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President Roosevelt has sent Bishop Horstmann’s letter to Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou. Roosevelt knew nothing of the potential to replace Myron H. McCord but anything Horstmann says about anyone will carry weight with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-17
President Roosevelt offers Benjamin Franklin Daniels a deputyship under Marshal McCord.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-15
Ben Daniels declines President Roosevelt’s offer to serve as a deputy under Marshal McCord. Daniels considers McCord unreliable and accuses him of speaking out against Roosevelt on numerous occasions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-23
H. A. Hughes, upon hearing of President Roosevelt’s plan to offer Myron H. McCord an appointment, notifies Roosevelt that McCord has publicly made “vile” remarks about him. He encourages Roosevelt to confirm this by contacting Governor Nathan Oakes Murphy, Isaac Taft Stoddard, or Major James Harvey McClintock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-28
Henry C. Dickey provides a statement regarding the actions of Marshal Myron H. McCord of Arizona Territory in connection with Chinese smuggling cases in Tucson. McCord at first refused to help, but then seemed eager to cooperate later that year. Ben Daniels was not connected to the case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-09
Thomas Grindell delayed his trip to California, where he was going to begin the 1904 Roosevelt presidential campaign, after the attempted assassination of President McKinley. He encloses a clipping that involves Isaac Taft Stoddard, Secretary of Arizona Territory, and reports that U.S. Marshal Myron H. McCord said some “unkind things” when it appeared that Roosevelt would succeed to the presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-11