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Theodore Roosevelt instructs Oscar Richard Hundley to contact Roosevelt immediately with a statement that Charles Dewey Hilles’ statements are falsehoods. Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of this task.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-29
Theodore Roosevelt responds to Joseph Bucklin Bishop saying President William H. Taft and George W. Wickersham forced Roosevelt’s hand when they allowed J. M. Dickinson to attack him over the Tennessee Coal and Iron deal. Roosevelt also discusses his possible presidential candidate nomination, stating that although he hopes it will not come to it, he will not ignore his duty if the people choose him as their candidate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-13
Seth Bullock cautions Theodore Roosevelt that William Barnes, through Charles Dewey Hilles, will try to fill the 1916 Republican Convention with people who are antagonistic to Roosevelt and his friends, similar to 1912. He remarks on the conditions of the convention in 1912, when Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison influenced the police force against Roosevelt, and says that current Chicago Mayor William H. Thompson is acting similarly by speaking out against Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-03-30
Joseph Bucklin Bishop asks Theodore Roosevelt his opinion on Charles Dewey Hilles’s statement. He heard from an official’s wife that Helen Herron Taft hosts gambling bridge parties at the White House, which he finds hard to believe. Bishop congratulates Roosevelt on becoming a grandparent and thanks him for being “the best friend” their son, Farnham Bishop, “ever had.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-28
Whereas Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed Albert H. Walker’s letter on the independence of the Federal judiciary and the irresponsibility of Federal judges, Walker fears President William H. Taft either did not see it or was greatly displeased with it. Walker sends Roosevelt a “very conspicuous editorial” and suggests he reply to it as he did in a previous letter to Walker, saying that the Stanley Committee prevented him from developing his testimony.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-12
George G. Hill writes to Theodore Roosevelt he is pleased that Roosevelt will consider if he will publish his correspondences with Charles Dwight Willard. Hill believes it would be fair that Willard’s name were kept confidential. If Roosevelt agrees to make the correspondences public, Hill states he will handle all matters in duplication and publication. Hill notes things have greatly changed at the White House since Charles Dyer Norton was replaced by Charles Dewey Hilles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-15
Secretary of War Taft encloses his a letter from his friend Charles Dewey Hilles that indicates that Senator Joseph Benson Foraker is preparing an attack on the administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-17
Arthur I. Vorys informs William Loeb that he will tell photographer Robert Lee Dunn not to go to Oyster Bay when Secretary of War William H. Taft is visiting. He thanks Loeb for the congratulations on the Ohio victory and the courtesy shown to Charles Dewey Hilles’s relative.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-09
There is a secret, extensive campaign in Washington for Taft’s reelection. Charles D. Hilles, secretary to the President, and George C. Rankin, a national bank receiver, have sent numerous confidential letters with enclosures inquiring about Taft’s popular sentiment, which the article reprints. Rankin responded that his letters “were entirely a personal matter.” Hilles declined to admit authorship of the letters attributed to him
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-13
This newspaper article speaks about the negative press coverage of the meeting between Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-08
Secretary of War Taft encloses a letter from Charles Dewey Hilles about William L. Ward of Westchester County. He does not know if the suggestion in the letter is good, but hopes President Roosevelt and William Loeb can judge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-17
Secretary of War Taft asks William Loeb for information on the Southern Republican National Committeemen. He will give the information to his campaign manager, Arthur I. Vorys. Taft asks Loeb to set up a meeting with Charles Dewey Hilles “about the situation in New York.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-07