Your TR Source
In a note addressed only to “Tom,” Theodore Roosevelt says he will take the 2 o’clock train and arrive in Philadelphia at 4 o’clock. He will stay at the “dear Doctor’s” but would like to stay at Tom’s house. He thanks him for the “Who’s Who.”
1916-01-13
Paul Morton believes that President Roosevelt’s upcoming Philadelphia speech will “do good.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-24
An investigation at the Philadelphia post office found that three carriers had been transferred for political reasons and the postmaster failed to answer relevant questions. President Roosevelt has written to Postmaster Clayton McMichael directing him to restore the carriers to their original routes and drawing his attention to the civil service rules that require employees to answer all relevant and proper questions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-31
Senator Beveridge assures President Roosevelt that his political support is strong in New York City and Philadelphia. If general prosperity continues for a year, Roosevelt will be elected by a wide margin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-19
Alford Warriner Cooley writes to William Loeb in receipt of his letter concerning the Philadelphia Post Office scandal. Cooley asks Loeb to forward the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-27
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley discusses his reports, memorandums, and findings concerning scandal in the Philadelphia Post Office. Cooley also amends his report on the Indiana Post Office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-27
Joseph L. Bristow sends a detailed report to Senator Lodge regarding alleged unlawful sales of stamps at post offices in Medford, Lexington, and Waverley, Massachusetts. Bristow lists names of purchasers who bought stamps for their businesses in Boston. The large sales of stamps in these towns helped elevate the status of the post office and increased the postmasters’ salaries. Investigators questioned statements made by the individuals they interviewed who bought large quantities of stamps when they said they did so without any solicitation on the part of the postmasters. Bristow recommends a number of disciplinary measures.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-21
James R. Sheffield responds to President Roosevelt’s inability to attend the dinner for Commissioner Williams. Sheffield plans a visit to Washington, D.C., that will not conflict with the upcoming Yale versus Princeton football game and applauds the current situation in Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-09
William Henry Roberts sends Géza Kacziány an invitation to speak on the topic of Hungarian and other immigrant communities at a special committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-11
As requested by President Roosevelt, Civil Service Commissioner Greene submits a memorandum regarding the conditions at the United States Mint in Philadelphia. Greene describes the recent removal of five employees and attributes their removal to their association with the Democratic Party. As an example, Greene writes of the removal of Francis P. Rodden, his appeal to Superintendent Charles B. Landis, and his immediate replacement by Republican Party worker Stephen Frisby. Greene mentions inspections led by past commissioners William Dudley Foulke, Frank M. Kiggins, and Alford Warriner Cooley, and requests that the United States Treasury Department reinstate the five men illegally removed from their positions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-22
John McIlhenny has been in a hard political fight in Louisiana and is campaigning for the Louisiana State Senate. He believes his “prospects are fairly bright.” McIlhenny is traveling for business to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 13 and can stop to visit President Roosevelt on his way home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-10
Charles Emory Smith writes President Roosevelt regarding Roosevelt’s possible attendance at the national convention of Colored Baptists in Philadelphia. Smith believes that if Roosevelt can stop briefly after his visit to Antietam, this would do much good.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-10
Charles Emory Smith thanks President Roosevelt for the appointment of Walter C. Hamm as Consul at Hull. Smith writes that his investigations regarding the Tulloch inquiry are proving successful.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-02
Charles Emory Smith thanks President Roosevelt for a previous letter. Smith does not agree with the way the Associated Press dealt with Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, including issuing the Joseph L. Bristow letters to the public the previous week. Smith has decided it is necessary for him to personally present the matter in the appropriate light. Smith includes a copy of the article he has written for Roosevelt’s judgment. Smith proposes a meeting with Roosevelt when he is in Washington, D.C., later that week.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-23
Superintendent Landis of the Philadelphia Mint modifies instructions regarding the employment of laborers who assist members of the classified service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-20
Superintendent Landis informs the Operative Officers at the Philadelphia Mint of a presidential order emphasizing that workmen who have not passed the civil service exam should not perform any work in the classified service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-14
At a meeting on behalf of the Berean Institute, former president Grover Cleveland praises Booker T. Washington as a great citizen and a credit to the black race. Cleveland and Washington both praise Matthew Anderson and the Berean Institute, and state that they believe that education of African Americans is very important to their advancement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-12
Teresa Richardson will be grateful if her husband, Clifford Richardson, can be named one of the commissioners to visit Philadelphia and examine the coinage of the various mints on the second Wednesday of February.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-06
Joseph Bucklin Bishop enjoyed President Roosevelt’s Philadelphia speech and encloses an article he wrote about the speech. He also hopes to see the Addicks statement in the next day’s paper and thanks Roosevelt for a recent visit with the President. Bishop also thinks that an enclosed cartoon of Senator Lodge and other politicians will amuse Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-24
Charles R. Skinner appreciates President Roosevelt’s support for education, including the Roosevelt’s attendance with his cabinet at the dedication of the Central High School Building in Philadelphia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-25