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President Roosevelt appreciates John V. Farwell’s letter. However, Roosevelt believes he has already been following the course Farwell suggests. He asks Farwell to read a few pages from his past speech.
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1907-03-22
President Roosevelt apologizes to Sally Pickman Loring Dwight for “the query that caused [her] such discomfort.” A misunderstanding between Roosevelt and First Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis led Loomis to offer her husband, Theodore F. Dwight, a new position. Roosevelt has made it clear to Loomis that the Dwights should stay where they are.
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1905-09-14
President Roosevelt assures Kate Phelan Hampton that she not feel badly about causing him any annoyance over the use of his photograph in the book, which is presumably William D’Alton Mann’s Fads and Fancies of Representative Americans at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. However, Roosevelt wants to again stress that he does not authorize the use of his photo in this case and wants nothing about him to appear in the book.
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1905-07-29
President Roosevelt informs Massachusetts Representative Gardner he will publish his letter, which he believes he needs to do given misunderstandings and inquiries.
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1904-11-11
Due to a mistake at the State Department, Richmond Pearson was not provided with all the relevant information. President Roosevelt will see that Pearson receives all the charges, and the State Department will communicate with Robert E. Speer to see what further steps should be taken.
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1904-08-18
President Roosevelt sent Richmond Pearson to see Silas McBee. Roosevelt believes Pearson is a man of high character and would like to see a man like him lead the Republican Party in the South.
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1904-08-12
Theodore Roosevelt assures Peter Moerdyke that he has never misconstrued anything that Moerdyke has said.
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1904-04-01
Gifford Pinchot is “keenly dissatisfied” with Theodore Roosevelt’s response, feeling that Roosevelt ignored his actual proposal and attacked a suggestion that Pinchot never made. Despite his “clearly stated and reasonable objections” to George Walbridge Perkins’ influence, Pinchot does not propose ruling Perkins or anyone out of the Progressive Party. However, for the good of the party and the country as a whole, Pinchot sees nothing to be gained by continuing the conversation.
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1913-01-01
Judge Lindsey explains a misunderstanding regarding a telegram sent to Edward Prentiss Costigan. Lindsey is very busy with work and the legislature but is willing to serve as a witness if necessary.
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1912-12-20
Alabama Representative Hobson rebukes President Roosevelt for accusing him of misquoting him to the press. Hobson claims the statement made by Roosevelt regarding battleships was not to him, but to Representative James E. Watson in Hobson’s presence. Further, Hobson claims that Roosevelt never bound Hobson to confidentiality. Hobson goes on to say that the “country is drifting on a strong current setting direct toward war,” for which it is unprepared due to apathy in Congress, and that not informing the American people of the danger is tantamount to treason. Hobson concludes that the personal relationship between him and Roosevelt must certainly end, because he feels “unutterable scorn and loathing” for Roosevelt.
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1908-08-01
Congressman Cockran forwards a telegram to William Loeb. There appears to have been a distortion of the language used by President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Elihu Root in their dismissal of charges against Judge Lebbeus R. Wilfley, which is creating unrest among Catholics in Shanghai, China. Cockran wanted to get the approval of Roosevelt or Root before giving this sort of an answer to Diomede Falconio, the Apostolic Delegate from whom he received the telegram.
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1908-03-13
Secretary of War Taft has received the enclosure about John Mitchell, and is sorry about it. He spoke with Arthur I. Vorys, and it appears that there was a misunderstanding about Mitchell, which Vorys regretted. Taft does not believe that the information could have gotten out through Vorys, and encloses a letter from Mitchell addressing the situation.
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1908-02-21
Thomas W. Slocum describes the nature of the comments President Roosevelt made to members of the Associated Harvard Clubs recently to Charles William Eliot. Slocum says he does not know how such a garbled version of the remarks made its way into the press.
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1907-06-05
New York Superintendent of Public Works Stevens attempts to explain a misunderstanding that has arisen over his having urged that President Roosevelt quickly name a replacement for former Collector of Internal Revenue at Rochester, Archie Dovell Sanders. Sanders’s resignation had been requested several days before Stevens wrote, and it was not therefore Sanders’s removal that Stevens was seeking but the filling of his place. Stevens regrets if he caused Roosevelt any embarrassment.
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1907-04-25
Postmaster General Cortelyou wishes to set the record straight regarding any supposed endorsements President McKinley made of religious officials. Cortelyou informs President Roosevelt that the statements made by Bellamy Storer in a recent pamphlet are distortions of the truth, as McKinley was careful never to influence a religious organization.
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1906-12-01
Senator Dubois feels that Secretary of War Taft has been “grossly deceived” in regard to conditions in Idaho and Utah and suggests that Taft talk to his cousin, Albert Thorpe Ryan, for more details about the existing conditions.
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1906-10-30
Telegram reads, “Telegraph Om to disregard your letter some facts wrong. Am writing you.”
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1906-10-03
Lucien Hugh Alexander lets Theodore Roosevelt know that the legal ethics report was well received and his recommendation was unanimously adopted by the American Bar Association. Alexander also addresses the conflict between Roosevelt and Mr. Porter, which Alexander believes stems from a “gross misunderstanding” that should be resolved. Alexander points out that with Chief Justice Fuller’s retirement, Roosevelt could have the opportunity to appoint a new Chief Justice, which provides even more impetus for Roosevelt to mend ties with Porter. Alexander will write Roosevelt soon concerning a matter relating to “the great James Wilson.”
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1906-09-04
Senator Penrose feels confident that a series of misunderstandings can be cleared up and a reasonable and consistent adjustment will be fraught with widespread and important results.
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1906-08-08
John Ellerton Lodge writes to Theodore Roosevelt to apologize for a miscommunication on his part which caused writer Maxim Gorky to believe he could visit Judge George Chandler Holt’s residence.
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1906-04-23