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President Roosevelt would like General Davis’s opinion on Captain Street. As Secretary of War Elihu Root is absent, Davis should inform Assistant Secretary William Cary Sanger that Roosevelt has asked for Davis’s assistance in the matter.
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1901-10-19
Acting Secretary of War William Cary Sanger has been instructed not to send anything to Secretary of War Root until he returns to work. President Roosevelt has met with Senator John C. Spooner and others to discuss his message.
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1901-10-05
Theodore Roosevelt clarifies statements he made in his book, America and the World War. Belgium was unprepared when compared with Switzerland. Roosevelt gives G. Edward Buxton the names of people who may be interested in forming a league.
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1915-02-06
Theodore Roosevelt directs Howard G. Wade to Colonel Sanger for help.
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1915-01-16
Theodore Roosevelt met with William Cary Sanger on Sunday and Sanger was interested in Archie Roosevelt’s proposals. He suggests that Sanger is the person that Archie should work with. Roosevelt read an article by Sanger’s son and agrees with much of it. However, he disagrees with guaranteeing the independence of the Philippines and that Central and South American countries should become guarantors of the Monroe doctrine. Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt attempted to develop a path through Smith’s Field. He warns Archie against damaging his prospects by appearing uncouth and wearing soiled clothing.
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1914-12-02
President Roosevelt is concerned over the controversy for political candidates in John Clay Davies’s district, Oneida County, for the upcoming elections for New York State Legislature. Roosevelt believes that Davies should consider William Cary Sanger as an alternative to the current candidates, and believes him to be “a man of the highest character, the kind of man whose presence at Albany is a guaranty of courage and good faith.” Roosevelt believes the upcoming race for governor of New York between William Randolph Hearst and Charles Evans Hughes is of great importance and all should be done to uphold the Republican party’s strength.
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1906-10-06
In consultation with Secretary of War Elihu Root, President Roosevelt has decided that the War Department can wait until September 1 for General Oliver to take up the position as Assistant Secretary of War. Roosevelt would like Oliver to meet with Root and Assistant Secretary of War William Cary Sanger in August to get a feeling for the department and Root’s ideas.
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1903-07-13
The War Department would like General Oliver, the incoming Assistant Secretary of War, to familiarize himself with the work of the department before Secretary of War Elihu Root travels to Europe as a member of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. President Roosevelt asks Oliver when he can start.
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1903-07-09
President Roosevelt would like General Oliver to “take hold as early as possible” and will ask Assistant Secretary Sanger when he is leaving.
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1903-07-02
President Roosevelt suggests Mr. Sands as chairman of the county committee. Assistant Secretary Sanger is resigning and Roosevelt would like to appoint a New Yorker as Sanger’s successor. He asks if Senator Platt has any objections to the appointment of Robert Shaw Oliver.
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1903-06-29
William Cary Sanger has shown President Roosevelt Colonel Woodard’s letters. Roosevelt was pleased with Woodard’s thoughtfulness and kindness and would like to arrange a meeting.
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1902-03-14
Theodore Roosevelt tells George Bird Grinnell that the title of General A. W. Greely’s book is Three Years of Arctic Service. Roosevelt agrees with putting the moose head on the cover of the book and if Grinnell gets short of copy, Roosevelt can give him some writing. Another idea if they are short of copy is for Grinnell and Roosevelt to write a composite article on the distribution of “big game animals of temperate North America.”
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1897-08-03
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson asks President Roosevelt if he will write a note to be read at an upcoming meeting of the New York Chapter of the American National Red Cross. Secretary of War William H. Taft will be speaking, and Robinson believes that a message from her brother about the importance of the organization will drum up more excitement. Robinson also relays a message of support from William M. Polk.
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1908-04-19
Chairman of the New York State Republican Committee Timothy Woodruff informs President Roosevelt of the political situation in New York regarding the nomination of state senate candidates and the gubernatorial campaign of Charles Evans Hughes. He lists the stops Hughes is making in his campaign speech circuit, and references the support Hughes has among Democratic labor union leaders, Catholic priests, and the Yiddish newspapers.
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1906-10-08
John Clay Davies apprises President Roosevelt of the contentious and complex circumstances surrounding the Senate race in New York. Davies will travel to the county convention in Rome and attempt to enact Roosevelt’s suggestion, which he deems “an excellent one.” Though Davies tries to stay out of the current political fight, he feels compelled to tell Roosevelt that some of the federal employees in Davies’ county have aligned themselves against Roosevelt’s ideals.
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1906-10-07
Richard M. Salstonstall writes to President Roosevelt thanking him for a letter and expressing regret that the two of them could not meet in person.
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1905-12-30
Mabel Thorp Boardman is pleased to invite President Roosevelt to become a member of the American Red Cross. He would join others in his Cabinet who are already members of the District of Columbia chapter.
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1905-05-24
In a statement, Minor Morris reveals the reason he was dismissed from his position as a clerk in the War Department in 1902, which led to the incident where his wife, Laura A. Hull Morris, was forcibly removed from the White House. Morris asserts that John A. T. Hull requested his removal because he made false accusations against him. Morris denies the accusations. His wife went to the White House to ask President Roosevelt for justice, and he believes that her treatment is “a lasting disgrace to all the participants save the victim.”
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1906-02-23
George H. Lynch expresses concern that Oneida County in New York may support candidates who are Democrats.
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1904-03-08
Robert Shaw Oliver wrote a letter of regret to President Roosevelt that he was declining Roosevelt’s request to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
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1903-07-11