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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Merwin Kimball Hart that he is still working to secure tickets for Hart and his wife for the Chicago Convention.
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1912-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks William Jesse Oliver and Mr. Lindsay for the telegram to Roosevelt, and asks Oliver about the situation in Tennessee.
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1912-05-06
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Frederick F. Forbes for his letter and tells him that Roosevelt will likely gain the nomination in Chicago.
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1912-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary suggests a method to obtain tickets to the Chicago Convention.
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1912-04-25
Theodore Roosevelt hopes to see Truman Handy Newberry in Chicago tomorrow so that they may discuss Roosevelt’s Detroit speech.
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1912-03
Frank Harper sees no objection to meeting with Albert Jeremiah Beveridge in Chicago and states that Theodore Roosevelt will discuss with Alexander H. Revell on whether or not the former will speak.
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1912-03
Asa Steele called the secretary of Theodore Roosevelt today and said that G. Warfield Hobbs had not yet received a copy of the speech Roosevelt will make in Chicago, IL. As a result, Harper will enclose a copy to Hobbs with the express instruction that the speech remain unpublished until it is delivered.
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1912-03-26
Frank Harper directs J. G. Richardson to the speech Theodore Roosevelt will make in Chicago, Illinois, this afternoon in answer to his question.
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1912-03-27
Theodore Roosevelt does not believe that it will be necessary to meet with Governor Hadley. Governor Stubbs would like to meet with Hadley next Monday in Chicago, Illinois.
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1912-01-31
Theodore Roosevelt has met with Frank Knox and suggested that the statement from the governors be addressed to the people. Roosevelt is still weighing the benefits and dangers of making a public statement regarding his views on accepting the Republican presidential nomination. Roosevelt’s letter to Frank Andrew Munsey has been partially leaked and he requests Governor Hadley’s opinion of the letter.
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1912-02-01
Theodore Roosevelt agrees that he needs to make a public statement regarding his views on potentially accepting the Republican presidential nomination. However, Roosevelt will wait until after the governors’ meeting next Saturday. He also wants to delay until after his speech at the Ohio Constitutional Convention. Roosevelt requests Governor Hadley’s opinion on this plan.
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1912-02-07
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary informs Andrew B. Hulit that Roosevelt appreciates receiving a copy of the report from the recent Conference of State Immigration Officials in Chicago and looks forward to reading it.
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1911-09-13
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary assures Minneapolis architect Engebret H. Sund that there is “no truth in the statements reported in your letter.” He refers Sund to the recently published report of the Chicago Vice Commission, which gives detailed information on conditions regarding the “social evil in Chicago.”
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1911-08-28
Theodore Roosevelt writes Reverend John P. Peters that he has read the report which seems to take the same attitude as the Chicago Commission. Roosevelt agrees with Peters that a National Commission be appointed but believes that in addition to changes in federal and state laws, there must also be changes in public action. Roosevelt was informed that juries in Chicago “do not take a sufficiently serious view” to “White Slave Traffic” and impose inadequate sentences on offenders. Roosevelt was also informed that juries are becoming more sensitive.
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1911-07-25
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary sends regrets that he cannot recommend C. A. Bottum to the position he wanted.
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1911-06-20
Theodore Roosevelt does not remember ever having visited nor ordered any man to visit different states investigating prostitution. The Chicago report of white slave traffic is against some of the measures that Roosevelt knows George M. Frink supports.
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1911-05-26
Theodore Roosevelt declines an invitation from Mrs. Funk of the Children’s Day Association to speak.
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1911-05-20
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary tells Thomas I. Dent that Roosevelt will be unable to accept the invitation to visit the Chicago Historical Society and library as his schedule will not allow it.
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1911-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Stephen A. Day for sending the paper he wrote and is returning it. Roosevelt remembers with pleasure his visit to the Hamilton Club in Chicago.
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1911-05-12
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to George W. Higgins on behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt requesting a refund of eighteen dollars. The secretary reminds Higgins that the ticket to Chicago was lost, requiring Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to pay the fare twice. She was assured she would receive a refund in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-01