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President Roosevelt asks Judge Jones if he can visit sometime in the coming weeks, ideally on December 20. The president would like to speak with Jones—and potentially Silas McBee and Lyman Abbott—about southern matters.
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1904-12-09
Theodore Roosevelt very much agreed with Clarence Hamilton Poe’s article in The Atlantic about lynching and thanks him for having written it.
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1904-08-16
Pastor George E. Talmadge sends Theodore Roosevelt two copies of last week’s sermon which was printed. He asks Roosevelt to give one to Silas McBee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-26
Senator Lodge agrees that there are dangers with the arbitration treaty. President Taft claims that the treaty will be ineffective without Clause 3 of Article 3 but also states that certain matters cannot be arbitrated, thus ignoring Clause 3. Silas McBee of The Churchman has come out in defense of the Senate’s position and Lodge has sent a letter for McBee to publish. He was pleased to receive a copy of The Outlook with his article and read Theodore Roosevelt’s Dante article with great interest.
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1911-09-01
On behalf of Silas McBee, M. K. Miller writes to Theodore Roosevelt that he has sent Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt a copy of Brooke F. Westcott’s Some Lessons of the Revised Version of the New Testament.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-09
M. K. Miller writes to Theodore Roosevelt to confirm he received Roosevelt’s letter for Silas McBee. McBee is currently in Charleston, South Carolina, but will be returning to New York City next week.
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1911-06-03
Stuart L. Tyson asks Theodore Roosevelt to donate to the University of the South’s chapel, as it is falling into disrepair.
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1911-05-15
William Sturgis Bigelow is pleased Senator Lodge was reelected and compares Theodore Roosevelt to a political pile driver. He advises Roosevelt to use arguments other than the “fool and crook” one during his upcoming Western trip. Bigelow asks Roosevelt to deliver the enclosed memorandum to his secretary and requests they send a postcard.
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1911-02-20
Ambassador Reid reports to President Roosevelt about affairs in Europe. Reid’s impression is that neither Great Britain nor Germany want tensions to escalate to a war, and he is still trying to get more details about their negotiations. Reid informs Roosevelt that the King seems to be in ill health. He is also worried that Roosevelt’s friend, Silas McBee, is stirring up trouble by seeming to interfere in debates about the Education Bill. Reid referred the Grocers’ Federation to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Howard Metcalf so that they might receive more information about complying with America’s meat inspection laws, and he enclosed a copy of a speech he gave at Cambridge on the American Revolution. Reid concludes by saying that he hopes the British government will help the United States settle disputes with Canada.
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1906-08-16
Whitelaw Reid tells President Roosevelt that Alice Roosevelt Longworth did him credit during her stay and regrets she did not have time to write. Reid then brings Roosevelt up-to-date on a number of issues. Reid thinks that Roosevelt’s statement about canned meats will have a positive effect on the market; William Jennings Bryan did not do so well at speaking at dinner as he could have, but most of the ministers seem to want to meet him. Viscount Edward Grey cannot remove Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand without Durand losing his pension; King Edward is not receiving as many people as usual, so it might not be possible to present Silas McBee to him, but Reid will push if the President would like him to. Also, there is worry in Egypt and France about the Mohammedan fanaticism.
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1906-07-17
Ambassador White informs President Roosevelt about American relations with the Vatican, including a controversial dinner White had with four cardinals in honor of Archbishop John Ireland. He says that some in the Vatican, including Pope Pius X, approved of the meeting, while others did not, given that the United States and the Vatican did not officially have relations at that time. White makes a number of other short remarks on various diplomats and the relationship between the Italian Government and the Vatican. White tells Roosevelt that Cardinal Merry del Val and the Pope both appreciated the signed photographs Roosevelt sent them.
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1906-05-27
Secretary of War Taft has had news about probable majorities for the election in Maine. He has received an invitation to speak in Brooklyn, but cannot make this work, as he already has too many engagements lined up. Taft has read President Roosevelt’s letter of acceptance and approves of everything in it. The process of buying lands from the friars in the Philippines is running into some issues, as one of the companies is threatening to rescind a contract due to a new survey of the lands in question and a decrease in the price.
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1904-09-14
Secretary of War Taft sends his correspondence with the Panama Railroad Company to President Roosevelt and also acknowledges an earlier letter from Roosevelt concerning a request from Silas McBee.
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1904-08-23
Travel itinerary for Silas McBee and John R. Mott’s Near Eastern trip.
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1911-01
List of unknown origin titled “American Members of the League for International Conciliation,” enclosed with a letter created by Nobel Prize winner Nicholas Murray Butler. Andrew Carnegie and Andrew D. White are listed as “Honorary Presidents,” 12 people are listed under “Council of Direction,” and 46 people are listed as “Members.”
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1906-12-05
The Laymen’s Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada hopes to establish a partnership with the Christian Laymen of Great Britain to support international Christian mission efforts. The organization describes its purpose and methods.
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1907-05-11
Booker T. Washington has met with Silas McBee, Lyman Abbott, and Lawrence F. Abbott about appointing African Americans to office in the South. Washington’s position is that even though there are less African Americans holding office in the South compared to the McKinley administration they are of higher quality. McBee agreed not to write any more articles against the president’s policy and the Abbotts feel that they have always supported the Roosevelt administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-03