Note regarding Jeremiah Whipple Jenks
“Chief Clerk of State Dept. says, ‘Add the name of Jeremiah W. Jenks to list for this afternoon.'”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1906-01-24
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Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1856-1929
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Francis J. Heney
President Roosevelt sends Francis J. Heney a letter of introduction for Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, whom Roosevelt recently appointed to the United States Immigration Commission.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-07-21
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Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to William R. Wheeler
President Roosevelt invites William R. Wheeler to join a panel of scholars who will research the immigration question. Roosevelt wants a Californian to examine this issue.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-19
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Andrew Dickson White
Cornell University President Andrew Dickson White’s letter was of much importance and interest to President Roosevelt, who has forwarded copies to others for their opinions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-02-15
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay
The Commission on International Exchange will not be made permanent and its appropriation will not be extended beyond the fiscal year. Mr. Conant and Mr. Jenks should be instructed to return before the appropriation ends. They should also be reminded that their mission is to investigate and not negotiate.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-03
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Letter from Valdemar Blad to Theodore Roosevelt
Valdemar Blad expects to be called to Washington, D.C., to testify in front of Congress about a pamphlet he published regarding the work of the Immigration Commission. Blad previously petitioned Theodore Roosevelt, while President, to investigate charges against his character that he believed to have come from the Commission, but received no response from him or any other government figure. Blad believes the charges to be serious, and wishes to know what Roosevelt did with his petition.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-02
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Letter from Robert H. MacCready to Theodore Roosevelt
Reverend Robert H. MacCready sends Theodore Roosevelt some literature about the Stony Brook Assembly and its Bible camp meetings. The organization is hoping to move their camps closer to New York to help spread the word of the Bible, and would like Roosevelt’s support. MacCready invites Roosevelt to “come over and speak at Stony Brook on one of our special days.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-02-25
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Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Lodge returns some letters from Prescott F. Hall to President Roosevelt and reports on his findings regarding Hall’s allegations. Lodge’s Commision on Immigration found that appeal reversals did not increase under Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus. Lodge has found no proof that Leslie M. Shaw’s personal views have affected governmental operations. Lodge has visited Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, and can find no evidence of what Hall alleges. Lodge found evidence of immigration enforcement corruption in California, but believes it has been remedied. In Chicago, Lodge found evidence of police corruption in enforcing laws against prostitution. In the southern states, Lodge has found problems with nepotism. Lodge emphasizes that it will take a great deal of time to collect evidence and create reports of his investigations. Lodge is pleased to hear of President Roosevelt’s African safari plans, but warns him to be careful of flies carrying sleeping sickness. He writes about the impressive dike engineering in the Netherlands, and of a book by Maurice Maeterlinck he believes the Roosevelts will enjoy.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-07-26
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Letter from Seth Low to Theodore Roosevelt
Seth Low forwards President Roosevelt a letter from Samuel Gompers, and comments on discussions he has recently had with many people about a bill currently under consideration. The present bill is very important to both the business and labor community, and Low is trying to navigate between the two forces.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-03-07
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Letter from Seth Low to Theodore Roosevelt
Seth Low is enclosing copies of a speech he made at Charles Evans Hughes’s dinner. Thanks to Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon, he was able to make arrangements for Representative William Peters Hepburn to introduce their resolution to the House, as well as to the Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Inter-State Commerce. Hearings for the Senate Committee are already scheduled and they hope to have the House Committee hearings the same day. Cannon also told Low that although he previously opposed allowing railroads to pool, now he feels that something like that must be tried. They have been encouraged to prepare bills to express their views, so Herbert Knox Smith and Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield will take up the matter.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-04
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Letter from George B. Cortelyou to William Loeb
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou believes that Professor Jeremiah Whipple Jenks is willing to take responsibility for the information contained in his communication, although he was unwilling to reveal the name of his source.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-26
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Letter from John E. Wilkie to William Loeb
Chief of the United States Secret Service John E. Wilkie advises William Loeb that there does not seem to be “any danger to either the President or Secretary Taft from any of the anarchist societies.” The “radical branch” of the Western Federation of Miners must know that any attempt on the life of the president would harm the organization. Wilkie urges that the informant whose charges came to Loeb’s attention be more specific so that the charges can be investigated.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-23
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Letter from William S. Bennet to Henry Cabot Lodge
Representative Bennet asks Senator Lodge to investigate Greek immigration to the United States. Over 200,000 Greeks have entered the United States and set up “colonies” in American cities. Bennet believes the Greek government may be willing to sign an agreement to restrict immigration from their state. He is not worried about immigration from the Middle East because people from that region are not allowed to leave their nations.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-10
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Letter from William S. Bennet to Henry Cabot Lodge
Representative Bennet reports to Senator Lodge from Greece on the practices of steamship companies taking immigrants to the United States. In light of current restrictive health inspections at Ellis Island, Greek officials and heads of steamship companies are carrying out more stringent health inspections before the ships depart. This has drastically reduced the number of immigrants turned away in the United States. Bennet suggests that it may be an opportune time to cooperate with Greece to exclude “undesirable” Greek immigrants from coming to the United States.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-03
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Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of State Hay wrote to President Roosevelt about the enclosed dispatch from Dr. Jeremiah Jenks. Hay wrote a summary impression of the situation with the Chinese for Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-04-01
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Telegram from William H Taft to Elihu Root
Governor Taft would be pleased to have Jeremiah Whipple Jenks visit the China mission and is willing to contribute $5,000.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-08-06
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Summary of letter from Jeremiah Whipple Jenks
Jeremiah Whipple Jenks warns of a plan the Democrats will propose regarding trust legislation. They will recommend a bill for the “voluntary incorporation by the Federal Government of corporations doing an interstate business.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-02
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Letter from Richard Watson Gilder to Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Watson Gilder has written an editorial for April since Mr. Jenks’s article will appear at the earliest in May.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-04
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Letter from Marcus M. Marks to George B. Cortelyou
Marcus M. Marks delivered President Roosevelt’s message to Edward Lauterbach and is working with Jeremiah Whipple Jenks on the proposition they discussed.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-13
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Letter from S. S. McClure to George B. Cortelyou
S. S. McClure thinks it would be a good idea to send Lincoln Steffens to Puerto Rico and Cuba to show the good that the United States has done for these two islands. Also, due to the high interest in the Philippines and the upcoming Congressional investigation, McClure offers to send a well respected man to the Philippines to “get at the truth.” He then covers a few options for who should be sent, including university presidents like Woodrow Wilson.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-22