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Bishop Lawrence forwards a document to President Roosevelt. He had no idea that Roosevelt would ever see it when he wrote it, but after a discussion at the Convention, it was recommended that he send it to Roosevelt. Lawrence also writes of a friend, apparently a doctor, who is dealing with more cases of pneumonia. He sends best wishes for Ted Jr.
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1902-05-02
Bob dropped in on his way to Washington, so Dr. Lambert is attempting to send this letter bypassing the proper channels. Lambert wants to know if President Roosevelt is interested in making an address at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Saratoga. He suggests this could be politically advantageous, as there are to be 125,000 members in the association. Although the organization is non-political, Roosevelt may make a good impression on those in attendance with an address.
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1902-05-05
Senator McLaurin would like President Roosevelt to look at the address McLaurin made to the people of South Carolina. The full text can be found in the “Post” of May 5, 1902. He intended to wait, but decided it would be best to hit the first lick in the primary.
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1902-05-05
Edward Rosewater encloses an editorial from the Omaha Bee which he would like submitted to President Roosevelt that includes some comments by former Confederate President Davis that they would bring the sword and torch to the cities of the North. Davis denied having said that. Rosewater believes that there is too much sympathy “in eulogies of the secession leaders and generals.”
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1902-05-05
Newspaper article describing President Roosevelt’s enthusiastic reception in Charleston, South Carolina. It is suggested that the antagonisms of the Civil War have finally healed.
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1902-04-10
Secretary of State Hay informs President Roosevelt that the chief clerk has modified the statement he is about to make.
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1902-04-18
James R. Sheffield briefly discusses several political topics; including an enthusiastic immigration official, prospective judge Samuel Hitchcock, and an incident with Booker T. Washington. Sheffield mentions lunches with Joe Murray and Commissioner of Immigration William Williams. He wants to meet with President Roosevelt to discuss Hitchcock’s possible appointment and his strengths and weaknesses. Sheffield praises Roosevelt for his recent Southern tour and speech in Charleston. The Booker T. Washington incident and Tillman insult must be buried.
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1902-04-12
Cardinal Gibbons comments on a speech that William Michael Byrne proposes to give in New York. Gibbons had discussed some of the points from the speech in his book Faith of the Fathers. He goes on to say that the church best prospers with direct interaction between clergy and laity, rather than with influence by “military satraps.”
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1902-04-14
William Michael Byrne encloses the abstract of a speech he will deliver in New York, in which he will discuss the government’s policy in the Philippines. Byrne would like a meeting with President Roosevelt to help shape his remarks.
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1902-04-14
A recent press dispatch quotes General Funston as saying that President Roosevelt approved of a speech he made in New York and asked him to give it at the Middlesex Club in Boston. Funston clarifies that while Roosevelt expressed willingness for Funston to accept the invitation to speak in Boston, he never said that Roosevelt approved of his comments made in New York.
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1902-04-01
Joseph T. Ryan has no suggestions regarding William Michael Byrne’s upcoming speech for the Xavier Alumni Sodality.
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1902-04-05
Helen Miller Gould invites President Roosevelt to deliver an address at the dedication of the Naval Young Men’s Christian Association building in Brooklyn.
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1902-03-20
Senator Hoar suggests that President Roosevelt might want to send a congratulatory message to Edward Everett Hale that can be read at a meeting in honor of Hale’s eightieth birthday being held at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.
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1902-03-24
Senator Lodge suggests that President Roosevelt write a congratulatory message to Edward Everett Hale which could be read at a meeting in honor of Hale’s eightieth birthday.
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1902-03-24
Edward G. Riggs requests that he receive the letter for the Amen Corner dinner by April 1.
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1902-03-27
James Hulme Canfield informs President Roosevelt that General Funston’s speech supporting the administration’s policies in the Philippines left a positive impression and strengthened the administration’s support in New York City.
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1902-03-10
Theodore Roosevelt suggests that P. V. Collins of the Northwestern Agriculturalist would be a good candidate to make the seconding speech in Minnesota.
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1912
Frederick M. Alger understands that President Roosevelt cannot attend the meeting but requests that a member of the Roosevelt administration come and speak.
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1902-03-15
President Frantz of the Harvard Young Men’s Christian Association asks President Roosevelt to send “some word of your good will” for the organization’s first annual dinner.
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1902-02-22
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward requests a word of sympathy from President Roosevelt to help at a hearing to regulate vivisection.
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1902-02-28