Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921

Telegram from Joseph W. Fordney to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph W. Fordney recommends Benton Hanchett as a candidate for the position of Attorney General.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-10

Note on traveling films

Attorney General Knox sent word to President Roosevelt that Major Sylvester’s man is returning from New York with the films.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-20

House Democrats passed two resolutions of inquiry asking if the Department of Justice has investigated the Anthracite Trust. Democrats were attempting to embarrass the Roosevelt administration, but the response from Attorney General Knox showed that the administration is effectively carrying out its duties and looking out for the people’s interests.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-29

Letter from Charles C. Long to William Loeb

Charles C. Long asks that the enclosed article from the Philadelphia Ledger be handed to Theodore Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-30

Neither side is favored by Knox

Attorney General Knox’s filed objections will prevent Edward Henry Harriman from grafting his case against the Northern Securities Company onto the government’s case. Knox takes no side in the dispute but will not allow Harriman and James Jerome Hill to litigate their private differences with a government case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-13

Letter from William E. Chandler to William M. Laffan

William E. Chandler praises Theodore Roosevelt for ending the coal strike. Even if New York is lost in the election, Roosevelt’s party can still win with support in the west. Chandler also believes Roosevelt can be elected even without money. Politics will be purified. Chandler also discusses when William M. Laffan should outline the reasons why Roosevelt should be elected instead of Alton B. Parker.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-13

Letter from Orville Hitchcock Platt to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Platt hopes that President Roosevelt will meet with him before Roosevelt sends a message concerning the Chinese Exclusion Act. Platt wishes to learn what Attorney General Philander C. Knox thinks of the matter first.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-05

Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White is concerned about allegations in the Kansas City Journal that Joseph L. Bristow’s actions in the investigation of Senator Joseph Ralph Burton were politically motivated, in order that Bristow might obtain Burton’s seat in the Senate. White suggests that either Attorney General Philander C. Knox or Postmaster General Henry C. Payne issue a statement that Bristow was “an inferior obeying explicit orders from a superior” in the investigation, and that he did not “prompt the proceedings” against Burton. The allegations have already begun to shift public opinion, so White thinks that it is urgent to remove any taint from Bristow’s name.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-01

Letter from Benjamin F. Tracy to Theodore Roosevelt

Benjamin F. Tracy suggests that the attorney general examine a recent Pension Order and set forth the grounds for it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-22

Letter from William F. King to Theodore Roosevelt

William F. King recommends that attorney William Wickham Smith be generously remunerated for “the successful work that he has accomplished” in the Japanese silk fraud case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-22

Letter from Francis E. Leupp to Theodore Roosevelt

As requested by Attorney General Philander C. Knox, Francis E. Leupp sends an enclosure.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-21

Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Jacob A. Riis congratulates President Roosevelt on his recent victories, particularly in the Northern Securities case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-19

Letter from Charles C. Long to William Loeb

Attorney General Knox returns a letter from President Roosevelt to William Nelson Cromwell, General Counsel of the Panama Canal Company.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-17

Letter from Edward R. Johnstone to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward R. Johnstone congratulates President Roosevelt on the victory in the Northern Securities Co. v. United States case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-15

Letter from Cecil Andrew Lyon to Theodore Roosevelt

Cecil Andrew Lyon asks that a wire be sent to Robert Lloyd Smith, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, telling him to cease opposition to Lyon.