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Augustus Everett Willson informs Frank Harper that he, his wife Mary Elizabeth Ekin Willson, Governor Herbert S. Hadley, and Agnes L. Hadley Haskell, will take the eleven o’clock train on Saturday morning.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-14
Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith of the Bureau of Corporations mentions that Theodore Roosevelt requested to see him and his wife, Gertrude E. Dietrich Smith, the next time they visit New York. Smith informs Roosevelt that they will be in the city the following week on Friday, September 22nd. He requests a visit with Roosevelt, but emphasizes that they do not wish to intrude on his time.
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1911-09-14
Joseph Barondess invites Theodore Roosevelt to attend and speak at the dedication of the David Kessler Second Avenue Theatre, highlighting its significance as the first major theater for Jewish drama and its philanthropic purpose.
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1911-09-14
Perlie M. Huntley expresses to Frank Harper that they are unsure if Theodore Roosevelt received the poem and asks for a recommendation of a qualified poetry critic in New York City.
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1911-09-13
Elizabeth J. Mitchell asks Theodore Roosevelt for assistance in securing a position as a private secretary in Washington, D.C., or New York City, providing her educational background, teaching experience, and professional references.
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1911-09-12
Agnes Carter Mason offers to send Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the autobiography written by her father, Walter Carter, if Roosevelt confirms that he remembers him as his former Sunday School teacher at St. Nicholas Church in New York City.
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1911-09-12
Sarah W. Loud expresses to Theodore Roosevelt that her husband, Civil War veteran Thomas B. Loud, has been unjustly kept at the Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea rather than allowed to live at home with her. She recounts his military service, declining health, and the actions of local officials that resulted in his pension being withheld and adequate aid denied, causing their prolonged separation. Loud appeals to Roosevelt for help in securing a pension sufficient to support him at home, describing her emotional and financial hardship and her faith in Roosevelt’s sense of justice.
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1911-09-12
Charles A. Conant thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter and photograph, and informs him it will be used in his upcoming work The Progress of the Empire State. He promises to send Roosevelt a copy when it is published early next year.
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1911-09-12
Thomas T. Wright expresses to Oscar W. Underwood that the U.S. needs more American ships in foreign trade and urges Congress to pass a ship subsidy bill to support the merchant marine and boost the southern economy.
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1911-09-11
George H. Maine sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a letter being distributed to governors, school superintendents, and others, requesting his public support and a statement to the Associated Press.
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1911-09-11
Senator Lodge returns the papers pertaining to the matter of the colliers. In his opinion, it is fine if the Department sends coal in foreign vessels just as long as there are not any more American vessels that can carry it. Lodge also mentions that some New York newspapers say he supports a third term. In fact, Lodge would like to “smash them thoroughly.”
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1907-09-11
Charlotte Everett Hopkins, wife of Archibald Hopkins, chief clerk of the United States Court of Claims, relays her convalescing husband’s gratitude to President Roosevelt for his concern. While Hopkins worries about his duties to the court, Chief Justice Stanton J. Peelle kindly understands the situation. Charlotte joins her husband in gratitude and recalls Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s support the previous year when her son A. Lawrence Hopkins took ill.
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1907-08-20
Nicholas Murray Butler tries to convince President Roosevelt to come to New York to speak at the upcoming National Arbitration and Peace Conference, not only to support the issues at the conference, but also to help with the “general public situation,” likely referring to a series of recent conflicts, including the dispute between Roosevelt and railroad executive Edward Henry Harriman, and recent reports that Secretary of State Elihu Root is considering resigning on account of disagreements with Roosevelt.
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1907-04-08
On behalf of the Committee of the Moyer-Haywood Protest Conference, Thomas Crimmins criticizes President Roosevelt for his negative characterization of William Haywood and Charles Moyer. Crimmins points out that Haywood and Moyer have not yet been charged with a crime and are widely believed to be innocent victims of a foul conspiracy. Crimmins expresses concern that Roosevelt’s words will poison the minds of the general public, as well as the possible jury for their trial.
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1907-04-04
Regis Henri Post asks William Loeb to give the enclosed note to President Roosevelt.
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1907-03-25
Chairman Shonts sends Secretary of War Taft the details of the contract for the building of the Panama Canal. Walston H. Brown and Chief Engineer Stevens conferred to come up with a percentage-base plan for the contractors.
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1907-03-03
French Senator Estournelles de Constant describes to President Roosevelt the itinerary for his upcoming trip to the United States. He will be delivering a speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Carnegie Institute, and will also be visiting friends in New York, New York, and Washington, D.C., including Nicholas Murray Butler, J. J. Jusserand, Elihu Root, and Joaquim Nabuco. He insists that he also needs to see Roosevelt to discuss the projects he has been building up since their last meeting in 1902, and that his main aim in taking the trip is to visit with Roosevelt. He hopes Roosevelt can grant him a prompt reply so that he can finish planning his trip.
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1907-02-09
Railroad executive William C. Brown tells Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission Theodore P. Shonts that he is happy Shonts will be coming to New York. He reminisces about a train trip taken with then vice-presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt, and discusses the paths their careers have taken. Brown expresses his support for federal and state railroad regulations, but is concerned that poor public confidence surrounding abuses and corruption by railroad executives in the past, is impacting the financing of railroad improvements. Brown hopes President Roosevelt will “call attention to the fact that the railroads are an important and inseparable part of the wealth of this Nation.”
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1907-01-28
August Belmont expresses his gratitude to President Roosevelt for “giving up” Theodore P. Shonts, so that Shonts may come to New York and “undertake the direction of our local traction situation.” Belmont argues that the work will have an important bearing on the welfare of the community, and the development of New York.
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1907-01-21
William E. Mantius thanks William Loeb for congratulating him on his recent transfer to Paris, although he wishes they would have left him in New York. Since he arrived he has been hustling and although President Roosevelt gave him a personal letter to Ambassador Robert Sanderson McCormick, he may as well “have delivered that letter to the man in the moon” due to the lack of “American intelligence energy and courtesy” he has received at Avenue Kléber. He describes United States insurance companies as having a “bad reputation” and also offers his opinion on the Separation Act.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-18