenier Morris made to Thomas Paine, when Paine was ill and refusing to get out of bed.
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1916-02-04
Theodore Roosevelt promises that John W. McGrath will keep Frances Kellor’s letters confidential. McGrath has Roosevelt’s trust and holds a similar position to his former secretary, William Loeb. However, Kellor can send her letters care of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt if that makes her feel more comfortable. Roosevelt is looking forward to seeing Kellor and Mr. Bernheimer. He has suggested that Justine Bayard Ward and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt write to him regarding the work of the Bundle Day Committee.
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1915-04-02
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary confirms the date and time that Roosevelt can meet with Emeric De Szelnar. The secretary also instructs De Szelnar that any topic discussed during the appointment is private and not to be quoted publicly.
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1915-03-12
Theodore Roosevelt writes that the matter with Alexander Smith Cochran is arranged. Roosevelt asks that Temple Scott keep the matter private except for Mark Sullivan. To save Bliss Carmen’s feelings he will have him work some with the Elizabethan club.
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1915-02-17
Theodore Roosevelt believes the Wilson administration is the “worst and most disgraceful” in history. He has no doubt that the “frightful cases” in Mexico are true but has no way of authenticating them. The information might be included in Roosevelt’s next article on military preparedness. He has been attacking the efforts of German Americans to use the United States in the interests of Germany. Roosevelt asks Senator Lodge not to quote his political statements as he does not think the time is right for him to announce his position. He congratulates Lodge on the Shipping Bill.
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1915-02-18
Theodore Roosevelt agreed to a meeting with Major Belcher under the impression that Belcher was a British officer who wished to discuss the “Oriental question” after serving in New Zealand and East Asia. He made it clear to Belcher that their conversation was not for publication and Belcher agreed. Many of the statements Belcher attributed to Roosevelt are “absurd falsehoods” and Roosevelt does not want anything from Belcher to be published. H. A. Gwynne should have contacted Roosevelt to determine if the interview was genuine.
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1915-02-09
Theodore Roosevelt asks Frances Kellor’s opinion on the enclosed and advises her to treat it as confidential.
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1915-02-03
President Roosevelt does not have much of an answer for William Holton Dye. All he believes they can do at present is sit tight. Roosevelt very much regrets the actions of the men of whom Dye spoke, but was unable to accomplish anything in connection with them. Roosevelt shall treat Dye’s letter as completely confidential.
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1915-01-13
Theodore Roosevelt asks Dr. Coe to not make any of the letters Roosevelt has written to him made public. Coe speaks favorably of President Wilson, and Roosevelt believes he is the worst president since President Buchanan. Wilson’s attitude on foreign affairs and regard over national defense is scandalous.
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1914-12-12
President Roosevelt expresses concern regarding an undisclosed issue L. G. G. Morley discussed in a previous letter.
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1914-11-24
Theodore Roosevelt denies making statements describing Richard R. Quay as a coward for showing Senator Boies Penrose a personal letter Roosevelt sent to Quay. Penrose was shown the letter and challenged Roosevelt to publish it. Roosevelt regrets that Penrose saw the letter but is willing to have it published. He claims to have done no wrong to Quay but to have been wronged when Quay referred publicly to a private letter.
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1914-11-09