Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. Hart Merriam
President Roosevelt has heard good things about James H. Monteath and requests C. Hart Merriam’s opinion.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-14
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Monteath, James H., 1853-1936
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. Hart Merriam
President Roosevelt defends James H. Monteath, George H. Bingenheimer, and Charles E. Burton against C. Hart Merriam’s doubts regarding their fitness to hold office.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Bird Grinnell
President Roosevelt regrets that the matter slipped his mind and it is now likely too late to make a change. Representative Dixon recommended the reappointment of James H. Monteath and his name was submitted. Roosevelt asks George Bird Grinnell to refresh his memory on the matter and asks if Monteath would be acceptable.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-11
Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Theodore Roosevelt
Responding to a request from President Roosevelt for a report regarding James H. Monteath’s service as an Indian agent, C. Hart Merriam encloses a letter and expresses his deep concern that Monteath and others like him are unfit for such service. Merriam appeals to the president’s sense of “justice and good government” to remove such men. He also expresses concern that George Bird Grinnell’s report regarding the Standing Rock Reservation was suppressed and not published.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-19
Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Theodore Roosevelt
C. Hart Merriam informs President Roosevelt that letters received from Blackfeet Indians do not mention the “Monteath matter.” James H. Monteath was an Indian agent. There was an effort to remove him from the position.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-21
Letter from Joseph M. Dixon to Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Representative Dixon writes to the Secretary of the Interior regarding allegations about James H. Monteath, Agent of the Blackfeet in Montana.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-23
Letter from George Bird Grinnell to Theodore Roosevelt
George Bird Grinnell tells President Roosevelt that James H. Monteath is “not a fit man” for Indian Agent of the Blackfeet tribe due to his “slackness and inefficiency.” Grinnell references affidavits he sent to Roosevelt last summer that contain complaints from people on the reservation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-16
Letter from C. Hart Merriam to Theodore Roosevelt
C. Hart Merriam protests against the reappointment of Major James H. Monteath as agent of the Piegan Blackfeet Indians.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-19