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Governor Guild informs William Loeb that Postmaster General Meyer had extended the lunch invitation. Guild is anxious not to embarrass President Roosevelt and has no request to make.
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1908-06-08
Governor Guild asks President Roosevelt to cancel his request for an interview as he fears it may be misunderstood, and his real business is with Postmaster General Meyer. Should Roosevelt like to meet with Guild, he will be at Hotel Willard.
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1908-06-08
Secretary of War Taft informs President Roosevelt that Indiana Senator James A. Hemenway may use the appointment of a new Public Printer as an attack on the administration, and asks Roosevelt to hold off on a decision until Taft can consult with other cabinet members on the matter.
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1908-03
Ambassador Griscom showed King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy the new $10 and $20 gold pieces President Roosevelt had minted. The King has an extensive coin collection, and loved the coins, but as an expert offered comments that the relief was too high, which will make them unrecognizable after a few years of use, as well as difficult to stack. He would like Roosevelt to visit Italy to shoot after his term is finished. Griscom has been shooting with the King and says he is a good shot.
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1908-02-10
Secretary of War Taft writes that the note from Governor Albert Baird Cummins indicated “a desire to be counted on the side of the Lord.” He called on Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou to try to straighten up the situation between them, and discussed the matter with Cortelyou’s wife, who was home at the time. He wonders what William Loeb would think of Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, and says Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield will talk to Roosevelt about it.
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1907-12-20
Arthur Hamilton Lee writes to President Roosevelt about the president’s impending retirement and hopes that it will not impact Anglo-American relations significantly when another man takes office. Lee is distressed about how the papers in New York are covering Roosevelt, as if his character is like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He hopes the president continues to shine light in dark places of the securities industry so that scandals will be brought to light. Lee ends his letter requesting that Roosevelt sit for a painter, Fülöp László, for two to three hours and believes that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will agree.
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1907-12-13
Texas Republican National Committee Chairman Lyon is certain that assistant postmaster Frank H. Hitchcock did not direct any southern state Republican committee members to renominate Roosevelt, as the enclosed newspaper article reports. He would like President Roosevelt to personally confirm the article’s account of Roosevelt’s meeting with Hitchcock and Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer about the rumors. Lyon contacted Secretary of War William H. Taft’s campaign manager, Arthur I. Vorys, to confirm that he did not need to worry about Texas Republicans supporting him, provided Roosevelt still endorses Taft.
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1907-12-14
A newspaper article discussing reasons why President Roosevelt unexpectedly reiterated his decision not to run for a third term. Pen marks emphasize a rumored plot involving three southern Republican politicians and the assistant postmaster Frank H. Hitchcock to renominate President Roosevelt as a candidate in an effort to retain political power.
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1907-12-11
St. Louis Postmaster Wyman fears that the efforts of some political enemies and the recent Edward Gardner Lewis scandal will undermine his previously-assured re-appointment. Wyman asks William Loeb for advice on whether or not to go to Washington, D.C., to meet with President Roosevelt and Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer to discuss the situation.
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1907-11-26
Ben Daniels responds to William Loeb’s telegram and would like to know if Loeb received a letter about the appointment of a postmaster in Tucson. The Postmaster General sent a curt letter discussing the matter, and Daniels would like Loeb to read it.
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1907-07-26
Secretary of War Taft relays some remarks to William Loeb made by Arthur I. Vorys about Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock. In a letter, Vorys tells Taft that he had thought Hitchcock was being insincere about certain postmaster appointments in Ohio, but recent information has led him to believe otherwise.
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1907-07-20
Secretary of War Taft returns to President Roosevelt the letter of Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer and thanks him for sending it to him.
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1907-07-21
Frank H. Hitchcock read a letter by Charles Willis Thompson in the Washington Post that misconstrued the relationship between Hitchcock and Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer. Hitchcock informs Roosevelt that he holds Meyer in high regard and believes him to be qualified and doing well running the department.
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1907-07-07
Secretary of War Taft discussed with Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer the comments attributed to Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock about opposing Taft’s nomination for the presidency. Meyer believes there to be some mistake, and he will talk with Hitchcock. Taft is inclined to appoint James Buchanan Aleshire as Quartermaster General of the Army over William Penn Duvall, and will phone Roosevelt later to talk it over. Joseph Bucklin Bishop has not accepted the post with the Isthmian Canal Commission, and Taft is still encouraging him to consider it.
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1907-06-30
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
Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace has given Ambassador Reid a package from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer for President Roosevelt, which Reid has enclosed.
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1906-11-29
Secretary of State Elihu Root has read the communications from Ambassadors Whitelaw Reid and George von Lengerke Meyer and returns them with thanks.
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1906-11-30
Senator Lodge encloses a speech from United States District Attorney Asa P. French, given in New York during the gubernatorial campaign. French’s is one of many strong Republican speeches made this campaign. The nominations and appointments have shaken up Roosevelt allies as well.
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1906-10-27
Acting Secretary of State Adee informs William Loeb of telegram exchanges between Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon and Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer. The exchanges indicate that even before a telegram was sent to Meyer expressing President Roosevelt’s wishes for him to travel to St. Petersburg as soon as his health would permit, Meyer was en route from Kissingen, Germany, to St. Petersburg, Russia.
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1906-09-16
Robert Bacon forwards a telegram from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer. Meyer’s doctor recommends that he does not return to St. Petersburg yet, unless it is of “vital importance” that he do so. Meyer does not anticipate any problems arising in his absence.
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1906-09-12