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President Roosevelt will keep Mr. Gudger’s application if another opportunity should arise. Roosevelt also congratulates Judge Pritchard on the work his brother, George K. Pritchard, is doing as Marshal in Indian Territory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-30
President Roosevelt defends James H. Monteath, George H. Bingenheimer, and Charles E. Burton against C. Hart Merriam’s doubts regarding their fitness to hold office.
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1904-03-19
President Roosevelt and Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock had already filled the positions for Secretary of Arizona and of the Dawes Commission, also known as the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, when Roosevelt heard from Elihu Root of General Howard’s son’s desire for those positions. Roosevelt asks Howard if his son would like another position as Roosevelt would be pleased to appoint him.
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1904-03-21
Nelson P. Webster reports to William Loeb on the appointment of William M. Johnson to the post of immigration inspector. As Johnson will be stationed in Laredo, Texas, Webster suggests that Commissioner of Immigration Frank P. Sargent be asked to help with Johnson’s travel expenses.
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1906-08-23
President Roosevelt would be pleased to offer Avery De Lano Andrews a position but does not see a suitable current vacancy.
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1902-04-01
William Loeb asks that White House Steward Henry Pinckney call his attention the case of Alice Clarke when there is a vacancy in the White House laundry. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt would like to do something for Clarke, and a place in the laundry seems to be the position she is fit for.
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1902-02-23
Vice President Roosevelt writes to Herbert Putnam, the Librarian of Congress, asking him to read an enclosed letter on behalf of Eugene B. O’Neill. O’Neill is the brother of William Owen “Bucky” O’Neill, who served as a Rough Rider, and Roosevelt has heard good things about him. He asks if it would be possible to give Eugene a trial to see how he does.
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1901-04-26
Vice President Roosevelt sends Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam two letters of recommendation, from Franklin Matthews and from Booker T. Washington, on behalf of a Mrs. Matthews. Roosevelt believes these letters show Mrs. Matthews to be qualified, and he asks that if there are any vacancies at the Library of Congress, she be given a chance to prove her merits.
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1901-06-05
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs W. E. Everett that he received incorrect information. There are no more open appointments for shipkeepers on the USS Constitution.
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1897-09-28
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt will always answer Sylvester Malone’s appeals. He has inquired if Alfred Bernstein can be detailed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Roosevelt also contacted the Marine Corps and arranged to send Bernstein to school.
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1897-09-29
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt explains to Robert Bradley Hawley that while he would like to appoint Scott, the positions are under the civil service and he has no power in the matter.
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1897-09-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy informs Paymaster Harris he will keep Harris’s opinion in mind when an additional clerk position opens.
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1897-08-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Frazier A. Boutelle that he is unable to help his son get a position as an assistant paymaster due to the few number of positions open and the large number of applicants. President McKinley favors Naval Academy graduates.
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1897-08-04
Writing to William L. Ward, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt praises Harold L. Leupp and vouches for Leupp for a new appointment.
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1897-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt has sent George Bird Grinnell’s message to Cornelius Newton Bliss. As Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt has been able to rule out politics in appointing people to positions.
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1897-05-25
Charles Simon Barrett helped pass the amendment in the Senate, but could not get it passed in the House. Barrett thinks the amendment could have passed in the House if he had more notice. Barrett and Gifford Pinchot will travel through the south and urge farmers to grow more food. Pinchot has applied with Herbert Hoover for a position on the Food Committee.
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1917-04-30
Gifford Pinchot sends Theodore Roosevelt correspondence from Henry Beach Needham about the appointment of a successor to John D. Archbold. Pinchot will look more into pardons made as part of a Nebraska land fraud case.
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1913-05-03
Ferdinand Cowle Iglehart alerts Theodore Roosevelt that he sent Senator Root, Roosevelt’s letter of introduction favoring the appointments of “Nicholson and Cherrington” as delegates to the International Alcohol Convention at The Hague. Elihu Root; however, had already appointed Maynard Clement to the position. Iglehart also asks Roosevelt, on behalf of the Men’s Club of Calvary Methodist Church, to address the congregation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-21
Following recent news of Theodore Roosevelt’s intention to organize a division of cavalry in case of war with Japan, Major Paul A. Barry offers his services. Barry reviews his experience training and leading troops, and offers to get in touch with other men similarly experienced in training troops.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-19
H. S. Jeffery appreciates Theodore Roosevelt’s letter, and explains his grievances with President William H. Taft, who Jeffery feels has ignored the concerns of labor and has selected boiler inspectors who are unsuited to the position. Jeffery had hoped for Taft’s success, but after such missteps he will work against Taft’s election if he is once again nominated by the Republican party as its presidential candidate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-02