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President Roosevelt hopes that Judge Holt will meet with Willoughby B. Dobbs, a New York lawyer who wants to be a bankruptcy referee. Dobbs worked for Roosevelt when he was Civil Service Commissioner, and Roosevelt admired his courage, integrity, and judgment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-14
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt agrees with H. F. Holtz’s statements about the governor (presumably William Lafayette Strong). He discusses Civil Service Commission Chief Clerk Paul V. Bunn’s personal history and attests to his skilled, hard-working nature alongside fellow Civil Service employee Willoughby B. Dobbs. Roosevelt would have brought Bunn to the New York Police Department with him, but there was no position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt wishes he could be a third police commissioner with Frank Moss and Avery De Lano Andrews. He warns Moss not to let Parker or Frederick Dent Grant trick him. Roosevelt hopes Moss finds Kelly and Rathgeber satisfactory and testifies of their good work and character. Moss knows the New York Police Department better than most.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-04-24