Your TR Source
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou asks Benjamin F. Barnes to present an enclosed personal letter to President Roosevelt and then return it to Cortelyou.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-20
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou encloses a telegram from William Bingham Clarke, from Kansas City, regarding endorsements for candidates for a Missouri judicial appointment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-19
Charles F. Brooker tells Senator Bard of the work Doctor Danziger has been doing campaigning for the Republican National Committee, garnering support from the Jewish communities of New York City, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-19
In accord with President Roosevelt’s direction regarding referees for Tennessee, Postmaster General Wynne will forward Representative Walter Preston Brownlow’s request and has submitted a list of referees for the southern states to George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-17
Postmaster General Wynne forwards to President Roosevelt a telegram regarding John L. Lancaster, who was recently appointed assistant postmaster at Jackson, Tennessee. Wynne notes that Lancaster is not a saloon-keeper, as described in the telegram, and that Representative Thetus W. Sims has notified the senders of the message of such.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-15
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou asks Benjamin F. Barnes what action has been taken regarding a vacancy referenced in a letter from John Philip Clum of Nome, Alaska, which he encloses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-15
Adolphe Danziger explains the difficulties he faced while trying to foster a movement in the Jewish communities of New York on Roosevelt’s behalf during the last Presidential campaign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-14
Republican Committee Chairman Cortelyou sends President Roosevelt a letter from Colonel S. G. McLendon to read. Cortelyou describes McLendon as a friend of Senator Hanna and President McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-14
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou returns a letter from Tennessee Representative Walter Preston Brownlow along with William Loeb’s note of December 2, 1904. Cortelyou states that it has been customary to do what Brownlow requested, and without other guidance, continuing the practice might be appropriate. Cortelyou suggests checking with Postmaster General Henry C. Payne whether he knows of any objection to such a plan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-14
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou encloses a letter from Captain John Roy Lynch and notes that there was previous correspondence on the same subject.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-13
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou leaves several letters for President Roosevelt’s review, with a recommendation that Roosevelt consult with Justice Morris before making the appointment to which the letters relate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-10
Catherine McLean Brown New writes to President Roosevelt about her husband, Harry S. New. She wants Roosevelt to support her husband’s application to be Chairman of the Republican National Committee if George B. Cortelyou returns to the Cabinet. New is particularly worried that Senator Fairbanks will alter Roosevelt’s opinion of her husband.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-06
H. O. Weaver, personal secretary to Republican National Committee Chairman George B. Cortelyou, writes to William Loeb. Cortelyou is forwarding to Loeb a letter from Elihu Root to Charles Holland Duell. Weaver also wants Loeb to be aware of a special delivery letter from Charles Gates Dawes that should be arriving soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-01
Frank S. Streeter writes to Chairman Cortelyou about a nominee for postmaster in Concord, New Hampshire. Though a former senator is opposed to John Henry Brown being named, Streeter assures Cortelyou that Brown is held in high regard in the state.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-20
Cecil Andrew Lyon congratulates President Roosevelt on his victory and updates him on the situation in Texas. Although the Republican vote was light in Texas, the typically enormous Democratic majority did not exist. When Lyon visits Washington, D.C., he plans to show Roosevelt what the Republican Party was able to accomplish in Texas. He also wants to know when Roosevelt is planning to visit Texas, how much time he plans to spend hunting, and if he would be willing to address two or three meetings in Texas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-10
George B. Cortelyou, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, congratulates President Roosevelt on the “overwhelming vote of confidence” that Roosevelt received in the recent election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-08
A. J. Barnett acknowledges a previous letter from Winfield Forrest Cozart and describes Republican campaign movements. The committee has agreed to send J. Madison Vance to St. Paul, and expects that Cozart has arranged to go to Duluth. Barnett has written to D. J. Smith of Peoria to tender the services of either George H. White or Henry Plummer Cheatham. Barnett does not think Cozart should visit Des Moines. J. J. Miles has reported to the committee that he has seen great support for President Roosevelt and Republicans in general in Milwaukee. Republican meetings in Chicago are growing in size and will increase in frequency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-25
Robert Grier Cooke writes to President Roosevelt regarding a book, The Roosevelt Doctrine, which has been being distributed for free by the Republican National Committee. Cooke has begun to plan how to promote the book post-election, when it is no longer being paid for by the Republican National Committee, and wonders if Roosevelt would be willing to help publicize it at some point.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-24
Senator Platt informs President Roosevelt that he has received a check for $10,000 from William Blumenthal, whom Roosevelt recently appointed as Secretary of the Legation at Lisbon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-26
Robert Grier Cooke informs William Loeb that he has received many requests for President Roosevelt’s book, The Roosevelt Doctrine, and forwarded several of these letters to Loeb for Roosevelt to read.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-06