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George Cabot Lee thanks President Roosevelt for the letter and for his assistance moving Mrs. Jackson’s baggage through customs.
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1901-10-07
Governor Wood has sent President Roosevelt his annual report on the situation in Cuba. In general, there is “an excellent feeling throughout the Island.” However, there is anxiety towards the formation of a new government, but Wood believes a Cuban government could take over no later than May 1, 1902. Tariffs will be an important issue for Cuba.
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1901-10-07
St. Clair McKelway explains that Tammany related political matters have kept him from visiting the Roosevelts in Washington, D.C.
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1901-10-02
Winston Churchill thanks President Roosevelt for the book suggestions and invites him to go hunting. Churchill is preparing to go to Europe but plans to stop in Washington for a day to see Roosevelt. He looks forward to shaking the hand of a president.
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1901-10-03
Minnie Kelly Reiffert congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency. Reiffert is doing well, married two years ago, and has a young son.
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1901-10-03
Elizabeth Norris Emlen Roosevelt, President Roosevelt’s aunt, congratulates him on his succession to the presidency.
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1901-10-03
Douglas Robinson suggests that President Roosevelt write him a private letter that could be leaked to George W. Perkins and Robert Bacon which would praise the publication of their status and earnings from the United States Steel Corporation. This could make Perkins and Bacon stronger allies for Roosevelt’s policy of “giving publicity to the affairs” of large corporations. The men of corporate interests that have spoken to Robinson have confidence in Roosevelt and have praised his actions.
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1901-10-03
George Bleistein is sending President Roosevelt an eight-year-old, three-quarters Thoroughbred horse named Koran. The horse has an easy disposition and is a good hunter. Bleistein will be heading south and will try to visit Roosevelt.
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1901-10-01
Jacob Schloss is sending six complimentary cabinet photographs of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and requests that President Roosevelt visit for a photography session when he is in New York City.
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1901-09-25
Despite the difficult circumstances surrounding the occasion of President Roosevelt’s inauguration, Ansley Wilcox will always fondly remember Roosevelt’s time in Buffalo, New York. He believes that the country is safe with Roosevelt and that the Roosevelt administration will be brilliant and successful. Wilcox encloses several clippings related to Roosevelt’s succession to the presidency.
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1901-09-26
Secretary of War Root is suffering from ill health and his doctor has recommended that Root go on a trip. He inquires about the feasibility of such a trip. Root had been concerned that the country would be “hysterical” after the assassination of William McKinley. However, the people have been steady and showed their loyalty and love towards the country and President Roosevelt.
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1901-09-27
Maria Longworth Storer encourages President Roosevelt to appoint her husband as secretary of the Navy or secretary of war. Storer’s husband, Bellamy Storer, is currently the American ambassador to Spain.
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1901-09-22
General Brooke apologizes that a member of his staff was not able to escort Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt from Oyster Bay, New York, to Washington, D.C., due to an error on the date of the telegram ordering such action.
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1901-09-24
Marie Mensing reminisces about having known President Roosevelt and his family when he was a boy. She hopes Roosevelt will take action not only to punish President William McKinley’s assassin but also stop “the wholesale murders of rulers which has become so common of late years.” To Mensing, electrocution does not sufficiently punish the murder of a nation’s ruler, as that is the penalty for “ordinary murder.” She also expresses concern for the recent displacement of the American ambassador to Germany when the house he was living in was sold by the former owner. She urges Roosevelt to ensure that America owns property in the cities where the nation will be represented so the ambassadors are ensured of secure housing.
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1901-09-24
Albert Leopold Mills, along with the rest of the country, has perfect trust in the ability and character of President Roosevelt.
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1901-09-24
The services of the Pennsylvania Railroad will be at the service of President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1901-09-18
Henry Cabot Lodge write to Theodore Roosevelt about his continued concern for Roosevelt’s well-being after William McKinley’s assassination. Theories about what drove Leon Czolgosz to kill McKinley are being discussed in the media. Lodge also discusses the press coverage of who would remain in the cabinet.
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1901-09-19
George Cabot Lee congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency.
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1901-09-21
Senator Lodge expresses his concern for Vice President Roosevelt in the wake of William McKinley’s near-assassination and hopes that Roosevelt will write him “at once” to assure Lodge of his well being. Lodge talks about a clipping that speaks of Roosevelt in French. Lodge also mentions that George H. Lyman is “here” and worrying about Roosevelt as well. Lodge recounts a story “because it tickled my vanity” of a conversation between Lyman and a German, about Lodge and whether he might not be Secretary of State when Roosevelt was President, and whether Lyman and Lodge would not be dangerous to German interests. The German thought Roosevelt must be dangerous because he had killed 1800 “mountain cats” last winter.
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1901-09-12
Secretary of War Elihu Root orders that an officer be sent to confer with First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York, to arrange to accompany her to Washington, D.C. A special train is available for her travel.
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1901-09-14