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General Wood requests a copy of Admiral Lucien Young’s testimony before the Senate Military Committee. The committee was investigating Wood’s conduct as Military Governor of Cuba.
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1904-01-21
John Davis Long expects President Roosevelt to receive the Republican nomination in 1904 and to be reelected. He believes third term sentiment will be a disadvantage for Grover Cleveland, who would lose a general election to Roosevelt.
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1903-05-13
Charles Sumner Hamlin is working on behalf of the Commercial Pacific Cable Company who would like the Nero soundings in relation to the proposed cable between Honolulu and Manila. The company is willing to accept half rates for government business. Hamlin wishes to get approval for the work at reduced rates from President Roosevelt.
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1902-05-08
Lieutenant Emmons is to be informed of the plans discussed by President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hay. Emmons cannot leave for a month because of heavy snow cover in his destination.
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1902-04-10
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward attempts to elicit President Roosevelt’s support for an effort to pass a bill regulating vivisection.
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1902-02-28
At the direction of Secretary of War Elihu Root, Merritt O. Chance returns Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long’s letter regarding “land defenses at Guam, Pearl Harbor, San Juan, and other points.”
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1902-03-06
Albert L. Key presents his version of events regarding his request to be assigned to the ship Restless, a request that the Navy refused.
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1902-01-30
Admiral Schley and his advisers should accept the decision of the court of inquiry. President Roosevelt has made his opinion known in the past and the country is tired of the dispute.
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1901-12
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.
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1901-12-21
Benjamin F. Tracy defends Admiral Dewey and the judgment of the court of inquiry which was examining Admiral Schley’s conduct at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
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1901-12-27
Benjamin F. Barnes asks Rudolph Forster if he has a letter from Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long. Forster responds that he does not recall the letter and Maurice Latta has been unable to find it.
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1901-12-02
President Roosevelt asked Secretary of the Navy Long if anything could be done for Captain Clark.
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1901-11-11
The board of visitors of the Naval Observatory had a conference with Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long regarding the potential transfer of the observatory administration to civilian scientists.
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1901-11
William Henry Baldwin was saddened to hear of the death of Helen Long, the daughter of Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long. Baldwin encloses a report on the funeral service for President Roosevelt.
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1901-10-08
Seth Low writes to encourage President Roosevelt in the wake of William McKinley’s death. Low hopes Roosevelt will keep the current Cabinet, especially Secretary of State Hay, Secretary of the Treasury Gage, Secretary of the Navy Long, Secretary of War Root, and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. Low praises Roosevelt’s service as Governor of New York and wishes him the same success as President. Low reminds Roosevelt that he is likely to be judged more by those he appoints than by what actions he takes and that good appointments result in good government and good administration. Low expresses his pleasure that people are now saying that McKinley will be remembered as one of the nation’s great presidents.
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1901-09-15
Frederick William Holls asked two things of Governor Roosevelt. First, he wants Roosevelt to attend a lunch in honor of Lord Pauncefote at Columbia University. Second, to meet him privately to discuss the upcoming party convention in Philadelphia and the nomination process. Several names have been presented and Holls thinks that although John Long is the best candidate, he would lose Maryland for the Republicans, and repel Germans because of his views on temperance.
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1900-06-02
Lieutenant Francis J. Haeseler thanks Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt for persuading Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long to replace the USS Texas’ old system. They installed the new system, and Haeseler thinks that the guns will fire within ninety seconds instead of over two minutes if some changes are made. The officers and crew feel that the Texas is in “excellent fighting condition.”
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1898-04-17
William Tudor writes Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt begging him to reconsider his decision to leave his post as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Tudor believes Roosevelt is better as an administrator than Secretary of the Navy John D. Long because Roosevelt favored war from the start.
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1898-04-25
John Hay writes to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asking him to see what he can do to appoint Paul Joseph Dashiell as a professor at the United States Naval Academy. He also updates Roosevelt on his recent travels and describes the condition of his traveling companions. Hay says that while he does not prefer to live in Washington, D.C., the place suits Roosevelt. Hay remembers fondly his own time in Lafayette Square and the early summer days spent with the Lodge family.
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1897-04-20
Senator Chandler agrees with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on acquiring the guns for the United States’ commercial ships and torpedo boats and that deciding on a general policy about the Navy’s size before building any additional large ships would be wise. Chandler wants to find some way to force Andrew Carnegie and the Bethlehem Iron Company to make plate armor on mutually agreed-upon terms. Roosevelt does not need to say anymore about the “infernal gunboat,” as hopefully it served as a good lesson. He sends a letter from Howell to be read only by Roosevelt and Secretary of the Navy John D. Long. Chandler asks when a warship is going to Havana, Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-25