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Acting Secretary of State Adee writes to William Loeb to confirm that President Roosevelt’s letter to the Emperor of Austria-Hungary has been delivered.
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1904-09-16
Letters to President Roosevelt are opened by his secretary. However, if “not to be opened,” is written on the envelope along with a signature, letters will not be opened.
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1901-09-30
Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge asks President Roosevelt for help in contacting senators for a project she is working on. She is not sure which senators will be receptive to her ideas and is interested in any advice Roosevelt could give her.
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1907-01-31
Baron von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen of the German Embassy asks William Loeb to tell President Roosevelt that he sent his note to Baron Speck von Sternburg.
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1905-06-23
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb a copy of a letter from Florida Attorney General William H. Ellis reporting on Ellis’s delivery of the Abyssinian treaty to Emperor Menelik. Adee advises Loeb not to proclaim the treaty until they receive confirmation from the emperor.
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1904-09-17
Civil Service Commission President Black forwards a letter from Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and a response to that letter written by Black. Black requests that President Roosevelt approve and mail the enclosed letter to Blackmar.
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1904-09-15
Theodore Roosevelt acknowledges receipt of letters returned to him by John Callan O’Laughlin. The letters are ones Roosevelt previously wrote to O’Laughlin, responding to questions about the William Lorimer case. Roosevelt does not believe the letters should be published because they contain his personal opinions and his report of what various Senators thought, and they were sent to O’Laughlin confidentially. Roosevelt, however, is willing to speak to the Committee if they would like to ask about his actions regarding the Lorimer case.
1911-07-29
At the direction of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou encloses communications from Representative Campbell Slemp and S. Brown Allen for Postmaster General Henry C. Payne’s confidential reading and suggestions. [S. Brown Allen is transposed as S. Allen Brown in this letter.]
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1902-12-24
Due to the volume of his correspondence, Theodore Roosevelt has been unable to respond to all of the letters he receives. Frank Harper assures William C. Notmeyer and his “fellow Bull Moosers” that they can publish their letter to Roosevelt even without receiving consent in a reply.
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1912-11-08
During his recovery, President Roosevelt is unable to personally attend to his correspondence and his secretary responds to all of his letters. Doctors have limited Roosevelt’s time for work and he is conserving his strength by only doing what is absolutely necessary.
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1912-10-29
Theodore Roosevelt gives Wentworth Byron Winslow permission to publish his letter of July 25. He also points out that his speeches and the Progressive Party platform have stated explicitly that the government should not discriminate against any “set of therapeutic medicine, school of medicine, or school of healing.”
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1912-10-05
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Rev. Lad Harsanyi that due to his campaign schedule, Roosevelt is unable to send Harsanyi a message.
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1912-09-17
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Oscar K. Davis to try to send the Philadelphia North American to all the local newspapers across the country until the election, per Amos Pinchot’s suggestion. He also asks Davis to write a reply to Dwight B. Heard’s telegram explaining why nothing more can be done.
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1912-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Julius Chambers’ offer, but tells him it is not worth “taking Edmunds up.”
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1912-08-20
Theodore Roosevelt has shown Gordon Russell’s letter to Ernest Hamlin Abbott. Roosevelt asks Russell to suggest a man to write an article like the one Russell wrote.
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1912-08-12
Theodore Roosevelt has written to Judge Nortoni as suggested by R. E. Stout.
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1912-08-03
Theodore Roosevelt was touched by the telegram sent to him by Bishop Hodur, John Kulczyck, and John Szulpas, which he immediately read aloud to those with him.
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1912-08-10
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes William Henry Harrison Piatt that his letter is being forwarded to Roosevelt in Ohio.
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1912-05-16
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary declines Louis Sangy’s request to Roosevelt.
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1912-05-16
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary will give William M. E. Whitelock’s request to Roosevelt upon his return to New York.
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1912-05-16