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Theodore Roosevelt accepts William N. Colquitt’s invitation to be Honorary Chairman of the Monument Committee to erect monuments to Generals Stewart and Screven.
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1911-05-26
Theodore Roosevelt sends his regrets to William N. Colquitt that he can not accept the invitation to be Honorary Chairman of the Monument Committee to erect a monument for Generals James Screven and Daniel Stewart, or to come to Savannah for the unveiling of the statue.
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1911-05-18
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Susan Dixon with thanks. He knows the white-throated sparrow well. Roosevelt hopes Dixon will read the first chapter of his autobiography, which describes his mother Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, who grew up in the south in similar surroundings to Dixon. If she is ever in the neighborhood, Roosevelt hopes Dixon will stop by.
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1915-10-15
Theodore Roosevelt invites Thomas E. Watson to Oyster Bay, New York, to discuss their shared Georgian ancestry and view some heirlooms Roosevelt has collected. Roosevelt defends the “countless good Americans who are Catholic” and supports the legality and legitimacy of marriages between people of different religious creeds. He denounces any “general assault on Catholics.”
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1915-03-16
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Ernest Harvier regarding some “humorous” but “lamentable” events. Roosevelt also indicates that he received a letter from Thomas E. Watson and invites Harvier to stop by and read his reply.
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1915-01-16
Theodore Roosevelt writes to George L. Record that he read the piece and has sympathy for what Record wrote but takes issue with some of the proposal. Roosevelt recommends that Record read what Richard Ely wrote in his last two volumes about corporations, public utilities, the Georgia Legislature, and other topics. Roosevelt thinks it is “quite hopeless to try to launch any program of this kind at present.” Roosevelt asks if Record can visit next Thursday morning at the Progressive Party Headquarters in New York to speak further on the matter.
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1914-12-22
President Roosevelt wishes that Harry Stillwell Edwards had written to him sooner. At Clark Howell’s request, he has already reappointed James L. Sibley, as approved by the Post Office Department.
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1909-02-01
President Roosevelt informs Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, that W. J. Massie and Clark Grier will be visiting him soon. The two men represent the “Taft clubs of Georgia,” and Roosevelt encourages Hitchcock to support and build up Republican organizations there.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt suggests that Colonel Johnson should confer with representatives of Taft clubs in Georgia before making recommendations for offices. He also suggested this to Representative Charles G. Edwards. Roosevelt commends the efforts made in support of William H. Taft in Georgia.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt sends President-Elect Taft a memorandum advising him to visit several people while he is in Georgia, to back up the Taft clubs there, and to avoid most office-holders.
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1908-12-03
Walter Akerman’s letter pleased President Roosevelt. He is very glad that Georgia’s 7th Congressional District gave president-elect William H. Taft a plurality.
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1908-11-15
President Roosevelt writes Richard Watson Gilder a lengthy refutation of an article in the Evening Post in which William Garrott Brown misconstrues his actions in the Republican Party. Namely, Brown accuses Roosevelt of neglecting Republicans in the South and of doing a poor job of making nominations to local offices and positions. Roosevelt asserts that where the Republican party is not strong in the South, he has had to appoint Democrats who were quality men, rather than incapable men who are Republicans. Where he believes the party has a chance to compete with Democrats, he does all he can to support it. Roosevelt also writes that he did not use his influence on officers to get William H. Taft the nomination, but rather Taft was nominated because Roosevelt’s policies were popular, and Taft is the man who will continue those policies. Roosevelt believes that Brown is either ignorant or willfully ignorant of a number of facts.
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1908-11-16
President Roosevelt received Harry Stillwell Edwards’s letter. Roosevelt is particularly pleased with the election results in Georgia.
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1908-11-07
President Roosevelt believes that former Georgia Governor Northen has been misled in his assessment of interstate commerce law regarding segregation. Had Northen read the Interstate Commerce Commission’s opinion and read the law, he would understand that he should address his queries to someone “whose duty it was to take the initiative” in appealing to the state commission. Roosevelt notes that the courts back up the law in this case. Roosevelt also notes that Judson C. Clements, a Georgian, is on the Interstate Commerce Commission and he is “simply endeavoring to stand behind the good men of the South” and that it is “foolish” for southerners to protest against the government taking notice of non-obedience of a federal statute.
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1908-04-11
President Roosevelt comments to T. Jefferson Coolidge on the nomination of William H. Taft as Republican candidate for president. Roosevelt is glad to hear that Coolidge supports Taft’s nomination, but is sorry to say that he believes that the forces who oppose Taft will go to great measures to deny him the nomination. He thinks that the anti-Taft forces will particularly try to control Southern delegates. Joseph Benson Foraker has appealed to Judson Whitlocke Lyons, the National Committeeman from Georgia, using the Brownsville incident. Roosevelt asks Coolidge if he could use his connections to appeal to Lyons’s friends to ask Lyons to stand honorably on the questions.
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1908-02-08
President Roosevelt thanks Richard Robert Wright for the invitation to Georgia State’s African American agricultural fair, but regrets that he will be unable to attend. Roosevelt sends his best wishes for success.
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1907-10-24
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft about conditions in the South regarding Taft’s nomination to be the presidential candidate for the Republican Party. One of Roosevelt’s informants told him that the constituents in Alabama will vote for Joseph Benson Foraker if Taft is approved. Roosevelt still believes that the southern states will be in favor of Taft. On another matter, Roosevelt reports that many people want him to nominate John K. Beach over Walter Chadwick Noyes for a circuit court judge position.
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1907-07-10
President Roosevelt updates Kermit Roosevelt on his trip to Georgia, where the Georgians received him well. They built a reproduction of his grandfather’s house and a naval review which was a “great sight.”
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1907-06-13
President Roosevelt thanks Governor Terrell for the telegram. Roosevelt paid “no heed whatever” to what the publications wrote. Roosevelt enjoyed Georgia Day and “appreciated the courtesy” they showed him.
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1907-06-15
President Roosevelt always reads Will N. Harben’s writings with pleasure. He thanks him for the copy of Ann Boyd and looks forward to reading it.
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1906-09-19