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George Kennan is horrified at the situation with the School Board in San Francisco. He hopes that if President Roosevelt meets them he can see them for who they are as individuals with illicit character. It is creating a San Francisco where men of character are leaving.
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1907-02-02
Secretary of State Root tells President Roosevelt that the letter from George Kennan should be read aloud at their next meeting with the Special Ambassadors from California.
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1907-02-02
Senator Lodge requests a copy of George Kennan’s letter of November 20, 1904, for William Sturgis Bigelow.
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1904-11-20
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit and says he hurt his ankle playing tennis. Roosevelt adds that George Kennan criticized him for trying to make peace between Russia and Japan, until Kennan learned more about the real situation. He closes by saying Doctor Bigelow has been staying a week or two.
1906-06-09
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of State Hay about Captain John F. Morrison’s assessment of the Japanese army. Morrison spent time with Japanese General Yasukata Oku’s army and observed that American attachés were favored over British attachés and the Russian prisoners—most of whom were wounded—were treated kindly. Morrison was impressed by the training and preparedness of the Japanese army, especially in comparison to the Russian army.
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1905-01-05
Theodore Roosevelt agrees about the Platt Andrew letter and that the idea for “using that indemnity for educational purposes” came from Arthur H. Smith. In a postscript, Roosevelt is concerned about a libelous attack on him written by George Kennan.
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1916-01-24
Theodore Roosevelt refutes several statements written by George Kennan that appear in the pamphlet The Chicago and Alton Case.
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1916-01-19
Theodore Roosevelt expresses to Lawrence F. Abbott his disappointment over learning that George Kennan is the author of an article Roosevelt found distasteful. He feels Kennan is “guilty of the suppression of the truth and the suggestion of the false.” Roosevelt also makes several publishing suggestions to Abbott.
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1916-02-01
President Roosevelt thanks S. S. McClure for the letter and enclosure. He cannot write an article about Secretary of War William H. Taft, but he thinks that George Kennan would be a good person to do so.
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1908-02-25
Theodore Roosevelt tells Emeline Rathbone Weld Kennan that he found her writing piece very interesting, more so than her husband’s. He agrees with her that Americans and Japanese should be kind to each other, but large groups should not move to the other’s nation.
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1907-04-02
President Roosevelt explains to Lyman Abbott the process of selling Rosebud reservation land. Roosevelt’s agents wanted to sell the land for $5 per acre, however, they decided to sell for $4 and $3 to settlers. There is still a lot of available land for sale. They want to ensure that Native Americans receive as much money as possible while still settling as many homesteaders too.
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1907-02-26
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit Roosevelt about some goings-on at the White House, including a sprained ankle and a visit from George Kennan. Roosevelt is pleased by Kermit’s decision to stay in Groton.
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1906-06-09
Although President Roosevelt decided not to send the letter he enclosed yesterday for Lyman Abbott to George Kennan, he tells Abbott that he still takes issue with some of Kennan’s reporting on the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt likes Kennan, but points out that at various times he has made errors in his reporting.
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1905-10-16
In response to an article in which George Kennan got facts about the peace between Russia and Japan wrong, President Roosevelt sends him information about the decision-making that led to the final peace deal. Roosevelt sends this for Kennan private information, because he believes that Kennan as a journalist is taken too seriously to misunderstand and misrepresent the facts.
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1905-10-15
President Roosevelt takes issue with an article by Clifford Howard which appeared in The Outlook. Howard wrongly asserts that there is dishonesty and corruption among government officials who use government funds and services for personal use. In a postscript, Roosevelt also encloses information about Dr. Louis Livingston Seaman. He does not believe that Seaman can be a supporter regarding the increase of medical force in the army, because “no one could afford to be responsible for his utterly reckless statements.”
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1905-10-14
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of War Taft to send a copy of the U.S. infantry and cavalry regulations to the Japanese Imperial Army Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, compliments of the War Department at the request of George Kennan. Roosevelt also asks why there was no engineer officer at Port Arthur in China.
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1905-01-05
President Roosevelt is appreciative of Thomas Goode Jones’s service as a district judge and will write to Lyman Abbott regarding the action Jones suggested.
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1903-06-22
President Roosevelt requests a statement covering the points made by George Kennan regarding the letters quoted by Senator Rawlins.
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1902-05-14
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from George Kennan regarding the Standing Rock Agency. Roosevelt wants action taken on Kennan’s statements and suggests sending George Bird Grinnell to investigate. Until such time as that might be possible, he asks that Kennan’s letter be sent to the inspector at Standing Rock, requesting a full report.
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1902-04-22
Lawrence F. Abbott regrets running Clifford Howard’s article, “The Root of Graft”, in The Outlook, though hopes President Roosevelt noticed the enclosed editorial which ran in the same edition as Howard’s article. Abbott also commends the work of George Kennan, though disagrees with him about the Treaty of Portsmouth.
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1905-10-18