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Elizabeth H. Becker asks Theodore for advice regarding her neighbor, Judge Joseph H. Beall, who is breaking public health laws with poorly constructed cesspools that drain into her property. Becker has asked the proper authorities for help enforcing the laws, but no one, all the way up to the Mayor, will help.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-08
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Caspar W. Hodgson for the copy of the letter Hodgson wrote to Chancellor Day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-12
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Mark T. Zoole that Roosevelt was interested in the paper Zoole submitted to him and asked the secretary to send his thanks. Roosevelt’s secretary also returns the paper.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-11
William Loeb sends William L. Ward a letter from President Roosevelt, which he asks him to forward on to the United Slavonian Republican Club of Yonkers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-01
Walter F. Haskett invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak at an anniversary service in Yonkers, New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-14
Alfred R. Conkling invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak at a subscription dinner that will be hosted by the New York City Realty League on February 28. Roosevelt is welcome to speak on any matter that is of interest to the taxpayers. Conkling lists issues such as the potential annexation of Westchester County as a sixth borough, the Catskill aqueduct, and the hours that city offices should be open. Conkling is against a proposed bill in the State Assembly that would make building owners responsible for fire safety measures.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-07
Chairman of the New York State Republican Committee Timothy Woodruff informs President Roosevelt of the political situation in New York regarding the nomination of state senate candidates and the gubernatorial campaign of Charles Evans Hughes. He lists the stops Hughes is making in his campaign speech circuit, and references the support Hughes has among Democratic labor union leaders, Catholic priests, and the Yiddish newspapers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-08
Leslie M. Shaw writes to President Roosevelt to discuss the appointment of a new postmaster in Yonkers, New York. Shaw believes it is bad practice for any special agent at ports to feel beholden for their appointment. He claims this encourages fraud and political deception. However, Shaw states that this is a matter of principle and does not apply in this specific instance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-20
Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt speaking at Yonkers, New York on October 17, 1910.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-10-23
Vice President Roosevelt will discuss the situation with Frederick William Holls when they meet in Yonkers. He discusses the logistics of his arrival.
1901-03-26
Chairman of the New York State Republican committee Benjamin B. Odell will inform Frederick William Holls about the meeting in Yonkers. Governor Roosevelt plans to send a letter to Lemuel Ely Quigg about the possibility of Roosevelt and Holls being speakers at the Cooper Union meeting.
1898-10-11
Governor Roosevelt informs Frederick William Holls that he cannot come to Yonkers at the present, mentioning the pressure he is under. He asks if Holls can visit on Monday, noting the possibility of Albert Shaw and Nicholas Murray Butler arriving later.
1899-09-13
The Harbor Line Board recommends that the proposal to extend a pier head line in the Hudson River along the Chelsea Improvement be denied. This extension would not be in the public interest as it would “diminish the navigable capacity of the North River and be obstructive to navigation.” The proposal offers “no compensating advantages to the public at large.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-02
Frederick William Holls and Senator Platt support Gustav Schleuter for the position of postmaster in Yonkers, New York, arguing that the incumbent, although a loyal Republican, has run a post office that is dirty and disorderly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-26
A political battle is unfolding in Yonkers, New York, between various Republican Party factions over the position of postmaster. Frederick William Holls is against the current postmaster, Henry Osterheld, and supports Gustav Schlueter. Holls writes President Roosevelt to point out that the opinion held by Alford Warriner Cooley of Osterheld are erroneous. Holls argues that Osterheld is a party hack who has not handled his job as postmaster effectively over the past four years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-16
Alford Warriner Cooley objects to Frederick William Holls’s plan to replace Henry Osterheld as postmaster of the Yonkers Post Office. Cooley argues that Osterheld is a fine public servant and is only opposed by a small minority of residents for political reasons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-12