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Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock encloses census data concerning Oklahoma and the Indian Territory that President Roosevelt can use in his upcoming speech to businessmen in St. Louis, Missouri. Hitchcock suggests that Roosevelt mention the increased manufacturing in the St. Louis area and call out their friend Adolphus Busch.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-18
D. D. Walker refused to write a letter of recommendation for Mr. Smith, the collector of customs at St. Louis, Missouri. Some of Walker’s associates wrote letters for Smith as they were unaware of Smith’s poor reputation. He has asked his associates to withdraw their letters and hopes that President Roosevelt removes the entire corrupt delegation of Richard C. Kerens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-11
Archbishop Ireland requests that President Roosevelt not appoint a collector of the port of St. Louis, Missouri, until Ireland can meet with him. Ireland believes that Mr. Smith would be an excellent office holder and the individuals that oppose Smith are in reality opposing the leadership of Richard C. Kerens. Kerens has done a great deal for the Republicans of Missouri and is loyal to Roosevelt. Losing the appointment of Smith would politically destroy Kerens.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-06
Benjamin Reece thanks President Roosevelt for his recognition and the kind reception of Reece’s friends from St. Louis, Missouri. He believes Roosevelt has captured that section of Missouri.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-28
Cyrus Frederick Blanke recalls meeting President Roosevelt at Saint Louis, Missouri, in the fall of 1900. Roosevelt rode and admired a horse named Village Boy and Blanke offers the horse to Roosevelt as a token of his regard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-23
Robert C. Day regrets that Vice President Roosevelt will be unable to visit St. Louis, Missouri, this fall.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-27
Samuel D. Hodgdon has received Vice President Roosevelt’s denial of the slanderous statement and will attempt to stop the circulation of the statement within his organization. Hodgdon invites Roosevelt to make the principal address at next year’s Fourth of July celebration in St. Louis, Missouri.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-24
Washington Hastings encloses an article that advocates for Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt as a candidate for the Vice Presidency. Hastings then notifies Senator Lodge that he will be in St. Louis assisting with the political campaign there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1896-06-03