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Since Vice President Roosevelt has traveled to Buffalo, New York, and is unavailable, Frank Hinchman Platt is traveling to the Adirondacks and will be available at his office on Tuesday. He expresses his sympathy for the difficult situation surrounding the attempted assassination of President McKinley.
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1901-09-07
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt requests that her congratulations be given to Ida Saxton McKinley regarding the good report on President McKinley’s condition. She asks Vice President Roosevelt if she should travel to Buffalo, New York.
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1901-09-08
C. F. Moberly Bell, the manager of the London Times, is visiting the East Coast and Canada. Montgomery Schuyler will be traveling with Bell to Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday and hopes that Vice President Roosevelt can find time to make his acquaintance.
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1901-09-08
It is understood that Vice President Roosevelt has agreed to speak at two political meetings in Iowa and William Greene Dows would like one of the meetings to be in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Albert Baird Cummins has agreed to the Cedar Rapids location. Dows understands that the attempted assassination of President McKinley will stop campaigning until McKinley’s recovery is assured. However, as soon as the date for Roosevelt’s trip is fixed he would like to know in order to “arrange for the greatest political demonstration Iowa has ever witnessed.”
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1901-09-10
Lees Knowles accepts Vice President Roosevelt’s invitation to dine at Oyster Bay, New York, on September 27. He will be arriving in New York, New York, on September 20.
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1901-09-10
H. Parry encloses train tickets to New York. He also offers to handle William Loeb’s baggage.
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1901-09-10
William Allen White will be traveling to Washington, D.C., in a few days and would like to help Max Yingling leave the army. He will also be visiting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York. White will be meeting with E. Mont Reily to “straighten out” his efforts at starting Roosevelt clubs across Kansas. He recommends avoiding David Winfield Mulvane until the truth of an ugly story can be investigated.
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1901-08-31
Booker T. Washington submits a broad schedule for Vice President Roosevelt’s travels through Tuskegee, Alabama; Montgomery, Alabama; and Atlanta, Georgia. After the schedule is approved, Washington will begin work on a more detailed program for each location. Roosevelt’s upcoming visit has been “most enthusiastically received by all classes.”
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1901-09-01
On behalf of the African American citizens of Atlanta, Georgia, Austin Foy invites Vice President Roosevelt to speak at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church during his visit to the city.
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1901-09-02
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce joins Mayor Mims in inviting Vice President Roosevelt to visit Atlanta, Georgia, on November 14 and 15.
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1901-09-04
Mayor Mims regrets that Vice President Roosevelt will be unable to visit Atlanta, Georgia, in October. However, Roosevelt has a southern trip scheduled for November and Mims invites Roosevelt to visit Atlanta on November 14 and 15. A banquet will be thrown in Roosevelt’s honor and the Southern Cotton Spinners Association would like him to speak at their annual meeting.
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1901-09-04
Ernest L. Bergstrom offers his assistance during Vice President Roosevelt’s visit to Georgia in November. He suggests a visit to the childhood home of Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and a deer hunt.
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1901-09-05
William Loeb will meet Vice President Roosevelt at the United States Hotel Saratoga at noon on Saturday.
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1901-09-05
William A. Hemphill, president of the Southern Industrial League, joins with Mayor Livingston Mims and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in inviting Vice President Roosevelt to visit Atlanta, Georgia, in November.
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1901-09-05
Rudolph B. Schneider will be attending the Republican State Convention in Nebraska. He will be traveling to Minneapolis, Minnesota, next Sunday and hopes Vice President Roosevelt can arrange to accompany him.
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1901-08-26
W. H. Wynne would like to know when Vice President Roosevelt will be visiting Atlanta, Georgia, and if any arrangements need to be made.
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1901-08-26
On behalf of the military committee of the Richmond Carnival Association, G. Percy Hawes invites Vice President Roosevelt to attend a military parade on October 10.
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1901-08-27
Jacob A. Riis encloses a document that he believes refers to Vice President Roosevelt’s father and his “great kindness.” If the trip to Tuskegee, Alabama, can be arranged for the week of November 25, Riis would be pleased to go and leaves the matter to Roosevelt.
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1901-08-28
Rudolph B. Schneider will see Vice President Roosevelt in Chicago, Illinois, or Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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1901-08-28
Arthur Hamilton Lee is pleased that he may get the chance to see Vice President Roosevelt before he returns to England. Lee will be traveling between New York, New York, and Washington, D.C., from September 16 to 24 and will telegraph when he is available. He was sorry to hear of the Roosevelt children’s illnesses.
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1901-08-29