Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw
President Roosevelt is anxious to reinstate Howland.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-02-01
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Maurice E. Townsend
President Roosevelt will consider Maurice E. Townsend’s request, but as he has already appointed many people from Oyster Bay to government positions, he does not know if it will be possible.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Benson Foraker
President Roosevelt informs Senator Foraker that appointing Max Burgheim is inadvisable because locals would prefer he remain on the Cincinnati Board of Public Safety. Instead, Roosevelt has given Bernhard Bettmann a recess appointment to Collector of Internal Revenue for the first district of Ohio.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-27
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Dick
President Roosevelt tells Ohio Senator Dick that he does not believe it is advisable to appoint Max Burgheim, as this would require removing him from the Board of Public Safety where he is needed. Roosevelt has appointed Bernhard Bettmann to Collector of Internal Revenue for the first district of Ohio instead.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-27
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Booker T. Washington
President Roosevelt sends his regrets to Booker T. Washington that he must give up his visit to Tuskegee for the present. Roosevelt also asks Washington when he plans to come north, as he wishes to talk over the question of future appointments in the South along the lines of their previous conversation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-14
Letter from Cornelius Newton Bliss to Theodore Roosevelt
Bliss asks President Roosevelt to intervene on behalf of a Collector of Internal Revenue in New York. Bliss has always understood the man’s service to his department to have been excellent. Appointed at a time when there were tensions, he was accepted by all “as a harmonizer.” However, “Murphy” has asked for the man’s resignation, and Bliss breaks his own resolution not to bother the President with recommendations for office, to ask his consideration in the matter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-01
Letter from Joseph A. Ferris to William Loeb
Joseph A. Ferris states that the auditor position has nothing to do with Stark County, North Dakota, and the salary is around $1,000 per year based on the valuation of Billings County, North Dakota. Sylvane M. Ferris never spoke to Senator Porter J. McCumber because Alexander McKenzie claimed he would handle the matter. Ferris thanks William Loeb and President Roosevelt for their assistance.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-28
Letter from Porter J. McCumber to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator McCumber reviews his understanding of the situation surrounding the appointment of Sylvane M. Ferris to a position in North Dakota. He agrees that Ferris deserves a more prominent position and believes that arrangements can be made shortly.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-23
Letter from William O’Connell Bradley to Theodore Roosevelt
William O’Connell Bradley is requesting, as a favor, that President Roosevelt replace Edward T. Franks with Lawson Randolph Reno for the position of revenue collector in the second district of Kentucky.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-19
Letter from James Rudolph Garfield to William Loeb
Commissioner of Corporations Garfield writes about political appointments in Cleveland, Ohio. Garfield notes that disagreements between factions in Cleveland could cause problems with federal appointments. Garfield asks for a meeting with President Roosevelt to discuss the matter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-09
Memorandum about Southern politics
William E. Chandler believes that the Republican Party can be strengthened in the South by the creation of a Republican State Committee in each state that will make recommendations for federal patronage.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-03-10
Confidential letter
The unknown author claims that many officials appointed during the McKinley administration feel that they owe their positions to Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna and will support him in the next election. He wants to see “Roosevelt men” in these positions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-16
Letter from George W. Jolly to Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Jolly seeks an appointment as collector of the Second Internal Revenue District of Kentucky.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-02
Letter from William Cary Sanger to George B. Cortelyou
Assistant Secretary of War Sanger encloses documents for President Roosevelt’s attention and requests guidance regarding Mr. Campbell’s potential appointment in the Philippines.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-19
Letter from Crosby Stuart Noyes to Theodore Roosevelt
Crosby Stuart Noyes offers his opinion on several candidates for the District of Columbia commissionership. Recognizing that there is some confusion about his relationship to other newspaper correspondents named Noyes, he describes what his sons Theodore W., Frank B., and Thomas C. Noyes do.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-15
Summary of letter from Philip Battell Stewart
James W. Zevely, Special Inspector of the Interior Department, is preparing a report concerning the Pueblo Land Office that President Roosevelt might find helpful. Stewart adds that there is “no real enthusiasm” for John R. Gordon’s reappointment to the Pueblo Land Office.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-04
Roosevelt and the South
Arguments that President Roosevelt is a friend of the Southern States and wants Southerners to feel fully American.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-02
Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington asserts that the charges against Robert Lloyd Smith are baseless, given that Texas officials previously deemed him fit for office.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-30
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leslie M. Shaw
President Roosevelt would like to give “a first-class white man from North Carolina” a position of at least $3000.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whom It May Concern
President Roosevelt endorses Guy M. Lisk’s reappointment, based on his high character and admirable service in Cuba.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-20