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Vol. 1 No. 1. of The Nassau Scout includes an article entitled Col. Roosevelt Decorates Scouts. Roosevelt awarded multiple Boy Scouts with medals for their work in the Liberty Loan Drive while entertaining them in his trophy room at Sagamore Hill.
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1917-12
President Roosevelt considers New York Supreme Court Justice Clearwater’s letter important and has sent it to Frank H. Hitchcock with instructions. Even though Governor Charles Evans Hughes has upset many statesmen, Roosevelt believes it is necessary to renominate him as it will cause damage not to.
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1908-09-05
President Roosevelt gladly accepts honorary membership in the Nassau County Horticultural Society. However, he informs John F. Johnston that he cannot actively participate in the society’s affairs.
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1908-08-27
President Roosevelt tells Samuel L. Parrish that his inquiries in Nassau and Suffolk counties make him feel they agree about renominating Governor Charles Evans Hughes. However, Hughes is a weak candidate in Queens.
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1908-08-19
President Roosevelt will consider Maurice E. Townsend’s request, but as he has already appointed many people from Oyster Bay to government positions, he does not know if it will be possible.
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1908-08-10
J. Huyler Ellison invites Theodore Roosevelt to join the New York Lodge of Elks. A new Lodge has formed in Freeport, Long Island, which will include Nassau and Suffolk counties in its jurisdiction. Ellison’s father, Thomas J. Ellison, is also applying for membership and would be pleased if Roosevelt would join him.
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1911-09-22
Theodore Roosevelt informs Edwin A. Van Valkenburg that he must be in New York on February 21 and 22 for a meeting of the Progressives of Nassau County. Roosevelt writes that if Van Valkenburg still wants him to attend his meeting, he will come.
1913-01-28
Theodore Roosevelt sends Katrina Ely Tiffany a five dollar check in support for the suffrage movement in Nassau County, New York.
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1915-05-06
Theodore Roosevelt thanks General Wilhelm Snyman for sending a paper. Roosevelt stresses the importance of the Boers or Afrikaners learning English.
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1915-03-13
Theodore Roosevelt wishes well those who celebrated the Progressive Party’s successes in Nassau county and wishes Lucien L. Bonheur luck with the Nassau Progressive Club.
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1912-12-20
Theodore Roosevelt greets Frank W. Barton, but does not have the time to write a longer message.
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1912-11-25
President Roosevelt declines to write Governor Charles Evans Hughes for the Roosevelt Troop of Nassau County believing that it would be too self-glorifying.
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1907-02-21
President Roosevelt wishes he could accept J. Huyler Ellison’s invitation but it is out of the question. He extends his good wishes and luck through Ellison, to the Volunteer Firemen of the County of Nassau, where Roosevelt is from.
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1906-10-20
Rudolph Forster writes on behalf of President Roosevelt to Chairman of the New York State Republican Committee Woodruff and informs him of his hopes for the elections in New York City and worries for William Randolph Hearst’s influence in the New York Governor’s race.
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1906-10-03
President Roosevelt’s congressional district feels as if it should get special consideration in terms of speakers. Roosevelt believes the speakers should emphasize the Panama Canal as a central accomplishment of his administration.
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1904-10-09
William W. Cocks has been nominated for Assemblyman in Nassau County and President Roosevelt wants his home district to be Republican. Roosevelt would like William Emlen Roosevelt to raise money for Cocks and sends $200 as a starter, but asks him not to say where he got it.
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1903-10-02
Frederick E. Willits lays out the facts regarding the present almshouse situation in Nassau County in an effort to drive voter engagement with the issue. Some men involved with real estate development wish to demolish Jones Institute, which has been taking care of the county’s indigent poor, but Willits maintains that the institution should in fact be renovated and further buildings should be constructed in order to adequately address the need. The issue will be on the ballot at an upcoming election, and Willits asks the members of the Nassau Citizens Committee to Promote the Humane Care of Nassau County’s Poor in a County Institution to share the facts with their neighbors and friends and encourage them to vote on the matter.
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1911-03-22
Timothy L. Woodruff advises William Loeb about the political situation in New York state. A delegation from Nassau County has asked state committeeman John J. Bartlett to withdraw his support for Congressman William W. Cocks in exchange for becoming State Committeeman. Cocks’s enemies are the cause of the opposition to Bartlett. Losing Bartlett would constitute a loss for President Roosevelt in his home district.
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1908-03-30
Isaac H. Cocks assures William Loeb that the people of Nassau County stand with the president. Cocks’s son Representative William W. Cocks will likely arrive from Genoa on November 20.
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1907-11-07
Timothy Woodruff, chairman of the New York State Republican Committee, informs President Roosevelt that he will nominate five Republicans and three Democrats for the New York State Supreme Court in the Second Judicial District. Among the Democrats are William J. Carr and Townsend Scudder, the latter being somewhat controversial among the Democrats but having enough “masonic eminence” that Woodruff considers eliminating him “unwise.” Woodruff thanks Roosevelt for his timely letter and advice, and says he is informed about the situation upstate and is taking precautions.
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1906-10-04