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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary spoke to Julian LaRose Harris regarding Harry Stillwell Edwards’s telegram. Roger Alexander Dewar and S. S. McClure met with Roosevelt in New York and are organizing campaign support in Georgia.
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1912-07-24
Theodore Roosevelt writes D. O. Edwards regarding the Progressive campaign and Roosevelt’s hope to represent all parts of the United States.
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1912-07-13
President Roosevelt sends a letter of thanks to Samuel J. Jones.
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1912-07-09
Theodore Roosevelt informs Senator Alsop that he is working on a synopsis of the cases. He invites Alsop, Frank S. Butterworth, Herbert Knox Smith, Mr. Goodwin, and William S. Cowles to meet him at Oyster Bay. Roosevelt writes that J. Henry Roraback’s letter has the Georgia and Indiana cases.
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1912-07-02
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Senator Alsop that Senator Joseph M. Dixon is in New York City going over the cases in Georgia and Indiana and will send the evidence to Alsop.
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1912-06-28
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Edward Hulse for his letter and states he is in favor of any government that addresses the needs of unfortunate people who live in the mountains of the South. Roosevelt is aware of the “great strides” by Miss Berry’s school in Georgia in training boys from the mountains and hopes similar programs will be carried on where the same problem exists in other states.
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1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s Secretary explains to Helen Dortch Longstreet that, as a private citizen, Roosevelt lacks the funds and influence to support the waterpower trust. Longstreet indicated in a prior letter that if she could secure financial backing, she could secure Georgia and North Carolina in the general election. Longstreet was referred to Senator Dixon because it was thought she was asking for Roosevelt’s “help or influence” in getting money. Senator Dixon does not have funds to give Longstreet.
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1912-06-05
Theodore Roosevelt feels that appeals should be made to the South the same way as in the North. If nominated, Roosevelt will make “a strong campaign” in Georgia and North Carolina.
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1912-06-01
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains that William N. Mitchell need not have written, for both he and Roosevelt already know how much Mitchell supports, and always has supported, Roosevelt and his campaigns.
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1912-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt feels that appeals should be made to the south just as in the north and if nominated will campaign in Georgia.
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1912-06-01
Theodore Roosevelt thanks May Belle Clarke and the Southern Young Women’s Roosevelt Club for their telegram and tells them that he hopes to do good for the south and the north.
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1912-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Elizabeth Fleck for her letter and says that if nominated he will campaign in the South as well as the North, particularly in his mother’s state of Georgia.
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1912-06-03
Theodore Roosevelt sends a letter to Oscar K. Davis from W. N. Mitchell regarding the National Committeemanship of Georgia, and asks Davis to turn it over to someone who can deal with the matter.
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1912-05-28
Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks to Henry G. Fennell and expects that if he is nominated he will have to make a hard campaign in the southern states like Georgia and North Carolina.
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1912-05-28
Theodore Roosevelt would like to make it down to Georgia if he gets the Presidential nomination. He would work to bring Georgia into the Republican fold. Roosevelt will count on supporters like Frank Guess to help with this process.
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1912-05-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary suggests P. H. Lynch get in contact with Senator Dixon, for if Roosevelt is nominated at the Chicago Convention, they will need Lynch’s help with winning Georgia.
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1912-05-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary suggests that Senator Dixon meet with Clark Grier, who has a plan to split the Georgia delegation instructed to vote for President Taft, perhaps to the point of securing most of the delegation for Theodore Roosevelt.
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1912-05-13
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph St. Julien Yates, commenting on the votes Roosevelt received in the Democratic primary. If nominated, Roosevelt will campaign hard in Georgia and North Carolina.
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1912-05-08
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary replies to and agrees with Julian Harris that a campaign visit to Georgia in November would be advisable; however, a nomination at the Chicago convention in April would be required first.
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1912-04-30
Frederic J. Paxon asks Theodore Roosevelt for his views on John E. White’s statements regarding arbitration and the interpretation of Roosevelt’s position on international treaties.
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1911-09-14