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President Roosevelt responds to a letter from Mayor Behrman of New Orleans and informs him that he will not share his opinion about a proposed exposition. Roosevelt wants to support New Orleans but cannot “make any statement about an event so far in advance.”
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1907-05-23
President Roosevelt appreciated George B. Hoffman’s letter and encloses both autographed menu cards as requested.
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1905-11-13
President Roosevelt sends his son Kermit Roosevelt a copy of his book and discusses Kermit’s grades, which he would like to be a little higher. He also discusses his trip through the South, and in particular highlights a boat accident he was in off the coast of New Orleans. Alice Roosevelt Longworth returned home from her trip to Japan with fencing armor for Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt; Roosevelt describes their antics.
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1905-11-01
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit Roosevelt that he is visiting New Orleans and believes the risk of infection from the yellow fever outbreak there is small. He is interested to hear that Kermit is playing the same position in football that his older brother Ted played two years ago. He updates Kermit on what has been going on at the White House, where the rest of the family is settling in after the summer in Oyster Bay.
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1905-10-05
President Roosevelt tells Senator Beveridge that he has already decided who he wants to succeed Miguel Antonio Otero, and that he will put “the joint statehood matter” in his message. Only Roosevelt and William Loeb will go to New Orleans, and in compliance with quarantine rules, will return to Washington by boat.
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1905-10-02
President Roosevelt tells Nicholas Murray Butler that if he goes to New Orleans, he will be accompanied by William Loeb only, and travel back on a warship. However, given the current yellow fever epidemic, Roosevelt is unsure if it is advisable for him to go at all.
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1905-09-29
President Roosevelt tells John Milliken Parker that he, personally, “has no feeling” about going to New Orleans. He merely has to consider the quarantine regulations of other states, and whether he will have to quarantine after he leaves New Orleans.
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1905-09-23
President Roosevelt tells General Wheeler that although he is not concerned about the party, he does not want to do anything that will seem to violate quarantine regulations. The people of New Orleans would prefer him to visit later in the year due to the yellow fever outbreak.
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1905-09-20
President Roosevelt tells New Orleans mayor Martin Behrman that his thoughts have been with the people of Louisiana and New Orleans. He tells Behrman of his travel plans and the dates that he is planning to be in New Orleans, if the people want him to come. He asks Behrman about the quarantine regulations in surrounding states and how his visit may affect those regulations.
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1905-09-18
In a telegram to New Orleans Mayor Martin Behrman, President Roosevelt opens the Diamond Festival to benefit the yellow fever fund. On behalf of the American people, Roosevelt offers prayer and good wishes that New Orleans and Louisiana will “fight the plague from which they are suffering,” and assures Behrman that the Federal authorities will help in whatever way they can.
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1905-09-16
President Roosevelt thanks John Campbell Greenway for the letter. He notes that if the yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans continues, it will interfere with his trip to New Orleans and Little Rock. He hopes that Greenway can accompany him on a portion of his trip.
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1905-09-06
President Roosevelt thanks John Avery McIlhenny for the telegram and hopes the situation in New Orleans improves.
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1905-09-02
President Roosevelt was deeply touched by the telegram from New Orleans Mayor Martin Behrman. Even in the midst of their troubles, the population of New Orleans is “alive to all that affects the interests of the world and the honor of our own country.”
The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.
President Roosevelt wishes he could go to Hot Springs, but he is not able to do so. He asks if John Campbell Greenway could come down to New Orleans, Louisiana, and go with Roosevelt to Little Rock, Arkansas. The president is trying to get John Avery McIlhenny to join him as well. Then the three of them can have a “Rough Rider picnic” for several days.
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1905-06-12
President Roosevelt wants to speak on the anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain during his trip but cannot set a fixed date as his schedule is busy.
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1905-05-31
President Roosevelt tells John Milliken Parker that as long as there is no extra session of Congress he hopes to visit New Orleans, Louisiana, on his way to San Antonio, Texas, but will only be able to make a brief stop.
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1904-12-05
President Roosevelt tells Booker T. Washington that he does not think it would be wise to reappoint Walter L. Cohen and James Lewis until after the Republican National Convention meets. He has heard accusations from Francis Bennett Williams that Cohen and Lewis helped the Democrats in the last election.
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1904-05-09
Charges have been made connected to Benjamin M. Harrod’s administration of the Drainage Commission for New Orleans, Louisiana. President Roosevelt requests a full statement of the facts from Harrod.
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1904-02-23
President Roosevelt cannot take action until Senator Hanna finds out if his New Orleans friend is Walter L. Cohen, the register of the land office, or Mayer Cahen, the coiner of the mint. Roosevelt would like the name as soon as possible.
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1903-08-15
Senator Hanna has requested that President Roosevelt look into the case of John T. Lockert and Alice Vienne, employees of the New Orleans mint. Roosevelt would like Lockert made a permanent foreman and Vienne given constant employment.
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1903-08-06