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August Belmont expresses his gratitude to President Roosevelt for “giving up” Theodore P. Shonts, so that Shonts may come to New York and “undertake the direction of our local traction situation.” Belmont argues that the work will have an important bearing on the welfare of the community, and the development of New York.
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1907-01-21
E. Mont Reily disagrees with Joseph E. Black’s candidacy for Internal Revenue Collector for the Western District of Missouri, at Kansas City. Black has been one of the most bitter enemies that President Roosevelt has in the entire state. Reily recounts a Republican National Convention they both attended in Chicago where Black intended to introduce very critical condemnations of Roosevelt.
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1907-01-02
Secretary of War Taft would like to consult with General James Franklin Bell before making Arthur Paul Thayer the Assistant Professor of Languages at West Point.
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1906-12-24
Charles Evans Hughes believes that Buffalo is the “storm centre” as far as the Banking Department is concerned and that to be able to get a Republican who is highly esteemed in Buffalo and who will increase the efficiency of the administration, “is to solve a difficult problem, greatly to advantage the party and to benefit the state.” Hughes aims to offer Charles Hallam Keep the position, with the endorsement of John G. Wickser.
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1906-12-15
Charles Evans Hughes informs President Roosevelt that he has not received an official note of resignation from Frederick D. Kilburn and so has not told anyone of his consideration of Charles H. Keep for the position of Superintendent of Banks. Hughes wants a dependable man to take the position who can institute reforms as necessary.
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1906-12-07
Charles Evans Hughes recommends Charles H. Keep to succeed Frederick D. Kilburn as Superintendent of Banks in New York when Kilburn resigns.
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1906-12-06
Alford Warriner Cooley writes to fulfill President Roosevelt’s request for a statement of Cooley’s legal experience for use in his confirmation hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee. Cooley details his educational background, his legal experience in New York, and his work as Civil Service Commissioner and the Commissioner of Immigration at the port of New York.
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1906-12-06
General Wood is glad that President Roosevelt will take up the matter with Colonel William S. Patten. Roosevelt believes that Patten will make a first-class Quartermaster General. Wood also informs Roosevelt that Patten’s wife is dying and that Patten will be returning to the United States to tend to her, and on that trip will visit Roosevelt.
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1906-11-19
James Burchard Stewart sends William Loeb a resume of a canvass being taken in New York at the request of John Appleton Stewart.
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1906-10-16
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry writes Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte about a candidate for office. Newberry told the candidate that he would receive serious consideration with Bonaparte. The candidate is not named in the letter, but Newberry is likely referring to Eustace Barron Rogers for the position of Paymaster-General. Newberry adds that he completed inspection of two of the armored cruisers, the battleship Virginia, the Torpedo Station, and the Training Station. He will also send the Dolphin to New York for repairs.
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1906-09-06
George B. Cortelyou received William Loeb’s letter with the enclosure from Colonel Cecil Andrew Lyon. Cortelyou’s knowledge of the matter raised in the letter centers on “the recommendation of persons who I believed would be efficient and satisfactory postmasters.”
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1906-08-25
Chairman Shonts rejects the claims of George T. Kenly that the employee selection process for the Panama Canal project is politically biased. He encloses a copy of a letter from Chief Engineer John F. Stevens which outlines Kenly’s deficiencies.
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1906-08-23
Denis J. Stafford, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, recommends George L. Thomas for the position of White House doorkeeper.
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1906-08-21
Charles Laurie McCawley heartily thanks President Roosevelt for his warm congratulations; he and his wife, Sarah Helen McCawley, appreciate his wishes for their happiness. McCawley thinks that Captain McCoy is “a most excellent” choice to fill his position and will do anything he can to assist McCoy in his new duties once he returns from sick leave. McCawley profusely thanks Roosevelt and his wife Edith for their kindness and friendship during his service at the White House. Mrs. McCawley echoes these thanks.
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1906-08-20
William W. Cocks asks William Perry to let him know if the matter is not adjusted within the next two or three weeks. Cocks suggests that Perry write to Captain Adolph Marix and let Marix know that he would like a position.
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1906-08-08
John F. Stevens thinks that construction will benefit if they seek out the best workers and contractors for every type of work needed, rather than relying solely on one company to provide them. That way, each “class of construction” will be overseen and carried out by experts who are the best at what they do.
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1906-08-04
William Barret Ridgely has appointed James A. Rathbun as a bank examiner on the recommendation of Representative Klepper.
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1906-06-30
Ambassador Reid sends President Roosevelt a clipping from the Spectator about the Algeciras Conference. Reid also discusses members of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.
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1906-04-02
Jacob A. Riis thanks President Roosevelt for securing a job for his son, John, a job that Riis thinks will get his son safely through “his wandering years.” Presently, the elder Riis is recuperating in the hospital after having a heart treatment to which he is responding well. As it is the first day of Lent, he encourages Roosevelt that with spring soon at hand, he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will “have peace in the White House” and be able to rest. In a postscript, Riis remarks that the happenings of the Senate remind him “of the man who digged a pit for his enemy and fell therein himself.”
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1906-02-27
Henry L. Stimson accepts President Roosevelt’s appointment as a United States Attorney, and will do his best in that position.
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1905-12-13