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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 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 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 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’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 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 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
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 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
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 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