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Fred L. Fishback forwards a letter from Richard Harding Davis and a reply to the letter from George B. Cortelyou, enclosures which by oversight were not included with Secretary of War Elihu Root’s recent communication.
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1903-02-09
Silas McBee discussed the race question with Booker T. Washington and has been editorially defending Theodore Roosevelt’s Southern policy.
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1903-01-31
It has been arranged for Clifford Richardson to be on the Assay Commission to visit the Mint.
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1903-01-18
Volney W. Foster recommends Dr. Charles Joseph Little, president of the Garrett Biblical Institute, as a man of extraordinary talents who could be helpful to the Roosevelt administration. As a postscript, Foster notes that he and the Executive Committee of the National Business League wish George B. Cortelyou to be appointed as Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
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1903-01-10
William A. Ogden is pleased that the creation of the Department of Commerce is moving forward and wants to see George B. Cortelyou named Secretary of the department.
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1903-01-02
Nevada N. Stranahan requests more information from President Roosevelt regarding what employment Maurice E. Townsend is qualified for and would accept because the letter that Townsend was too vague.
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1902-12-24
Mrs. Archibald Dixon is a supporter of President Roosevelt, but is of a different opinion on a few issues. She sent Roosevelt a magazine by George B. Cortelyou that included an article on Patrick Henry. She disagrees with Roosevelt’s assessment that Henry made “a slip” in opposing the Constitution without amendments. She also encourages him to leave the North-South issue in the hands of God.
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1902-11-24
W. D. Ford supports George B. Cortelyou’s appointment as Secretary for the newly created Department of Commerce. He also mentions that he was introduced to President Roosevelt at an early date.
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1902-12-03
Newton A. Throop invites President Roosevelt to hunt on his land along the Little Sun Flower River in Mississippi.
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1902-11-08
Walter Wellman agrees to Secretary Cortelyou’s recommendation about not presenting John Mitchell’s propositions regarding the board of arbitration to President Roosevelt. Wellman will continue to discuss the matter with Mitchell.
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1902-10-16
Henry Bazely Wolryche-Whitmore sends President Roosevelt a “really good cheese” by way of his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, who had been visiting. Sadly, Robinson was ill for part of the trip, presumably due to the strength of the “Royal Waters.” Wolryche-Whitmore congratulates Roosevelt on the coal strike settlement and shares the positive reaction the settlement is receiving in England.
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1902-10-17
Samuel G. French has experience with the anthracite coal industry and would like to share his views with President Roosevelt.
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1902-10-13
Henry L. Dawes inquires about President Roosevelt’s health and prays for a speedy recovery after his accident in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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1902-09-30
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses several newspaper articles and congratulates President Roosevelt on his political positioning against Senator Platt and William Jennings Bryan. He supports George B. Cortelyou’s appointment as Secretary for the new Department of Commerce and Labor.
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1902-09-15
Senator Lodge is worried about the news of President Roosevelt’s surgery and feels guilty about his last letter full of worry about the coal strike. Lodge asks if there is anything Attorney General Knox can do about the situation. Lodge reports on Massachusetts campaign news.
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1902-09-25
Senator Lodge encloses letters from Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Charles H. Ames that he thinks President Roosevelt will enjoy. He was pleased to receive a telegram from George B. Cortelyou as he was worried after reports of the carriage accident.
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1902-09-04
Richard Watson Gilder was glad to hear that President Roosevelt and George B. Cortelyou emerged safely from the carriage accident. He would like Roosevelt to recommend someone to write an article entitled “The President and the Trusts,” and suggests Nicholas Murray Butler or Albert Shaw.
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1902-09-04
Philo Pratt Hotchkiss offers to deliver a letter to Senator Platt with “about a hundred signatures from prominent bankers and merchants” supporting President Roosevelt as the 1904 Republican presidential nominee.
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1902-09-11
Senator Hanna provides dates concerning his availability for an upcoming conference.
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1902-08-29
John Watson Yerkes discusses the political dispute between Leslie Combs and Brutus J. Clay regarding an appointment to Guatemala.
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1902-08-08