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William W. Hulse reminds Theodore Roosevelt of previous correspondence they have had and shares an update on the progress of his village. Hulse believes everyone would support Roosevelt as the next president and as a veteran, has always admired Roosevelt. Hulse invites Roosevelt to the Board of Trade’s annual banquet as the guest of honor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-15
Article includes a letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to General Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar expressing regret that he is not able to attend the Grand Army of the Republic National Encampment. He commends those who served in the armed forces, especially Union soldiers in the Civil War.
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1904-08-17
This article quotes a speech given by General Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar, who accepts the honor which has been conferred on him at the 38th annual Grand Army of the Republic Encampment and discusses his experiences in the Civil War. Section titles include “Recalls When the Boys Came Home,” “Thank God So Many of Us Have Been Spared,” “The Host That Kept the Nation Whole,” and “Brought Home the Unstained Flag.”
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1904-08-19
William Loeb asks Rudolph Forster if there are any records documenting that President Roosevelt informed the representatives of the Grand Army encampment at Boston that Roosevelt would not be present at the encampment.
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1904-07-16
President Roosevelt sends his congratulations to John S. Maxwell and the Grand Army of the Republic of the Department of New York on the occasion of their forty first annual encampment.
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1907-06-20
President Roosevelt regrets that he is unable to attend the Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and hopes that General Howard will express his utmost respect to the veterans of the Civil War.
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1904-08-06
President Roosevelt sends his regrets to General Blackmar that he will be unable to attend the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston, Massachusetts. Roosevelt has the greatest respect for those who fought for “the very life of the Nation” and agrees with former president William McKinley that their “patriotic spirit still animates the Republic.”
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1904-08-06
President Roosevelt sends his regrets that he cannot attend the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston, Massachusetts. Roosevelt holds General Black and his fellow veterans in the highest regard.
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1904-08-06
Theodore E. Bock invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend and speak at the Eighth Annual Department Encampment, held by the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Ohio. The event is especially intended to promote fraternization between the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Spanish War Veterans.
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1911-05-29
Grenville M. Dodge congratulates President Roosevelt on the peace between Japan and Russia. Dodge also indicates that the citizens of the states he is traveling through express “unanimous satisfaction and gratification” with the peace Roosevelt has caused. When he returns to New York in October, he will make a trip to Washington, D.C.
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1905-09-05
Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, sends President Roosevelt a copy of the resolutions passed at the 38th National Encampment in Boston in 1904. Blackmar requests that Roosevelt consider taking action in line with the spirit of the resolutions.
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1904-09-06
Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, writes to President Roosevelt about the National Encampment of veterans that weekend in Boston. He regrets that Roosevelt was unable to attend but ensures the President that the veterans stand behind him.
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1904-09-03
Commissioner of Pensions Ware spent a week at the Grand Army of the Republic National Encampment. He reports that the pension attorneys and pensioners are “in just as good shape as human effort can get them,” noting that no principles had to be sacrificed to achieve this result. Many of the old soldiers favor President Roosevelt in the upcoming election. Ware encloses a clipping of General John Charles Black’s address to the Grand Army of the Republic.
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1904-08-22
At the Grand Army of the Republic National Encampment, James Tanner spoke with Comrade Nevins about Democrats who voted for William Jennings Bryan but who “were open and pronounced” for President Roosevelt. After consulting with Dodge, they agreed that any formal effort made by the soldiers for Roosevelt’s cause should be led by General Sickles and not General Howard.
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1904-08-21
Senator Lodge regrets President Roosevelt’s decision concerning the Grand Army Encampment but will defer to his better judgment. Lodge would like Roosevelt to persuade Secretary of the Navy Morton to attend the launching of the Cumberland as it would please members of the Grand Army. Lodge also invites Morton to stay with him in Nahant, Massachusetts, where it will be cool and quiet.
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1904-08-01
Senator Lodge discusses a variety of topics including the Wisconsin situation and the La Follette electors. He agrees with Secretary of War Taft that “Parker was stronger the day his telegram was published than he will ever be again,” most likely referring to Alton B. Parker. Lodge mentions that he has been asked to write an article for the North American Review about President Roosevelt and he reiterates his idea about Roosevelt attending the Grand Army of the Republic Encampment.
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1904-07-25
Senator Lodge encourages President Roosevelt to attend the National Encampment and expresses his desire for Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton to be present at the launching of the Cumberland at the Charlestown Yard. Lodge asks if it would be possible to convince Elihu Root to run for Governor of New York. He also inquires if the reports about Senator Charles W. Fairbanks and Harry S. New in Indiana are true. Although Lodge wishes he could see Roosevelt receive the nomination, he feels it would be “much wiser to keep in the back ground.” On verso of last page, a note in Roosevelt’s handwriting says, “Cortelyou / Get good men to answer the letters in Times, Sun etc. about negro question. Not to issue manifesto’s [sic] from the Republican committee, but get letter from good men individually in the press. / Cortelyou see Easely about Colorado / Dryden for N.J.”
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1904-07-23
Rudolph Forster notes that there is no record, although he wrote to Governor Crane because President Roosevelt wished to consult him. Forster is most likely referring to William Loeb’s question about records that could show that Roosevelt informed the representatives of the Grand Army of the Republic encampment at Boston that Roosevelt would not be present at the encampment.
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1904-07-16
The Grand Army of the Republic invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend the forty-fifth national encampment in Rochester, New York, on August 21, 1911.
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1911-08
John Davis Long replies to President Roosevelt that he should not hesitate in accepting the invitation to the meeting of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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1904-02-16