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President Roosevelt does not want to bring up old offenses, but informs Daniel W. Whitmore he “can not condone the commission of crime.” He sends a copy of his speech, which cannot be construed as an “apology for anarchy.”
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1907-08-15
President Roosevelt informs Senator Dick that he will be unable to stop in Akron due to other engagements he has scheduled in Indianapolis and Lansing.
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1907-01-22
President Roosevelt would like to accept Harry S. New’s invitation, but it would depend on his train schedule.
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1907-01-06
Octavia K. Young asks Theodore Roosevelt to speak at a missionary convention in Indianapolis, and offers to cover travel expenses and provide an honorarium. Young also invites Mrs. Roosevelt and hopes he will mention mission work in Africa.
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1911-09-12
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus will lay Thomas G. Bush’s suggestion of Hugh Henry Hanna as a member of the proposed Industrial Peace Commission before the trustees. Straus conferred with Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller about convening a meeting of the trustees this week.
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1906-10-25
Milton A. McRae sends President Roosevelt a newspaper clipping that reflects “the sentiment of a vast majority” of Americans in the Midwest. McRae also notifies Roosevelt that The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, which had previously maligned Roosevelt, is now “strenuously and unfairly booming” Senator Joseph B. Foraker.
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1906-12-29
William Dudley Foulke calls President Roosevelt’s attention to a paper he encloses which was “published ostensibly by negroes” and distributed widely in Indianapolis. Foulke also comments on the situation of Francis Augustus MacNutt, who had been in the service of the United States as a diplomat until certain charges were raised against him. MacNutt was acquitted at Rome, but subsequent statements attributed to Roosevelt led to his not being received at the Vatican. MacNutt begs the privilege of answering any definite charge against him. He is still abroad, but would return to the United States to have the opportunity to prove his innocence.
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1906-12-28
Sweating, President Roosevelt attempts to fit an enormous “railroad speech” in his suitcase as he packs on top of a bear rug. A boy holds a smaller roll and says, “Papa, here’s some of the speech you overlooked.”
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1907-05-27
Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon holds “President’s Indianapolis Speech” with the words, “Revision to Tariff” struck out and holds a pen to write on it as President Roosevelt looks on.
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1907-06-06
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about his recent enjoyable trip to St. Louis and Indianapolis where he made some speeches. He and friend Cecil Spring Rice are enjoying their time living together and have been socializing quite a bit. Roosevelt continues to enjoy his work at the Civil Service Commission.
1891-05-24
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about the funeral of former President McKinley’s widow Ida McKinley. He then describes his trip on the train out west as he passed through Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Michigan. Roosevelt closes by saying he needs to talk to Kermit about his hunting trip.
1907-06-01
John Tweedale, secretary of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, invites President Roosevelt to attend the thirty-second annual reunion of the society.
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1904-08-26
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary will forward J. B. White’s letter to Oscar K. Davis in New York so that White’s request can be kept in mind. The secretary assures White that Roosevelt is trying to fit in a trip to Indianapolis before the election.
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1912-09-04
Theodore Roosevelt asks Reverend Ferdinand Cowle Iglehart to communicate with Albert J. Beveridge on a matter.
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1912-07-30
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Arvin J. Priest that Roosevelt is away, but he will bring Priest’s letter to Roosevelt’s attention when he returns.
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1912-06-24
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Rudolph Gaar Leeds for Leeds “influential” and “unwavering support” for the campaign in The Indianapolis Sun. Roosevelt would like to meet with Leeds should Leeds come to New York.
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1912-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Thomas O. Marvin saying he does not recall the exact wording he used in his speech in Boston, but that his position on tariffs is clear from previous speeches in various other locations.
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1911-06-24
Theodore Roosevelt is thankful for the work Will O. Finch did for the meeting.
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1914-10-05
President Roosevelt thanks Norval D. Kemp for the interesting letter and enclosures, and hopes to hear from him in person about what happens in Indianapolis.
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1909-02-01
President Roosevelt is pleased by the clippings he has received from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, Ambassador to Italy, and what Griscom described as the effect of Roosevelt’s speech in Indianapolis. Roosevelt believes he is doing good work for the country, even though he is criticized and scapegoated by financiers.
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1907-06-24