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Theodore Roosevelt expresses his disappointment that he can not be present “at the dedication of the Frank Wayland Higgins Memorial Hospital.” Roosevelt knew Higgins well, and states while Roosevelt was governor he initially knew him as a state senator. Roosevelt details Higgins’s good qualities and regrets he cannot attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-01
President Roosevelt is pleased to accept honorary membership in the Olean Snow Shoe Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-14
Governor Frank Wayland Higgins of New York received President Roosevelt’s letter and will respond by wire or phone tomorrow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-07
J. Sloat Fassett asks William Loeb to share his views, and what he is able to share of President Roosevelt’s views, regarding the political situation in New York States. He hopes that Loeb is “not tied up to the Olean microbe.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-10
Boies Penrose writes to set up a meeting between President Roosevelt, Arkansas Senator James K. Jones, and Pennsylvania oil magnate Theodore N. Barnsdall to discuss “serious complications in Indian Territory over gas and oil matters.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-02
Governor Higgins writes to President Roosevelt acknowledging receipt of letters from Roosevelt and Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock. Higgins repeats what Hitchcock wrote in his letter and expresses disappointment that Hitchcock referred to businessman Theodore N. Barnsdall as the political friend of Higgins. Higgins goes on to mention that local residents do not favor Hitchcock’s policies regarding oil development in the southwest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-27