Announcement for the appointment of Stevenson A. Williams
Stevenson A. Williams is appointed to the Republican National Committee for Maryland.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-07-11
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Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940
Letter from Edgar S. Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt
Edgar S. Wilson informs President Roosevelt that George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, has done the right thing in naming Lonnie B. Moseley committeeman for Mississippi.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-10
Letter from Lucius Nathan Littauer to Theodore Roosevelt
Lucius Nathan Littauer suggests William L. Ward as the next Chairman of the National Republican Committee. This suggestion is made in response to Chairman George B. Cortelyou having been named Postmaster General.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-03-20
Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Beveridge writes to express his support for President Roosevelt’s appointment of George B. Cortelyou to the Cabinet.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-25
Note about George B. Cortelyou
George B. Cortelyou is scheduled to speak with Cornelius Newton Bliss, and will communicate with President Roosevelt following their talk. Cortelyou is not sure if he will be able to come in person, unless it is imperative for him to do so, because of the number of other engagements he has scheduled while he is in town.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-28
Letter from Robert Grier Cooke to Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Grier Cooke writes to President Roosevelt regarding a book, The Roosevelt Doctrine, which has been being distributed for free by the Republican National Committee. Cooke has begun to plan how to promote the book post-election, when it is no longer being paid for by the Republican National Committee, and wonders if Roosevelt would be willing to help publicize it at some point.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-24
Special memorandum
President Roosevelt wrote the question ‘What about the Independent?’ on a letter sent from Whitelaw Reid to George B. Cortelyou.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-25
Letter from William F. King to Theodore Roosevelt
William F. King appreciated President Roosevelt’s remarks about the Nautical Preparatory School, and gives him an update on the funding of the school and its present situations. King also tells Roosevelt about the success of his efforts to hang flags with Roosevelt on them in New York. He feels that the presidential campaign is going well, and informs Roosevelt of an upcoming rally.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-19
Letter from William Williams to Theodore Roosevelt
William Williams, Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island, calls President Roosevelt’s attention to a number of facts regarding a person hostile to the Ellis Island administration (identified in a handwritten note as Congressman Richard Bartholdt). Bartholdt continues to attack Ellis Island in spite of having been able to visit and see that articles in the Staats-Zeitung were false. Williams does not suggest any action, but wishes for Roosevelt to be informed on the matter.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-15
Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph Bucklin Bishop assures President Roosevelt that he will win New York state in the upcoming 1904 presidential election regardless of the outcome of the New York state governor election between Frank Wayland Higgins and D-Cady Herrick. Bishop also cites evidence of gambling odds changing in favor of Roosevelt as proof.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-11
Letter from Eugene F. Ware to Theodore Roosevelt
Comissioner of Pensions Ware informs President Roosevelt that he looked into the accuracy of a letter given to Roosevelt by George B. Cortelyou and written by Oliver D. Wilkerson, and he has included it in his report.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-11
Letter from James Bronson Reynolds to Theodore Roosevelt
James Bronson Reynolds reports to President Roosevelt on a conference he recently had with Postmaster John N. Parsons regarding the attitudes of the letter carriers union towards the present political campaign. Reynolds feels he has more up-to-date information than what Roosevelt may have been told by William Loeb or George B. Coretlyou, and offers to come to Washington, D.C., to brief Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-12
Letter from James Jeffrey Roche to Theodore Roosevelt
James Jeffrey Roche tells President Roosevelt of some investigations he has done regarding the distribution of Filipino pupils among secular colleges. He has collected information about the prices charged by Catholic colleges, which William A. Sutherland, of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, has said is too expensive. Roche thinks he may be mistaken about this, but will not create a controversy about the matter, as he does not wish to affect the current political campaign. He plans to raise the point when he speaks with George B. Cortelyou soon, and offers to come to Washington, D.C., to speak to Roosevelt about it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-12
Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph Bucklin Bishop continues to assure Theodore Roosevelt of winning the upcoming election citing political canvasing work showing that Republican Frank W. Higgins will win the New York state governor’s race. Additionally, Bishop writes of someone who walked Democratic presidential nominee Alton B. Parker to his hotel where he admitted personally he had no chance of winning the upcoming presidential election.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-14
Letter from Eugene F. Ware to William Loeb
Commissioner of Pensions Ware returns a letter from Secretary of War William H. Taft to William Loeb, and provides what information he can regarding the questions posed in it. As far as Ware has been able to find, it is unlikely that Presidents Grover Cleveland or William McKinley knew about the age rulings in the Pensions Bureau, and says that the closest he has been able to find is from the “Rules of Practice” approved by Cornelius Newton Bliss when he was Secretary of the Interior in 1898.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-15
Letter from Eugene A. Philbin to Theodore Roosevelt
Eugene A. Philbin writes to President Roosevelt to say that he received Roosevelt’s letters and that he is going to meet with Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou soon. He also advises Roosevelt to make no comment whatsoever on the “criticisms as well as commendations.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-06
Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt about the progress of the Republican campaign in New York state. He notes that feeling against Governor Odell is strong and may hinder Lieutenant Governor Higgins’s election, but they may be able to win the state based on pro-Roosevelt feelings.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-04
Telegram from George Stone to William Loeb
George Stone forwards to William Loeb the text of a telegram he sent to Chairman Cortelyou informing him that the owners of the steamer H. J. Corcoran would like to land at Mare Island to land passengers and freight and that they should be allowed to do so since they are friends of the Republican Party.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-09-30
Letter from Thurlow Weed Barnes to Theodore Roosevelt
Thurlow Weed Barnes reports to President Roosevelt on his visit with Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou “concerning steps to be taken in view of the recommendation by Judge Herrick, the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York, that wages and hours of labor should be regulated by a State Commission.” Barnes reports that while Cortelyou did not know much about the matter, he “grasped the matter very rapidly.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-01
Letter from Cornelius Newton Bliss to Theodore Roosevelt
Republican National Committee Treasurer Bliss responds to President Roosevelt’s previous letter agreeing that the conflict between Governor Odell and Lieutenant Governor Higgins is likely to have an adverse effect on the Republican results in the New York state election. He stresses that by emphasizing the national issues they can mitigate the situation. He then describes an upcoming campaign meeting at Madison Square Garden and applauds Chairman Cortelyou’s work on the campaign.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-10-03