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Dr. Herbert C. Gifford’s business card contains his address and consultation hours. This card was sent with a letter from Gifford to President Roosevelt dated July 29, 1904.
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1904
Theodore Roosevelt sends a letter of thanks in receipt of William H. Milne’s letter.
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1912-07-09
President Roosevelt notes that there seems to be uneasiness about addressing immigration, and asks Senator Lodge to send him a copy of the platform. Roosevelt also remarks that he misses Lodge and Nannie, and tells him about a letter he got from Edward Brandegee of Utica.
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1904-05-23
Frederick Getman Fincke believes the allegations Charles W. Darling has made against Secretary of the Treasury Ellis H. Roberts and describes Roberts’s poor reputation in his hometown of Utica, New York. Fincke will go into further detail on Roberts’s low character when he meets with President Roosevelt in person on November 13.
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1901-10-28
Representative Sherman is certain the House will stay in Republican control in the outcome of the election and that Charles Evans Hughes will win the gubernatorial election in New York. The speech Secretary of State Root gave in Utica and President Roosevelt’s own message helped turn the tide in their favor in recent weeks. Sherman thanks Roosevelt for his early and continual support during the campaign and promises to keep Roosevelt updated about the results of the election on Tuesday night.
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1906-11-03
Representative Parsons has conferred with Timothy L. Woodruff, Representatives Olcott, Bennet, Calder, and Sherman, and Charles Evans Hughes about the matter in President Roosevelt’s previous letter. Parsons would like to bring in out-of-state speakers to enliven the campaign but hopes they will not discuss tariffs or labor unions. There was general agreement to have Joseph Gurney Cannon, Speaker of the House, give his scheduled speech but many think it unwise to have Secretary of State Elihu Root speak in New York because of his connection to Thomas Fortune Ryan, the “Equitable matter,” and corporations in general, and how William Randolph Hearst would portray it in his papers. Edward R. Finch agrees with Parsons that Root should still come and speak about stable government ensuring good business conditions, but would like Secretary of War William H. Taft to be his substitute if the Congressmen decide against Root.
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1906-10-15
Representative Sherman notifies President Roosevelt that a meeting with Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon will be held, but a meeting with Secretary of State Elihu Root will be abandoned. The justification for the decision was “the howl the ‘Yellow Journals’ would make” about Root’s acceptance of a retainer for being counsel to Thomas F. Ryan. Representative Jacob Van Vechten Olcott feels that Cannon’s speech at Durlan’s Academy can only bring “great good.” Sherman feels the Republicans will not lose any votes by exploiting the achievements of the party, and he acquiesces to Representative Herbert Parsons in terms of who would be best to speak in New York City. Sherman hopes Root might schedule a speech in upstate New York.
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1906-10-15
William D. Washburn offers President Roosevelt his views on the matter of tariff reform. He has heard that, as the result of a meeting between Speaker of the House Joseph Cannon, James Sherman, and Roosevelt, the issue of revision of the tariff is not going to be a campaign issue. Washburn argues against this, saying that in the states of the Mississippi River Valley, and in Minnesota in particular, the tariff is still an important issue that deserves to be addressed. He points out that when the Whig party dismissed the issue of slavery, a new party rose up to address it and killed off the old one. If the Republican party ignores the issue of the tariff, history could repeat itself.
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1906-08-09
Admiral Dewey has read John W. Vrooman’s address at the Founders and Patriots meeting, which cleared up for Dewey the missed junction of American and British troops from John Burgoyne and Barry St. Leger’s regiments during the Saratoga Campaign of 1777. Dewey hopes Vrooman might one day also write about French Admiral François Joseph Paul de Grasse’s action that lead to the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia. Dewey and his wife Mildred McLean Dewey look forward to the visit of Vrooman and his wife, Anna Ford Vrooman.
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1906-07-29
J. S. Sherman rushes toward “the Roosevelt policies” cart as William H. Taft pulls the horse to stop. William Jennings Bryan sits beside Taft. There is a sign in the background pointing to “Utica, N. Y.”
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1908-08-19
James R. Sheffield writes of his conversation with Governor Odell, in which they discussed Odell’s plans to reorganize the New York Republican Committee, potential delegates for the Republican National Convention, and Senator Platt. Sheffield is positive about President Roosevelt’s nomination in Utica, New York and warns of the “chloroforming process.”
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1903-11-27
Frederick Getman Fincke has consulted people he knows regarding the character of Ellis H. Roberts during his time as assistant treasurer in New York and as president of Franklin Bank. The people he consulted did not have any information. Fincke suggests that the concerns arose later, when Roberts was in New York City, and he suggests that President Roosevelt consult banks and bankers there about Roberts.
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1902-01-02