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President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay to review and correct the enclosed letter. He also sends several other letters.
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1905-02-09
President Roosevelt reviews the steps that should be taken to pass the Cuban treaty and provides his opinion on upcoming changes in diplomatic appointments. Roosevelt is setting off for a three week trip tomorrow.
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1902-09-18
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses the draft of a speech that Roosevelt intends to deliver at Madison Square Garden. He also encloses correspondence showing that Secretary of the Navy George von Lengerke Meyer may have a conflict of interest in the wool industry.
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1912-10-26
Theodore Roosevelt describes Major General McCoskry Butt to Army Chief of Staff Wood. Butt is one of the most active officers in the National Guard of New York who thoroughly understands military matters and is quite athletic. Butt wants to discuss an issue with Wood.
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1911-11-14
Theodore Roosevelt informs Colonel Paxon that he is unable to interfere with any Cabinet officer, especially one with whom he has had close relations. Roosevelt knows nothing of the situation and believes Henry L. Stimson would resent his speaking on any ground other than of personal acquaintance with the needs of the Department of War.
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1911-05-26
Theodore Roosevelt agrees to give Senator Lodge’s article to the editors of The Outlook. He enjoyed seeing Secretary of the Navy George von Lengerke Meyer and encourages Lodge to meet with Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. Roosevelt expects the arbitration treaty to pass, be very popular, and then be repudiated if it ever needs to come into effect.
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1911-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt explains to William L. Marcy that he cannot communicate with President William H. Taft regarding appointments. He suggests Marcy contact Secretary of the Navy George von Lengerke Meyer.
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1911-02-27
President Roosevelt clarifies for Ambassador Reid that on his African safari, he intends only to shoot specimens for the National Museum, with the exception of half a dozen trophies for himself, if he is able to shoot extras under his license. He discusses at length is plans for traveling through Europe following the safari. He accepts that he will have to see various heads of state in the countries he visits, and informs Reid that he will be delivering the Romanes lecture at Oxford. Roosevelt approves of the Japanese plan to postpone their international exposition until 1917 and wants to help them “put a good face” on the situation. He agrees with Reid’s assessment of various incidents at the Olympic games. However, Roosevelt stresses that all public statements about the Olympics should be positive.
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1908-08-20
President Roosevelt informs William Barnes that he held up the removal in question as soon as he heard that Speaker of the New York State Assembly James Wolcott Wadsworth was interested, but Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer said that the man was unfit for the position. He asks if Barnes think he has “gone back into the kindergarten class.”
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1908-05-22
Theodore Roosevelt advises Gardiner Howland Shaw regarding his future plans, as he will graduate from Harvard in just a few months. (Shaw’s father, Henry Russell Shaw, was a Harvard classmate of Roosevelt’s, and died in 1904.) Roosevelt advises against studying law for a year if Shaw does not intend to be a lawyer. He recommends that Shaw meet with Arthur Dehon Hill, who was district attorney in Boston. If Shaw is ultimately interested in politics, Roosevelt suggests an apprenticeship at a newspaper. Shaw should not look for a diplomatic position until he acquires some experience in local politics.
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1915-01-27
During the 1908 presidential election and after William H. Taft’s election, Theodore Roosevelt worked with Taft to prepare the Cabinet and other prominent positions for the new administration. Taft was consulted regarding appointments and he stated his intention to keep the majority of Roosevelt’s Cabinet. Roosevelt made no requests for appointments or for the retention of certain officials. After Taft became president, he apparently changed his mind and did not make many of the appointments. Taft never discussed this change with Roosevelt.
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1915-01-08
Theodore Roosevelt refers Benjamin J. Rabinowitz to an article and George von Lengerke Meyer to offer the best information.
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1914-12-03
President Roosevelt thanks Captain Key for his letter, which is in agreement with Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright’s letter. Roosevelt plans to send Key’s letter to George von Lengerke Meyer, soon to be Secretary of the Navy, for the comments on the General Board.
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1909-02-27
President Roosevelt alerts Third Assistant Postmaster General Lawshe of the application of Thomas H. Netherland to the position of special counsel recently resigned by Richard M. Webster. Roosevelt highly recommends Netherland, and hopes that he will secure the position.
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1909-02-13
President Roosevelt would not dare go on such a ride with Eleonora Randolph Sears, and thinks her “very white indeed.”
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1909-02-09
President Roosevelt shares family news with his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt. Rector Peabody of Groton School and his wife, Fannie Peabody, are visiting. Roosevelt has been on several good rides recently with family and friends. They hosted a last “reception with dancing” for Archie’s sister, Ethel Roosevelt, on Friday.
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1909-02-06
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit Roosevelt on family and political matters, specifically regarding Ethel Roosevelt’s recent parties and Congress’s opposition to Roosevelt’s Secret Service plans. He extensively discusses the guns he may take along on their upcoming safari. He also remarks on the political turmoil that has marked his final months in office. In the postscript, Roosevelt describes his son Quentin Roosevelt’s truancy, for which he has punished with a “severe whipping.”
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1909-01-10
President Roosevelt encloses a memorandum, sent from Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer, to Senator Burkett on the “infamous character” of former railway mail clerk Darwin M. Ruger. Roosevelt encourages Burkett share this letter with Ruger himself, and relay these facts to Ross L. Hammond, U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Nebraska, and Daniel Swanson, postmaster of Fremont, Nebraska, as well as warn “all reputable citizens.”
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1909-01-16
President Roosevelt has recently spoken with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, following Lodge’s conversations with President-Elect Taft, and thanks Taft for the consideration he shows in appointing William Loeb to the collectorship of the port of New York. Lodge also informed Roosevelt of Taft’s thoughts regarding appointments in his cabinet, and Roosevelt advises Taft to inform several members of the current cabinet that they will not be reappointed. Roosevelt is sure, however, that Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer will serve Taft well in his planned position as Secretary of the Navy.
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1909-01-04
President Roosevelt thanks Alice French for the gift of a pearl pin, and says that “never until now have I taken over much thought for my apparel, but at present I feel as if I had to live up to the pearl pin.” He supposes that eventually he will have to wear it only at official receptions and other full dress occasions, but for the present he is wearing it at all times throughout the day.
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1909-01-02