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Robert P. Porter encloses memoranda regarding the matter he brought to President Roosevelt’s attention yesterday. Roosevelt had said he would take the matter up with Secretary of State Elihu Root and Treasury Secretary George B. Cortelyou. Porter believes that action could bring economic prosperity back to a district that has been hit hard by recession.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-28
Commander Sims submits a memorandum on the subject of the selection of an Engineer-in-Chief of the Navy. He hopes that President Roosevelt will find it worthy of consideration.
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1908-06-01
Secretary of State Root forwards to President Roosevelt a memorandum originally for Senator Julius C. Burrows about the foreign affairs accomplishments of the administration. In a handwritten note, Root says that he had forgotten half of it when he began dictating the memorandum.
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1908-06-02
A note states that Kermit Roosevelt has returned the African memos, which are in President Roosevelt’s desk. A note below it states that there is nothing in Roosevelt’s desk.
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1908-04-28
A. D. Robertson sends Oswald J. DeRousse papers regarding a complaint related to the transportation of President Roosevelt’s horse from Jersey City to Washington, D.C..
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1908-03-10
Commander Sims of the United States Navy notifies President Roosevelt that he is sending him a memorandum comparing the accuracy of firing tests between 1907 and 1908. There have been improvements across the board, even though conditions are more severe.
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1908-02-17
Commander Sims, in response to President Roosevelt’s request while aboard the Mayflower, encloses a memorandum on the Brazilian dreadnoughts being built in England summarizing and commenting on Lieutenant Commander Simon P. Fullinwider’s letter.
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1907-12-19
War Department Chief of Staff Major General Bell was away from Washington, D.C., when a decision was made in the case of Colonel William F. Stewart. Bell informs William Loeb that he knew nothing of the situation, and he asked General William Penn Duvall to prepare the enclosed memorandum about the case.
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1907-12-09
Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry sends President Roosevelt three itineraries from Admiral Robley D. Evans along with memorandums from the Bureau of Equipment and the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, all of which concern the logistics of the Atlantic Fleet’s upcoming tour.
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1907-08-07
Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry informs President Roosevelt that he forwarded the papers to the Navy General Board. He details a list of the available battleships and cruisers and their stations. Newberry also includes a list of ships under construction. In all, sixteen battleships of the Atlantic Fleet, the USS Indiana, and possibly the USS Iowa can be sent to the Pacific.
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1907-08-08
Huntington Wilson sends Assistant Secretary of State Bacon memoranda about Japanese matters which he would like him to give to President Roosevelt. Wilson believes two of the memoranda would be especially useful for Roosevelt to read prior to his meeting with Gonnohyōe Yamamoto.
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1907-07-06
Third Assistant Secretary of State Wilson sends copies of memoranda he has prepared for Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon, noting that the first two might be useful for President Roosevelt to read in advance of his meeting with Admiral Gonnohyōe Yamamoto of Japan.
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1907-07-06
Per their telephone conversation, Hugh A. Brown encloses for Harry O. Weaver a memorandum regarding the nomination of Thomas H. Herndon for clerk in the Department of the Interior.
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1907-05-09
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1907-04-22
North, S. N. D. (Simon Newton Dexter), 1849-1924
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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The Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, informs President Roosevelt that the missing memorandum has arrived. Bishop informs Roosevelt that Chief Engineer Stevens will have the arrangements for feeding laborers at Culebra complete by January 1, and that he will concrete the floors in all of the labor camp kitchens. Bishop also sends Roosevelt rainfall statistics.
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1906-12-05
Senator Lodge forwards a memo that George von Lengerke Meyer sent, which he thinks President Roosevelt will find interesting. Lodge encourages Roosevelt to speak with the House Committee and Hale about the one ship per year program.
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1906-12-06
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry asks William Loeb to file the attached with the confidential comparison of the United States and Japanese navies that Roosevelt sent on October 27. The attachment includes more definite information about various Japanese ships than the memorandum to Roosevelt of October 30 and provides a list of the number and types of ships in the Japanese Navy.
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1906-11-02
General Barry was very glad to hear President Roosevelt say at lunch that he would put in a good word for the Army War College in his annual report. Because the college’s work is confidential, they are never able to explain themselves or give reply to abuse heaped upon them. Barry also notes that he encloses a memorandum that he yesterday sent to the Chief of Staff of the Army, Colonel James Franklin Bell, and he has marked the section that he feels is relevant to what Roosevelt discussed at lunch.
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1906-10-12
General John Charles Black telephoned stating, if there is no objection, he will leave tomorrow and be gone about a week. Black was a member of the United States Civil Service Commission.
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1906-05-22
Baron Tauchnitz asks permission to dedicate the 400th volume of his “Edition” on the history of American literature to President Roosevelt. Tauchnitz expresses his desire to include Roosevelt’s most popular works and the possibility of Roosevelt selecting the works to be included in the cheaper edition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-29