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Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb in regards to a telegram Loomis received. The telegram describes the Gillett bill as being “just and proper.” The bill will address the power of material interests and monopolies.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-09
Theodore Roosevelt has decided that Mr. Humphrey is not to be trusted and will avoid contact with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-01-03
Theodore Roosevelt writes an endorsement of James Drain to Jean Jules Jusserand. Drain is a man of “great efficiency and high character.” He specializes in rifle-shooting and ordinance supplies, and Roosevelt finds him “honest and trustworthy.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-23
Theodore Roosevelt writes an endorsement of James Drain to Cecil Spring Rice. Drain is a man of “great efficiency and high character.” He specializes in rifle-shooting and ordinance supplies.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-23
Theodore Roosevelt responds to a letter from John Dwyer, noting that he does not try to detail the deficiencies, which he “must trust to the experts,” but rather he tries to interest people in the general subject.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-03
President Roosevelt thanks Frank S. Streeter for the encouraging letter, and says that Streeter will always be safe in discrediting any statement that Roosevelt has approved any given plan of conduct, as Roosevelt trusts and leaves those decisions to the people actually involved.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-29
President Roosevelt sends Judge Hunt papers he had received from two senators. Roosevelt told the senators that he would follow Hunt’s recommendations, that Hunt was acquainted with all the facts, and that he had handled the case well.
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1908-01-21
President Roosevelt returns the enclosures to William H. Taft and states that he does not trust the opinion of Edwin Farnsworth Atkins. He believes Charles E. Magoon and thinks he is a good man to keep in Cuba while the transitional government is there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-28
Although Archbishop P. J. Ryan’s note did not have the enclosed extract, President Roosevelt trusts him to do the right thing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-11
President Roosevelt paid no attention to the mistake in the report since he knows Brigadier General Grant’s attitude toward himself well. Roosevelt wishes warm regards to Mrs. Ida Marie Grant.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-21
Ray Stannard Baker discusses the maximum rate problem with President Roosevelt. He also comments on how trusts like Standard Oil and the Beef Trust are not disturbed by competition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-25