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After receiving several recommendations, President Roosevelt would like Edward W. Flentge appointed as postmaster at Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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1903-12-17
General Palmer needs to be informed that the Cabinet is selected by the President and that no President will accept unasked suggestions from an outside source. President Roosevelt believes that William H. Taft is the ideal candidate to succeed Secretary Root and Taft accepted the position long before Alexander McCook’s name was suggested.
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1903-08-29
President Roosevelt is obliged to Eugene F. Ware for the information. Roosevelt was delighted with the way the Grand Army of the Republic behaved and with General John Charles Black’s election.
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1903-09-01
President Roosevelt has been astounded by the public’s reaction to the fact that Nelson Miles was not singled out for praise upon his retirement. The War Department is working well, except for Henry Corbin who is trying to get Roosevelt to associate with people more than he wishes. Kermit is enjoying the camping equipment Root sent him.
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1903-09-03
President Roosevelt asks Commissioner of Pensions Ware to comply with a request from the Grand Army of the Republic regarding actions taken by the Seattle Pension Board.
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1903-05-31
President Roosevelt would like a veteran appointed as postmaster at Exeter, New Hampshire, but will not act on the case until Postmaster General Payne returns.
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1903-03-27
President Roosevelt will be unable to attend the banquet held by the Louisiana Society of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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1903-02-03
President Roosevelt regrets not being able to meet with the members of the Lytle Post during the recent reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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1902-10-22
President Roosevelt extends his greetings through Chairman Warner to the Grand Army of the Republic. Roosevelt has been incapacitated due to a leg injury but hopes to see the troops tomorrow.
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1902-10-07
President Roosevelt will be unable to attend the cornerstone laying of a memorial bridge by the Journeyman Stone Cutters’ Association of the District of Columbia.
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1902-10-09
President Roosevelt sends his best wishes to Post Andrews of the Grand Army of the Republic and congratulates them for finding a suitable location for their meetings.
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1902-06-21
President Roosevelt sends an enclosed communication and asks that Secretary of War Root meet with the Committee of the Grand Army.
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1902-03-03
President Roosevelt sends good wishes to Wilbur Fisk Wakeman and the guests at the reception for Lafayette Post No. 140 of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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1901-11-15
Vice President Roosevelt cannot accept any further engagements. He has had to refuse a number of requests to speak to veterans associations and he regrets that he has to turn them all down.
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1901-09-07
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt regrets that he cannot accept the invitation from the Grand Army of the Republic Columbia Post in Chicago due to scheduling conflicts.
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1897-08-11
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt agrees to edit a phrase about the Grand Army of the Republic for Richard Watson Gilder. Roosevelt mentions they annoy him from time to time.
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1897-05-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks John Thompson for his invitation to attend an event held by the naval members of the Grand Army of the Republic’s event but informs Thompson he cannot attend due to his work.
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1897-05-17
Drayton S. Hale tells Theodore Roosevelt that he and his peers in the Grand Army of the Republic believe the Republican party will not face any success unless Roosevelt runs again, based on Roosevelt’s achievements and character.
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1911-10-16
William Park invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak at the Edward W. Kinsley Post’s next Memorial Day services. He encloses a roster of Post members and a letter from Dixwell.
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1911-07-31
Charles Horton asks Theodore Roosevelt if he can donate any items or a check to the John Corning Post, of the Grand Army of the Republic Posts, “Old Fashion Camp Fire” event that is based off conditions of the American Civil War.
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1911-06-19