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Cardinal Gibbons hopes for a successful Roosevelt administration and forwards a message of sympathy from Cardinal Patrick F. Moran on behalf of the Catholic community of Australia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-20
C. E. Manchester regrets not being able to see President Roosevelt during his visit to Canton, Ohio. He was occupied with his duties related to the funeral of William McKinley. Manchester expresses his appreciation and sympathy for Roosevelt as he begins his presidency.
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1901-09-20
Thomas Nelson Page is comforted that the presidency and nation are in President Roosevelt’s hands. The country is behind Roosevelt. His broad sympathies and qualities offer a great opportunity to bring north and south together and remove sectionalism.
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1901-09-20
Endicott Peabody is thankful that the country can depend on President Roosevelt after the crisis of President McKinley’s death. Peabody assures Roosevelt that all of his friends in Groton, Massachusetts, are thinking of him with great “sympathy and affection.”
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1901-09-20
Lemuel Ely Quigg expresses his sympathy regarding the crisis that brought President Roosevelt to the presidency. Quigg has much hope and faith in Roosevelt.
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1901-09-20
Charles A. Schieren expresses his admiration of President Roosevelt and congratulates him on succeeding to the presidency. Schieren was disappointed at the last National Republican Convention because he wanted Roosevelt to serve another term as governor of New York. However, with hindsight, he realizes Roosevelt was destined for a larger position in this terrible time due to President McKinley’s assassination.
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1901-09-20
Jacob Gould Schurman expresses his good wishes for the success of President Roosevelt’s administration. If he can be of any assistance in “the great work that has fallen upon” Roosevelt, Schurman would be more than happy to oblige.
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1901-09-20
Louis Stern congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency and states that the country is supporting the Roosevelt administration.
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1901-09-20
General Wheeler was grieved at the death of William McKinley but has every confidence in the Roosevelt administration.
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1901-09-20
John Willis has been scouting a large bear that he thought President Roosevelt might be able to hunt. Upon returning to town, he heard of the news of Roosevelt’s succession to the presidency. Willis is sad that the presidency came to Roosevelt under such difficult circumstances. He understands that Roosevelt can no longer make a trip west. Willis is doing well in Montana and has a ranch with a “good start of cattle.”
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1901-09-20
John Campbell Greenway has been pleased and proud of President Roosevelt’s actions during the national crisis of William McKinley’s shooting and death. He expects Republicans to give Roosevelt their full support.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-21
Judge Adams congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency.
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1901-09-21
William Conant Church is pleased that a competent individual was there to succeed to the presidency. He encloses an article he wrote for the United States Army & Navy Journal. Church has followed Roosevelt’s career as he knew Roosevelt’s father and maintains a “fatherly interest.”
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1901-09-21
W. Sloan Simpson has just heard of the death of William McKinley. He hopes for a successful and prosperous Roosevelt administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-21
Francis C. Lowell is thinking of President Roosevelt as he succeeds to the presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15
Germany has joined in the mourning for William McKinley. Adolf Mensing is confident that President Roosevelt will be a successful president.
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1901-09-15
The citizens of Oyster Bay, New York, express their sympathy at the death of William McKinley. They call for the adoption of measures to promote respect for law and obedience to authority.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-18
Adolph Von Haake has no doubt that President Roosevelt will meet the “great responsibilities” of his new position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-15
Poem commemorating William McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-16
Gherardi Davis hopes for a prosperous and successful Roosevelt administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-16