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Representative Moody and the people of Massachusetts send their “hearty and cordial support” of President Roosevelt and his administration. When he arrives in Washington, D.C., Moody will visit Roosevelt.
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1901-11-08
Hugh Gordon Miller supports the Roosevelt administration and is concerned about the chaotic state of the Republican Party in the South. He believes that young men will be Roosevelt’s best support in the South and he would like to help the party. Miller encloses a book of Lincoln Dinner speeches, one given by himself, and asks Curtis Guild to forward the book to Roosevelt.
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1901-11-11
William Milligan Sloane has been out of the country but his thoughts were at home as President Roosevelt succeeded to the presidency. He was comforted that Roosevelt was available to take charge. Many of the English and German people he met felt the same way.
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1901-11-11
Douglas Robinson met with August Belmont and extended President Roosevelt’s invitation to dine at the White House on November 14. Belmont accepted and seemed pleased with the invitation. Robinson has heard many compliments directed at the Roosevelt administration and is interested in the outcome of the Bidwell affair.
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1901-11-12
J. H. Woodard met with President Roosevelt and comments positively on his character. Woodard is writing an article about Roosevelt and thanks William Cary Sanger for his kindness.
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1901-11-02
Governor Shaw congratulates President Roosevelt on the Republican victory in yesterday’s election, particularly in New York.
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1901-11-06
United States Attorney Sullivan reports that Ohio is devoted to President Roosevelt and has confidence in his leadership skills.
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1901-11-06
Edmund Lincoln Baylies knows that President Roosevelt is serving out of the love for his country and will rise to meet the challenge of the presidency.
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1901-11-07
George Harrison Barbour has a high opinion of William Emory Quinby and his paper, the Free Press of Detroit, Michigan. Although he is a Democrat, Quinby bravely sided with the Republican Party on the silver issue and supported William McKinley’s campaign. Everyone Barbour has encountered has confidence in President Roosevelt’s capabilities. He recently met with Puerto Rican delegates and assured them that Roosevelt would offer them rights in the future.
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1901-10-31
O. M. Campbell encloses a letter from a friend which notes President Roosevelt’s sympathy with the public. The friend will make future predictions and Campbell would be pleased to send them to Roosevelt.
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1901-10-31
Peter Moerdyke encloses a copy of the church records documenting President Roosevelt’s visits to Trinity Reformed Church in Chicago, Illinois. These records display the affection towards Roosevelt held by the church’s congregation.
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1901-11-01
Mae F. March recounts President Roosevelt’s visit to her home and is very happy that Roosevelt is president. She hopes to be able to visit Roosevelt at the White House.
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1901-11-02
The dinner Booker T. Washington shared with President Roosevelt at the White House is a major topic in many southern states. Washington believes the dinner is being primarily used as a campaign tool for the upcoming elections. The South will soon return to the same opinion of Roosevelt they had before the dinner occurred.
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1901-10-26
William Emlen Roosevelt wishes President Roosevelt a happy birthday. He believes the people are in sympathy with Roosevelt and William Emlen is full of advice.
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1901-10-27
David A. Kennedy apologizes that he was unable to see and congratulate President Roosevelt in person at the reception in New Haven, Connecticut. He considers it providential that Roosevelt was in place to become president and believes he will continue to “strive towards the best ideals of manhood in American life.”
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1901-10-27
Newspaper article praising President Roosevelt’s popularity and recent success in international affairs.
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1901-10-19
George Harrison Barbour supports President Roosevelt and his decision to host Booker T. Washington at the White House. In the past several days, newspapers have printed much criticism of the president, “from southern persons especially.” He claims that the general public supports Roosevelt. Barbour concludes by declaring that if a man is moral and a good citizen, the color of his skin should not matter. As long as Roosevelt continues to hold such a position, he will retain Barbour’s full support.
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1901-10-21
Sam M. Van Cleave has been busy at work and his wife may have cancer. O. M. Campbell can depend on President Roosevelt being a “gimme Republican” yet sympathetic with the general public and that the majority of Roosevelt’s policies will be the same as the McKinley administration. Van Cleave predicts that Roosevelt will have problems with some cabinet officers, including Secretary of State John Hay.
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1901-10-24
William Fortune compliments a statement made by President Roosevelt and believes the public will strongly support him.
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1901-10-15
Newspaper article supporting a statement from President Roosevelt that he would not seek the Republican presidential nomination in 1904 unless he has an endorsement from the people.
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1901