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After speaking with Dr. Shaw, President Roosevelt would like the royalty offer from Collier’s accepted and for Putnam to deal with Collier’s through Albert Shaw. Roosevelt would like to arrange a meeting over the division of the royalty and requests details on the sale of the Sagamore Edition.
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1903-11-26
President Roosevelt encloses a letter he wrote to Albert Shaw which dispels the rumored “conspiracy.” Roosevelt is concerned about the situation at the Commercial Advertiser and will find out if Shaw can convince the man to quit. Shaw might be hesitant due to the man’s influence in Iowa.
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1903-11-13
President Roosevelt’s enclosure to Lawrence F. Abbott regarding a letter Roosevelt wrote to Albert Shaw in response to the [New York] Post‘s view that Shaw was in on the “conspiracy.” This conspiracy is not further defined.
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1903-11-13
President Roosevelt is not concerned about the “crazy man incident,” as the man did not get past the secret service and was simply arrested. Roosevelt asks for Secretary of State Hay’s opinion on the suggestions from Albert Shaw and Oscar S. Straus and asks what others think.
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1903-09-04
Albert Shaw has suggested that leaders of the typographical unions and other printing trades get together and agree that the machinery and methods of the Government Printing Office need to be updated. President Roosevelt is favorable to the plan.
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1903-08-01
Senator Dixon reviews his efforts to arrange a meeting between Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Cummins.
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1912-07-19
William Menkel asks Frank Harper if Theodore Roosevelt received the remaining five volumes of the Photographic History of the Civil War. He explains the difference in binding between the two shipments.
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1911-12-11
Raymond L. Ditmars asks Theodore Roosevelt’s help in accessing negatives of Matthew B. Brady’s photographs to reproduce for use in Ditmars’ Civil War lecture.
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1911-04-20
Robert Erskine Ely asks to meet with Theodore Roosevelt to finalize the date for Roosevelt’s address in Carnegie Hall, sponsored by the Civic Forum.
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1911-04-19
Senator Beveridge is not disheartened by the recent election results. In spite of the various challenges facing them in the election, which he lists, Indiana Republicans produced stronger results compared to many other states. He has heard that if it were not for Theodore Roosevelt’s work in New York, it would have gone far more Democratic than it did.
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1910-11-17
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927
S. S. McClure writes again to President Roosevelt to ask about the chance of having Roosevelt write articles for McClure’s Magazine. McClure recently spoke with Albert Shaw, who advised that Roosevelt not decide on the matter for a few days, and mentioned the benefit of having articles printed in a magazine rather than a newspaper.
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1908-07-02
S. S. McClure tells William Loeb that he has sent H. Rider Haggard with a letter to President Roosevelt offering $6,000 per article for Roosevelt’s African series. Before Roosevelt makes a final decision, McClure would like to visit him personally to make his case. McClure believes that magazines are a better medium for Roosevelt’s articles than newspapers, and says that McClure’s Magazine is both worthy and has a large circulation.
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1908-07-02
Ralph M. Easley informs President Roosevelt that John Mitchell is being encouraged by Democrats and labor unions to run for Governor of Illinois, but that Mitchell is on the fence. Mitchell has also been suggested as a vice-presidential candidate for the Democratic ticket, but will not accept, as it will hurt many of his Republican friends. Easley asks Roosevelt to urge Mitchell to join the National Civic Federation, as that is where he believes he would be of the most use, and which Mitchell has been advised to do by other people as well.
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1908-06-17
Jeremiah Whipple Jenks reminds President Roosevelt of Jenks’s thoughts on the situation in China and emphasizes the importance of action.
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1905-08-10
Charles D. Lanier writes to William Loeb that Albert Shaw has spoken to President Roosevelt about The Country Calandar’s article on Sagamore Hill, and Roosevelt’s “activities there as a country gentleman.” Lanier would like Loeb to ask Roosevelt, if the occasion arises, if he has a choice for the author of this article. Lanier has also arranged for George Bird Grinnell to write a second article on “Theodore Roosevelt as a Sportsman,” and will use photographs from Roosevelt’s recent trip to illustrate this article. Lanier understands that the second article is not to be exclusively on Roosevelt’s recent trip, but on his varied interests as a sportsman.
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1905-05-17
The unknown author describes a letter circulating in St. Louis purporting to be from Albert Shaw, who is claiming to represent the views of President Roosevelt. The letter claims that Roosevelt is not supporting Folk in his gubernatorial campaign, and that Cyrus Packard “Walbridge is a better man than Folk.” Roosevelt has denied the authenticity of the letter. The author believes the letter to be genuine and plans to editorialize on it in Collier’s Weekly.
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1904-10-24
William Wenkel, secretary to Albert Shaw, writes to President Roosevelt regarding a previous letter that Roosevelt had sent to Shaw about candidates for governor of Missouri Cyrus Packard Walbridge and Joseph Wingate Folk. In his letter, Roosevelt expressed a preference for Walbridge over Folk, and Wenkel points out that this sentiment should not be taken from the context it was given in, as it did not apply to the personal characters of the men, but only to their candidacy for governor.
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1904-10-26
Edward Hubert Butler asks President Roosevelt for details about when and where his letter to Albert Shaw was published in 1903, as referenced by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, because he believes it will help the presidential campaign.
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1904-10-22
Silas McBee did not think it was necessary to notice a recent report in the Herald, but after talking with Albert Shaw has changed his mind and sent a letter to them.
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1904-09-08
Nelson P. Webster confirms that he is sending correspondence about the publication of Theodore Roosevelt’s Presidential Addresses and State Papers.
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1904-09-02