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President Roosevelt accepts Assistant United States Treasurer Fish’s resignation. Ordinarily Roosevelt would regret receiving such a letter, but in this case he is sure Fish will continue to serve excellently while in Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-03
President Roosevelt writes that unless Admiral Caspar F. Goodrich produces evidence, there is no need for Admiral A. T. Mahan to act. Multiple accounts have validated Admiral Charles S. Sperry’s statements, and Goodrich has been against the voyage of the Great White Fleet from the start.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-01
President Roosevelt is glad to hear Nicholas Murray Butler’s thoughts on Maurice Francis Egan and David Jayne Hill. Roosevelt would prefer men like them over any other type of American representative.
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1908-10-01
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his letter and believes Colonel George W. Goethals is glad that Bishop has come to the Isthmus. Roosevelt concurs with Bishop’s letter and states he will “back up the Colonel on all points.” The president also informs Bishop of some political business in New York State and asks Bishop to send “a not too long rough draft” about the Panama Canal that Roosevelt could include in his annual message.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-11
Governor Curry of New Mexico, following up on President Roosevelt’s letter, has expressed to the manager of the Santa Fe Water & Light Company that attempts at blackmail against the company will be prosecuted. Richard H. Hanna’s information about district court clerk William E. Martin is true, but the Department of Justice did not object to his appointment. Mariano Senna’s appointment as deputy clerk was a mistake, however, and he has been removed. Curry will personally fight any wrongdoing in the Territory of New Mexico, and the strife will not last.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-31
Article detailing what an exemplary employee Theodore Roosevelt Jr. has been while working for the Hartford Carpet Company in San Francisco, California.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-1912
Short article about how successful Theodore Roosevelt Jr. has been selling carpets for the San Francisco branch of the Hartford Carpet Company.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-04-03
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say he is glad to hear about his performance in the two-mile race. He adds he had lunch with Robert Perkins, Ted Roosevelt’s boss, and he thinks Ted is doing well.
1908-10-22
President Roosevelt expresses concern over Professor Harvey Washington Wiley’s competence as it relates to the implementation of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, despite his efforts in getting that legislation passed. Roosevelt tells Professor Henry Hurd Rusby that Wiley’s colleague, Professor Frederick L. Dunlap, will do in his place.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-07
Theodore Roosevelt pays tribute to Frederick Haynes Newell and regrets that his work has not received greater public attention.
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1914-12-22
President Roosevelt excerpts part of a column in the English Fortnightly Review, describing public servants in his administration as underpaid paragons. The quotation explains they labor in service of their civic virtue despite the temptations of better pay in private sector work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-24
President Roosevelt is disappointed in the professional conduct of Minister to Cuba Edwin V. Morgan and tells Secretary of State Root that he “has been absolutely useless in the crises that has just occurred.”
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1906-10-03
William Loeb informs Commissioner of Patents Allen that William W. Mortimer has recently finished his work in the White House offices, and has been directed to report to the Patent Office the following Thursday. Loeb praises Mortimer’s service, and thanks Allen for his courtesy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-24
President Roosevelt informs Senator Platt of the grave complaint against Commissioner of Patents Frederick Innes Allen. While people agree Allen’s intentions are good, the consensus is that he lacks the ability to provide satisfactory service. Roosevelt did not want to act on the matter before seeing Platt.
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1905-01-18
President Roosevelt tells Booker T. Washington about several difficulties he is having pertaining to matters in Alabama. Roosevelt is having trouble over the William Frye Tebbetts case because President Pro Tempore of the Senate William P. Frye has a “personal interest” in Tebbetts and wants him reappointed. Similarly, Roosevelt wants to trust Thompson and put Montgomery in the place of Chisolm under the Department of Justice, but the department says there is no issue with Chisolm. As Roosevelt says, “[Thompson] must not make it difficult for me by starting to turn out men who are . . . doing well.”
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1905-01-02
Governor Crane, in response to George B. Cortelyou’s request for information on whether Stephen B. Whiting would be a good candidate to be a part of the Anthacite Coal Strike Commission, opines that while Whiting is considered a man of high repute and ability, he is on friendly terms with the railroads and may not be an impartial judge. Crane thinks, therefore, that Whiting does not fill the requirements of the position. He sends President Roosevelt his congratulations on “his great success.”
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1902-10-14
William H. Taft sends President Roosevelt a letter he has sent to Chairman of the Republican National Committee Frank H. Hitchcock, and asks Roosevelt to meet with Hitchcock about it. Taft has been frustrated with T. Coleman Du Pont’s position in the Speakers Bureau, in which he has not been very useful, and Taft reminds Roosevelt that he was not the one who appointed Du Pont.
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1908-09-22
Albert A. Richards, assistant attorney to the Department of Justice, responds to the recent letter sent by Henry A. Veith, a previous assistant attorney reporting to him. Quoting the letter, Richards denies that he spoke ill of Senator Robert M. La Follette, used insulting and abusive language with his employees, or retaliated against Veith when he asked for his annual leave. Richards writes that it is entirely true however, that he reacted to Veith’s behavior by contacting Attorney General Bonaparte to explain that Veith was not a valuable employee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-18
Memphis Chief of Police O’Haver feels it is his duty to write to Secret Service Chief Wilkie about an incident that occurred while President Roosevelt was visiting Memphis in October. O’Haver explains that while the police department was guarding Roosevelt, Secret Service Agent James Sloan acted disrespectfully and dangerously, and therefore he is not fitting of his position.
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1907-10-08
Thomas B. Smith sends the efficiency records of employees at the Philadelphia Post Office to the Post Office Superintendents of the United States. He discusses the merits and pitfalls of some employees, and states his action plan on how to deal with each situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-12