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Captain White congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency. He has been serving in South Africa for eighteen months. He began as a “Pro-Boer” but that illusion has left him. The war is going steadily but White expects the attrition to last for several more months.
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1901-10-17
George E. Matthews compliments President Roosevelt on his work since succeeding to the presidency. Should the position of public printer become available, Matthews offers his expertise in the selection of a successor.
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1901-10-12
William McAdoo congratulates President Roosevelt on his handling of the presidency since the death of William McKinley.
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1901-10-12
Sherrard Billings was pleased that the country could depend on President Roosevelt after the assassination of William McKinley. He hopes for the success of the Roosevelt administration. Teddy Roosevelt is doing well at Groton School.
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1901-10-13
David Noble Rowan congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency and is pleased that someone equal to the task was ready to become president.
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1901-10-13
George Rumsey Sheldon hopes for the success of the Roosevelt administration. He offers to be of assistance to President Roosevelt in any way he can.
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1901-10-14
Daniel Moreau Barringer congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency and is confident the country’s welfare is in good hands. Barringer has business interests in Arizona Territory and is familiar with the area and people. He believes Roosevelt made the correct decision in removing Judge Street.
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1901-10-15
Jacob A. Riis wonders how he should address President Roosevelt in his letters after Roosevelt’s succession to the presidency. Riis has several offers from publishers to write a biography of Roosevelt and asks to discuss the possibilities with him.
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1901-10-07
William Henry Baldwin was saddened to hear of the death of Helen Long, the daughter of Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long. Baldwin encloses a report on the funeral service for President Roosevelt.
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1901-10-08
Mrs. R. D. Johnston expresses her admiration for President Roosevelt and his work since becoming president. She also thanks him for helping her son Gordon. Johnston hopes Roosevelt will visit when he travels to the South.
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1901-10-08
Charles Fletcher Lummis has not written because he has spent most of the last three months in the New Mexico wilderness. He hopes for the success of the Roosevelt administration and the country under President Roosevelt’s leadership. Lummis believes the two major issues that need to be addressed are the mistreatment of the Boers, who have the widespread support of the American public, and the ongoing Philippine American War.
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1901-10-08
Judge McCormick is concerned that Colonel Hunt, collector of internal revenue in McCormick’s district, will lose his position after President Roosevelt’s succession to the presidency. McCormick describes Hunt as a devoted civil servant that will positively reflect the Roosevelt administration.
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1901-10-08
J. Sterling Morton spoke with Grover Cleveland and they both agreed that President Roosevelt will make an excellent president.
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1901-10-08
Judge Whitfield commends President Roosevelt for his actions since succeeding to the presidency, particularly his treatment of the south and his appointment of former Governor Thomas Goode Jones as District Judge in Alabama. Whitfield suggests that Roosevelt build the Nicaragua canal, select the best men for judicial openings, avoid appointing African Americans in the south, and appoint Democrats to southern positions.
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1901-10-08
Charles Erskine Scott Wood is traveling with Mr. Erskine to a sanatorium at Saranac Lake, New York, as Erskine’s health is rapidly deteriorating. Wood is pleased for the country that President Roosevelt was there to succeed to the presidency. He expects Roosevelt to win the Republican presidential nomination due to his popularity with the public.
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1901-10-09
George H. Lyman compliments President Roosevelt’s actions since succeeding to the presidency.
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1901-10-10
Eliphalet Oram Lyte believes that President Roosevelt has the support of the “plain people” regardless of party. If Seth Low is elected mayor of New York, Lyte suggests that Nicholas Murray Butler would be the ideal candidate to succeed Low as president of Columbia University.
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1901-10-10
Richard C. Parsons admired William McKinley and is pleased that President Roosevelt succeeded him. He has confidence in the Roosevelt administration.
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1901-10-10
John Patton congratulates President Roosevelt on the work he is doing and looks forward to seeing him at the Yale bicentennial. He cautions that J. M. Jamison is unfit for the position of chief justice. Jamison had a “discreditable” career in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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1901-10-10
John Nicholas Simpson hopes for the success of the Roosevelt administration.
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1901-10-11