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Brander Matthews has received a letter from his friend Leigh Hunt who is in Shanghai and wanted to express his support for President Roosevelt. Matthews approves of Roosevelt’s actions in the “Schley squabble.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-29
Jacob A. Riis encloses a letter from an unnamed woman that has some “mischief brewing” against the Roosevelt family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
Herbert Parsons encloses a letter he is sending to President Roosevelt regarding the reappointment of William Henkel as United States Marshal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-30
Ronald Thomas introduces Jarret T. Richards and asks if Douglas Robinson can furnish a letter that will allow Richards to see President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-31
William W. Jermane, a correspondent for the Minneapolis Journal, inquires when a letter mailed today from Washington, D.C., will reach Vice President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York. He wants to ensure a letter will reach Roosevelt while he is in Oyster Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
“For the scrap book? Richard Harding Davis.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
M. Michoell Doms writes an incoherent letter to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Granville Fortescue thanks Vice President Roosevelt for the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
W. E. Goldsborough requests a letter of introduction to Mr. Corbin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Douglas Robinson requests four signed copies of Theodore Roosevelt’s message [presumably his message to Congress earlier that month – what today is called the state of the union address]. Robinson intends to bind the copies for himself, his wife Corinne, their son Teddy, and a Mr. Read who is very anxious to add it to his library.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-20
General Wheeler encloses a document for President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-20
Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long has heard that Secretary of War Elihu Root received another letter from General Nelson Appleton Miles. In light of this, Long wonders if he should send the letter (of dismissal) to Edgar Stanton Maclay or hold it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-21
William Emlen Roosevelt thanks President Roosevelt for arranging the letters of introduction for his acquaintances. He has been following the Schley matter but offers no advice. The will of Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt has been decided satisfactorily.
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1901-12-23
Charles S. Fairchild has copied the letter to Captain Campbell and the team. He had a pleasant evening at the club and accepts an invitation to have lunch at the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-17
F. D. Wissmann encloses the letter from David B. Day and thanks Douglas Robinson for agreeing to deliver the letter to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-19
Senator Foraker encloses a letter from Emmet Montgomery Reily of Kansas City, Missouri, as a sample of the mail he has been receiving. Foraker responded to Reily that his club would help assure success.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-20
William H. Michael encloses the three letters of introduction and a letter to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-20
Booker T. Washington encloses a letter from “a clean, clear-headed colored man who holds a responsible position on the Columbus Dispatch.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-08
Andrew Carnegie appreciated the opportunity to read the enclosed letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-09