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Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed hearing from William H. H. Llewellyn and hopes he gets the speakership. He warns Llewellyn to “keep a sharp look” for dishonesty in appointing United States senators. Even though Llewellyn’s son, Morgan Llewellyn, joined the Democrats, Roosevelt hopes he won.
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1911-11-14
President Roosevelt is pleased to hear about Major Llewellyn’s work and the news about his son, Morgan Llewellyn, going with John Campbell Greenway. Regarding the water boundary commission, Roosevelt writes that no one was willing to speak out against General Anson Mills, and he was favoured by the Mexican authorities. In response to the other situation, Roosevelt will attempt to find employment for Llewellyn.
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1908-09-21
President Roosevelt explains his actions regarding Herbert J. Hagerman’s tenure as Governor of the Territory of New Mexico. He had to hold the governor accountable if he intended to do so with any lesser officials.
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1907-06-24
William H. H. Llewellyn notifies Theodore Roosevelt that all the Roosevelt supporters who ran for election under the Republican Party won in New Mexico. Llewellyn notes the victory of George W. Armijo as State Corporation Commissioner, among others. Morgan O. Llewellyn joined the Democratic Party and ran for District Attorney in Dona Ana, Otera, and Lincoln, New Mexico; and Llewellyn believes he should have stayed with the Republican Party.
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1911-11-09
Attorney General of New Mexico Llewellyn informs William Loeb that he is leaving for Rosewell, New Mexico, to act as the Special Prosecutor in the Talmadge land fraud case. He is anxious about the appointment on the Water Boundary Commission and requests that William Loeb write him as soon as he learns “anything whatever” about the Commission.
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1907-12-06
New Mexico Governor Curry warns William Loeb of corporate and political efforts to portray President Roosevelt’s administration and the Rough Riders negatively in the press. He recommends sending a pro-Roosevelt delegation to avoid reactionary support of Governor Charles Evans Hughes. Curry is awaiting instructions from President Roosevelt for scheduling the convention, and intends on continuing with his plan of not including federal office holders as representatives of the delegation. He adds that while David J. Leahy’s appointment as the new United States Attorney of New Mexico went smoothly, Curry is figuring out what should be done with Morgan Llewellyn, the Surveyor General of New Mexico. Curry will recommend his resignation if it is too embarrassing for President Roosevelt. He notes that Delegate William H. Andrews has introduced a statehood bill for New Mexico, and he will probably go with the committee.
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1907-12-04
Special Assistant Attorney General McHarg updates Attorney General Bonaparte on the legal situation in New Mexico Territory. McHarg asks for permission to hire Mexican nationals to aid in investigations he is conducting. McHarg tells Bonaparte that though Bonaparte believes charges against territorial Attorney General William H. H. Llewellyn will be dropped, his son, Morgan Llewellyn is involved in illegal activity and therefore the elder Llewellyn should be kept from any grand juries. McHarg details several territorial court clerks who have been accused of crimes, saying a thorough investigation of the territorial judiciary must be made at once.
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1907-07-29
Congressman Andrews writes President Roosevelt’s secretary, William Loeb, in support of the president’s policy in New Mexico and believes that Governor George Curry should follow suit.
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1907-07-09
W. A. Boyd informs Senator Andrews he has learned of rumors that General Land Office Special Agent Frederick C. Dezendorf and his understudy, Oscar D. Olmstead, have been informing the press on political matters. Boyd requests Andrews speak with Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield and General Land Office Commissioner Richard Achilles Ballinger about his concerns of the federal government outsiders meddling in the affairs of the New Mexico territory.
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1907-07-06
Secretary of the Interior Garfield reports to President Roosevelt regarding illegal land sales in New Mexico. Garfield states that commissioners and past governors conspired to sell more publicly-owned land than was legal. Garfield recommends that the men involved should be prosecuted.
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1907-05-27
Former New Mexico Territory Governor Hagerman responds to President Roosevelt’s letter accepting his resignation in language that “should not be considered less forceful because of the absence of harsh language.” Hagerman says that in 1898, Congress placed restrictions on land leases in New Mexico Territory which were inappropriate to the landscape and climate of the territory, and ever since, individuals and businesses have worked to skirt these restrictions. When Hagerman became governor, he tried to get guidance from the federal government regarding these restrictions and the seemingly illegal contracts granted by his predecessor, but received none. Hagerman was left to either break deals made by his predecessor, or fulfill them if no harm would come to the territory, and the Pennsylvania Land Company deal was one such deal. Hagerman holds that the action he took was neither illegal nor improper, and refutes several specific points from Roosevelt’s letter.
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1907-05-15
Attorney General Moody comments to President Roosevelt about a letter between two of Roosevelt’s former Rough Rider comrades, Morgan Llewellyn and Sherman M. Bell, about the “somewhat inconsistent loyalty” of a third, James D. Ritchie. Moody tells Roosevelt about a letter he received from William H. Moody, of Memphis, Tennessee, asking for a job because of the similarity of his name to Moody’s and that “blood is thicker than water. No doubt we are from the same stock.”
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1904-10-27