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Arthur W. Hickman has not called on Vice President Roosevelt in person because he knows Roosevelt is busy with matters of national importance. He prays for the health and strength of President McKinley.
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1901-09-10
Arthur Hamilton Lee is pleased that he will be able to see Vice President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York, on September 21. He requests that Roosevelt meet with C. F. Moberly Bell if he calls and expresses his sympathy towards President McKinley.
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1901-09-10
Henry Fairfield Osborn just returned from Colorado where he heard the news of the attempted assassination of President McKinley. He was impressed by the “wanton destruction of deer” at the reserve and would like to discuss their protection with Vice President Roosevelt. The museum would like to accept the puma if Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will consent. Osborn regrets he cannot accept the invitation to Oyster Bay, New York.
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1901-09-10
James Russell Parsons regrets that his answer could not be more satisfactory. He was anxious about the health of Alice and Quentin Roosevelt but was pleased that their illnesses were “serious only in the newspapers.” Parsons is glad to hear that President McKinley is doing well after the attempted assassination.
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1901-09-10
Jacob H. Schiff is praying for President McKinley’s recovery and is gratified at McKinley’s progress.
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1901-09-10
After the attempted assassination of President McKinley, Francis C. Travers recommends that Vice President Roosevelt have someone with him at all times while in Buffalo, New York. He thinks this would make the public feel more secure. Travers is praying for McKinley’s recovery and is at Roosevelt’s service whenever needed. Travers believes that Eugene A. Philbin would win the New York City mayor’s race if nominated as the Republican candidate.
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1901-09-10
Evert Jansen Wendell accepts Vice President Roosevelt’s invitation to lunch at Oyster Bay, New York, on September 27. He asks Roosevelt to preside at a dinner for an English athletic team being held by Harvard and Yale. Wendell congratulates Roosevelt on the news of President McKinley’s recovery from an attempted assassination.
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1901-09-10
James J. W. Fifield suggests that Vice President Roosevelt call for a day of prayer and thanksgiving for the recovery of President McKinley.
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1901-09-11
Now that the grave danger to President McKinley’s life has passed, H. I. Cleveland compliments Vice President Roosevelt’s conduct during the crisis. Cleveland regrets missing Roosevelt when he was in Chicago, Illinois.
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1901-09-11
William Nathan Cohen commends Vice President Roosevelt for his conduct after the attempted assassination of President McKinley.
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1901-09-11
Thomas Grindell delayed his trip to California, where he was going to begin the 1904 Roosevelt presidential campaign, after the attempted assassination of President McKinley. He encloses a clipping that involves Isaac Taft Stoddard, Secretary of Arizona Territory, and reports that U.S. Marshal Myron H. McCord said some “unkind things” when it appeared that Roosevelt would succeed to the presidency.
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1901-09-11
On behalf of a reporter, Job E. Hedges asks if Maude Roosevelt Davidson is Vice President Roosevelt’s first cousin. Hedges is pleased that President McKinley is doing better.
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1901-09-11
Hugh Gordon Miller compliments Vice President Roosevelt on his conduct after the attempted assassination of President McKinley. Democrats and southerners have joined the praise for Roosevelt.
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1901-09-11
E. Mont Reily’s Roosevelt Club No. 1 has over two thousand members. Everyone was shocked by the attempted assassination of President McKinley but Roosevelt’s bearing during the crisis has increased his political support.
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1901-09-11
Josiah Strong has decided he would prefer to meet with Vice President Roosevelt in person and will wait for Roosevelt to return from his trip. Strong is hopeful for President McKinley’s recovery but is thankful that Republicans nominated a vice president worthy of becoming president.
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1901-09-11
Charles William Dabney states that Vice President Roosevelt has their sympathy and confidence. He suggests that Roosevelt “call people to meet in their churches and humble themselves before their God and pray for our nation.” Dabney is responding to the assassination attempt against President McKinley.
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1901-09-06
Herschel V. Jones asks Vice President Roosevelt to write to Charles W. Somerby but not to Mr. Grimshaw or Mr. Peterson. As he was writing, Jones was informed of the assassination attempt against President McKinley and he will pray for the president’s survival. He is sending the letter just as he had written it with full appreciation that the situation has changed.
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1901-09-06
After the attempted assassination of President McKinley, Acting Governor Northcott assures Vice President Roosevelt that the people are with him.
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1901-09-06