Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Maurice Francis Egan
President Roosevelt informs Ambassador Egan that ministers do not tender their resignation and therefore he will not file Egan’s.
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1909-02-23
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Resignation from office
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. T. McCleary
In a cancelled letter, President Roosevelt accepts Second Assistant Postmaster General McCleary’s resignation, delivered in his recent letter, and thanks McCleary for his service.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-09-14
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to J. T. McCleary
President Roosevelt demands that Second Assistant Postmaster General McCleary either cease canvassing or send his resignation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-09-09
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Archie Dovell Sanders
President Roosevelt received Collector of Internal Revenue Archie Dovell Sanders’s letter. If Sanders cannot fulfill the specified conditions, then Roosevelt demands his resignation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-24
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Wickersham
President Roosevelt regretfully accepts Judge Wickersham’s resignation and wishes him well.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte
President Roosevelt tells Attorney General Bonaparte that it is simply a matter of expediency whether or not someone should resign from a federal office when running for an elected position, and trusts Bonaparte’s judgement. The president also believes that New Mexico District Attorney William H. H. Llewellyn and his people are incorrect about Department of Justice agents Ormsby McHarg and Peyton Gordon willfully telling lies, and Roosevelt has received a number of letters confirming this belief. Roosevelt will discuss the Idaho land fraud case with Bonaparte when he sees him.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Ryan
President Roosevelt has received First Assistant Secretary of the Interior Ryan’s letter of resignation. While the president understands why Ryan has to retire, he is saddened, noting that Ryan has served his country for forty years as a soldier and as a civilian.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte
President Roosevelt details how Attorney General Bonaparte is to respond to United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick, using quotations from various correspondences.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-24
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James W. Raynolds
President Roosevelt encloses the letter sent to Jefferson Raynolds and Joshua S. Raynolds. Regretfully, he feels Acting Territorial Governor of New Mexico James W. Raynolds is no longer useful in his current office and accepts his resignation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jefferson Raynolds and Joshua S. Raynolds
President Roosevelt finds it unpleasant to request the resignation of a government official. Acting Governor of New Mexico James W. Raynolds’s actions make him undesirable in the office.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. H. Llewellyn
President Roosevelt shares his thoughts and reasoning with New Mexico Attorney General Llewellyn regarding the removal of former Governor Herbert J. Hagerman and former Secretary of New Mexico Territory James W. Raynolds from office. Roosevelt finds the actions of Raynolds and Hagerman inexplicable, and suspects that Hagerman to be the “tool of powerful corrupt interests.” Roosevelt insists that the conduct of his appointees in New Mexico Territory must be free of misconduct or the appearance of misconduct.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-29
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to G. W. Woodruff and Jesse E. Wilson
President Roosevelt directs Acting Secretary of the Interior Woodruff and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Wilson to keep James W. Raynolds in his position as Secretary of the Territory of New Mexico until he can see New Mexico Governor George Curry in person, whom Roosevelt wishes to see as soon as possible, at Oyster Bay.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-28
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mordecai T. Endicott
President Roosevelt accepts Mordecai T. Endicott’s resignation as the Navy’s Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks. Roosevelt notes Endicott’s resignation will take effect “upon the date of the qualification” of his successor Civil Engineer Harry H. Rousseau.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-07
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Benson Foraker
President Roosevelt tells Senator Foraker that he “had no idea” that Judge Frank Feuille would resign his post. Roosevelt notes that Commissioner to U.S. Congress from Puerto Rico Tulio Larrinaga recommends that Feuille’s successor should not be appointed until the President can speak with Puerto Rico Governor Beekman Winthrop, who is now in Washington DC. Roosevelt asks Foraker to “ask Larrinaga to see Winthrop and put one or two names before him.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-07
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Brayton Harlow
President Roosevelt desires to make changes at the Civil Service Commission. John Brayton Harlow will be reassigned to the cashier’s department of the St. Louis, Missouri, post office. Harlow should send his resignation to take effect when his successor, William Dudley Foulke, accepts the position.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-19
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Lodge brings several small matters to President Roosevelt’s attention about Senator William E. Chandler resigning from the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, interviews that Lodge has had with blenders of whiskey who feel they have been misrepresented by the journalist, Henry Beach Needham, and that Philip Hildreth Reade ought to be promoted to Brigadier General in the United States Army. Lodge also mentions that he gave an off-hand speech encouraging people to support the Republican ticket, but it had been misrepresented in the papers. The senator closes by including a quotation from a man who believed that Roosevelt was a drunkard and addicted to morphine and that his family constantly stays with him to prevent others from discovering his condition.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-19
Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt
Attorney General Bonaparte shares with President Roosevelt his thoughts about what to do with United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick. He sends a copy of the telegram he sent to Ruick, and notes the reasoning for his approach. The remaining question is that of the special counsel for the trial. Bonaparte will contact Francis J. Heney and provides several alternatives if Heney is unavailable. He asks Roosevelt for further suggestions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-25
Letter from R. R. Bowker to Theodore Roosevelt
President Roosevelt’s message to R. R. Bowker confirms to Bowker what he has heard from many in Washington about John F. Stevens’ resignation as Chief Engineer on the Panama Canal. Bowker believes Stevens’, “a man of railroad training and association”, resignation may have been influenced in part by Roosevelt’s policies on railroad regulation. Bowker will send a memorandum or report to Roosevelt in person on the situation to improve the transport of supplies to the canal workers.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-28
Letter from Henry S. Pritchett to Theodore Roosevelt
Henry S. Pritchett suspects John F. Stevens, Chief Engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, is under considerable mental and emotional strain and is inadequate in “government methods of business.” While he praises Stevens’ work ethic, Pritchett believes he lacks the moral fortitude and patience necessary it succeed in this position.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-05
Letter from George B. Cortelyou to William Loeb
Postmaster General Cortelyou requests that Secretary to the President Loeb call Cortelyou on the telephone so that he can say something before the enclosed letter of resignation is acted upon.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-02