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Theodore Roosevelt informs Ada L. Redington that he is unable to accept the invitation from the Century Club of San Francisco.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-19
Theodore Roosevelt thanks John C. Shaffer for the “corking editorials” he wrote in answer to Herman Henry Kohlsaat.
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1912-11-20
President Roosevelt informs Governor Higgins that his friend Herman Henry Kohlsaat will call on him to discuss a matter.
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1906-09-13
President Roosevelt corrects newspaper reports regarding the appointment of circuit court judges in Chicago for Victor F. Lawson of the Chicago Daily News. Roosevelt outlines his thinking regarding the decision between appointing several men, and future plans for potential appointees who are not appointed at this time.
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1905-03-13
On behalf of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou requests the usual letter of introduction for Thomas Barbour Lathrop.
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1901-10-26
Carter H. Fitz-Hugh thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the letter and article. He wishes Roosevelt could have been at the opening of the new naval station. J. M. Dickinson is interested in the work and lets the Southern congressmen on the Committee on Naval Affairs know its value.
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1911-11-05
Clifford Webster Barnes was given a letter of introduction by Herman Henry Kohlsaat which he hopes to present to Theodore Roosevelt. He asks for permission to visit Roosevelt on Wednesday of the coming week.
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1911-01-10
President Roosevelt includes for Paul Morton the text of a letter he wrote to Herman Henry Kohlsaat, in which he states that while he agrees with Kohlsaat about “the religious freedom business,” he wants it to be understood that he is not against unions or corporations, but rather against the abuses of them. Roosevelt will make the appeal to young men that Morton suggests in his letter.
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1904-07-20
An article titled “The President’s Original Southern Platform” asserts that southerners should pay attention to a letter that Herman Henry Kohlsaat wrote in response to Reverend W. W. Landrum. Landrum asserted that “the negro question” is a purely religious problem in the South, and Kohlsaat relays conversations he had with President Roosevelt where Roosevelt said that he intended to appoint Democrats in the South when he could not find appropriate Republicans in positions. The writer of the article notes that the South asks Roosevelt to keep African Americans out of public office in the South. The newspaper page includes the letters from both Kohlsaat and Landrum.
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1903-06-07
The combined forces of the gold standard supporters, including some newspaper editors, and a reluctant William McKinley, march under the standard “The Nation’s Credit Must Be Upheld,” toward a fort labeled “Fort 16 to 1” flying the banner “Repudiation,” and manned by soldiers armed with pitchforks and scythes. The newspaper editors are staffing the big guns labeled “Sound Money Press.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-07-22
William McKinley, at the Republican National Convention, wears a royal robe and places a crown labeled “Nomination” and listing the states “Mass., Texas, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Cal. [and] Va.” on his head. Charles H. Grosvenor and Mark A. Hanna are near him as high priests, and Herman H. Kohlsaat is a court page holding his robe. Paying their respects, on the right, are Thomas Collier Platt, William B. Allison, Matthew S. Quay, Thomas B. Reed, Shelby M. Cullom, and Levi P. Morton. A small portion of the convention hall is visible in the background.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-06-24
Republican politicians wearing Roman togas are seated around a banquet table with a skeleton that is holding a standard labeled “McKinley’s Shaky Financial Record.” Gathered around the table are John “Sherman,” Stephen B. “Elkins,” Russell A. “Alger,” Charles H. “Grosvenor,” William “McKinley,” Mark A. “Hanna,” Christopher L. “Magee,” William M. “Hahn,” Joseph B. “Foraker,” Cornelius N. “Bliss,” Herman H. “Kohlsaat,” Edward Oliver “Wolcott,” and Whitelaw “Reid.” Caption: The ancient custom of the Romans of seating a skeleton at their banquet-tables, to remind them of death, is now being revived by our Republican friends.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-06-10
Senator Foraker supports Judge Daniel Thew Wright’s appointment and does not believe Wright should lose party standing due to his participation with the fusion movement in 1897. Foraker has been surprised at the opposition to Wright from George Barnsdale Cox and Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna. Foraker opposes Herman Henry Kohlsaat’s appointment as postmaster general.
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1903-07-28
Clippings from the Philadelphia Public Ledger includes stories about Herman Henry Kohlsaat’s visit to President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill for the third time in two months, where he spoke to the president about financial legislation – Kohlsaat claimed that his visit had no public significance and did not pertain to rumored changes in the Cabinet; Roosevelt plans to attend a memorial for New Jersey soldiers at the Antietam battlefield; Senator Nathan B. Scott spoke about Roosevelt’s upcoming presidential campaign, and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., while visiting Seth Bullock in North Dakota, makes a bet with his father that he can beat the elder Roosevelt’s time riding from Laramie, Wyoming, to Cheyenne, that the president recorded the previous spring.
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1903-08-24
Herman Henry Kohlsaat visited President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill for the third time in two months. Kohlsaat claimed that his visit had no public significance and did not pertain to rumored changes in the Cabinet. He did speak with Roosevelt regarding financial legislation.
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1903-08-24
Senator Foraker endorses the appointment of Judge Daniel Thew Wright to United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Although Wright participated in a local “fusion” revolt from the Republican Party in 1897, even during the revolt, the fusionists supported the state and national Republican ticket. In addition, the revolt was so widespread as to indicate the real need for reform locally. Others who participated, including Nicholas Longworth, have since risen to high office within the party. President Roosevelt should have no hesitation in appointing Wright.
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1903-07-28
Partial page of The News, with articles titled “A Plea for the President” and “Trophies from the West” highlighted. The former discusses the President’s appointments to political office in the South, which are causing controversy. It includes a portion of a letter from Herman Henry Kohlsaat, editor of the Chicago Record-Herald, asking for fair treatment of the President by Southern newspapers, since the President sincerely intends to build up the government service in the South by appointing qualified officials, regardless of party affiliation. The latter article discusses the public interest in gifts President Roosevelt may have brought back to the White House from his western journey, including live animals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-09