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William Nelson Cromwell informs President Roosevelt about the developments from his clients regarding the Panama Canal. Cromwell is sailing for Paris on the SS New York to arrange the formal transfer of property for the Canal. He also informs Roosevelt that he has arranged everything for the reception of the Isthmian Canal Commission in Panama.
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1904-03-12
John F. O’Brien is upset that some consider his brother, Edward Charles O’Brien, not qualified to be appointed secretary to the Panama Canal Commission.
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1904-03-15
General MacArthur encloses a clipping of an editorial about the coming campaign and congratulates President Roosevelt on the Panama Canal outcome.
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1904-03-05
Joseph Wheeler encloses a letter he received asking if President Roosevelt took part in the Cuban battles during the Spanish American War. Wheeler found this question “remarkable” and also encloses his reply. He congratulates Roosevelt on construction beginning on the Panama Canal.
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1904-02-24
Joseph Bullock Coghlan is responding to a report from William H. Moody about U.S. vessels withdrawing from Panama and reporting on other military operations around the canal zone.
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1904-03-08
Senator Platt informs New York Secretary of State O’Brien that his brother, Edward C. O’Brien, has been appointed the secretary to the Isthmian Canal Commission.
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1904-02-25
Jacob A. Riis congratulates President Roosevelt on the canal vote which will forever link Roosevelt’s name with human history.
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1904-02-25
Statement related to the liquidation of the French company that had been organized to build an interoceanic canal through Panama.
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1904-07-29
Secretary of War Taft seeks General Leonard Wood’s opinion of Edward Charles O’Brien on behalf of President Roosevelt. Roosevelt is considering recommending O’Brien as secretary to the Isthmian Canal Commission.
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1904-03-02
William Bailey Howland lists issues of The Outlook with articles concerning the Panama case, and gives an estimated cost to reprint and distribute them to voters.
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1904-03-03
Attorney General Knox has contacted M. Bo, President of the Panama Canal Company, to ask when the company will transfer the title and possession of its property to the U.S. Government.
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1904-03-03
Charles C. Long encloses a copy of a cablegram which was sent to Marius Bô, President of the New Panama Canal Company, regarding the Panama Canal.
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1904-03-03
William Barclay Parsons is honored that President Roosevelt has appointed him to be commissioner of the Panama Canal. However, the British government has asked him to join a committee of engineers regarding London traffic and he has accepted. The duties of that committee will last from April through June, and Parsons asks if a delay in his start with the Isthmian Canal Commission would be acceptable.
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1904-02-20
Alfred Noble declines an invitation from President Roosevelt to join the Isthmian Canal Commission.
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1904-02-20
John Garber declines Theodore Roosevelt’s offer due to his circumstances and sends his regrets.
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1904-02-21
Albert Shaw comments on the announcement of John Garber’s appointment to the Panama Canal Commission. Shaw sends a carnation and leaves from an orange tree planted by President Roosevelt in California. Shaw also mentions the “tragic” death of Mark Hanna.
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1904-02-21
Admiral Coghlan reports on the situation in Panama, particularly troop movements and preparations for a potential Colombian invasion.
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1904-03-08
Nicholas Murray Butler congratulates President Roosevelt on the Senate’s vote supporting the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Panama Canal treaty). He hopes that civil engineer William Barclay Parsons is appointed to the Panama Canal Commission instead of William H. Burr. He also comments on the passage of the Education Bill in New York and relays a discussion he had with journalist Walter Wellman about the Republican platform for the National Convention. Butler recommends Hugh Henry Hanna as vice president.
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1904-02-24
Clark Howell congratulates President Roosevelt on the Senate’s vote supporting the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (Panama Canal treaty).
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1904-02-24
Governor Odell recommends that President Roosevelt appoint Edward C. O’Brien as secretary of the Panama Canal Commission since it would be “good politics.” He adds that members of the New York legislature and New York congressmen have endorsed O’Brien.
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1904-02-24