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President Roosevelt would like the United States Civil Service commission to make an exception for William Norman, who has been captain of the presidential yacht the Sylph for two years. Roosevelt would like Norman to be made Assistant Inspector of Hulls in the Steamboat Inspection Service in New Orleans.
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1908-10-10
President Roosevelt tells Carl Ethan Akeley that he is thinking of hiring an Englishman named Judd to manage his caravan for the African safari, but that if he does not, he may hire R. J. Cunninghame. He asks for Akeley’s opinion of Cunninghame.
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1908-10-06
President Roosevelt asks Ted Roosevelt to keep him updated on his job, and says the papers will soon give up discussing him. The enclosed letter to Ted, with its offer of a job selling cravats to students in Madison, Wisconsin, is delightful and amusing. Although Roosevelt’s leg has been mostly keeping him inside, he has been too busy to go out much anyway.
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1908-10-02
President Roosevelt appoints Louis N. Hammerling as one of three commissioners to investigate conditions regarding labor and accommodations in Panama.
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1908-04-24
President Roosevelt has sent Grafton St. Loe Abbott’s letter to Postmaster General George Von Lengerke Meyer. He wishes he could do what Abbott requests, but has had to refuse many similar requests as President. Varying from his rule about appointing sons of army and navy officers would make him unable to reward officers who have earned ranks on merit.
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1908-04-24
President Roosevelt tells Frank B. Kellogg that he believes that Senator Albert J. Beveridge, not Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver, should be temporary chairman.
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1908-04-23
President Roosevelt asks that Lieutenant Commander Andrew T. Long be detailed as an Executive Officer in the Great White Fleet under Admiral Robley D. Evans if it does not do any injustice to someone currently holding the position. Roosevelt also suggests giving Commander Harry Herbert Hosley command of the New Hampshire when it is ready and Long could become Supervisor of the Harbor of New York.
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1907-09-13
Theodore Roosevelt hopes that he can appoint Aaron Johns as Justice of the Peace. Roosevelt is fine with any title John Burroughs selects for the book. Roosevelt is glad that Burroughs liked his final word on the “nature faker” controversy.
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1907-09-03
President Roosevelt congratulates Colonel Treadwell for being selected by New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes to serve on a military staff as “military secretary.”
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1906-12-20
President Roosevelt tells Henry W. Taft that Special Assistant Attorney General Oliver E. Pagan is a fine man, and that he allowing the new Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte free reign in picking his own assistants. Roosevelt is less convinced about Pagan, and believes his skills are less general than desired.
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1906-12-20
President Roosevelt tells Senator Knox that he has forwarded his letter regarding Special Assistant to the Attorney General Oliver E. Pagan to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt notes that he and Bonaparte have already spoken about Pagan, and the Attorney General thinks highly of him. Roosevelt is less certain, and believes Pagan is a specialist in only one line of work.
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1906-12-19
President Roosevelt tells Charles Rufus Skinner it is a pleasure to appoint him to the position in question, and he knows he will make a first-rate officer.
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1906-12-17
President Roosevelt is somewhat surprised by the news Nicholas Murray Butler shares with him about the immigration service. While he was aware of the testimony surrounding the inefficiency of New York Superintendent of Immigration Thomas Fitchie, he had received the impression that Edward F. McSweeney was corrupt and that Terence Vincent Powderly was a good man, and asks to see the letter Butler has that argues to the contrary. Roosevelt hopes to find a good man to succeed Fitchie, and has been considering John McMackin, currently chief of the labor bureau at Albany.
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1901-10-09
Secretary of the Interior Garfield informs William Loeb of an addendum to his letter about Thomas Ryan’s resignation. Ryan requests that the change take place on October 31, 1907, and that a public announcement not be made until then. Garfield plans to advise Frank Pierce of his appointment so that he can make arrangements to begin soon.
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1907-09-12
Secretary of the Interior Garfield informs President Roosevelt that Assistant Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ryan has resigned, and he will be replaced by Frank Pierce, a Williams College man. While Garfield is sad to see Ryan go, he needs a man “who can do hard work this winter.” Garfield also asks Roosevelt about the Friends School in Washington because he is thinking of sending his son James Abram Garfield there.
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1907-09-12
John Burroughs writes to Theodore Roosevelt to advocate for the professional advancement of his friend, a war veteran, Aaron Johns. Burroughs previously advocated for Johns to be Justice of the Peace. Burroughs would like to call his book Camping and Tramping with Roosevelt.
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1907-09-01
Civil Service Commissioner McIlhenny thanks President Roosevelt for the consideration has shown Putnam Bradlee Strong, whom Major George W. Goethals of the Isthmian Canal Commission has recently hired as a foreman.
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1907-08-20
Senator Beveridge answers President Roosevelt’s letter regarding a successor to Internal Revenue Commissioner John Watson Yerkes. Beveridge had hoped for someone from his own state of Indiana, but acknowledges that Roosevelt has a better man from Kentucky. Beveridge adds in a handwritten postscript that Lieutenant Governor Hugh T. Miller is to be the next governor.
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1907-04-05
John F. Stevens informs Secretary of War Taft that Colonel Goethals will become the chief engineer in Panama.
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1907-03-21
John F. Stevens informs Secretary of War Taft that he will stay on in Panama to help Colonel George W. Goethals train as his replacement. Stevens recently resigned as head engineer of the Panama Canal.
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1907-02-28