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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James M. Beck

President Roosevelt accepts Assistant Attorney General Beck’s resignation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Yates

The only appropriation available is under the Attorney General. President Roosevelt suggests that testimony on Mr. Danskin’s legal ability be forwarded.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-03-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Peters Hepburn

President Roosevelt believes that Senate Bill No. 7053, currently before Colonel Hepburn’s committee, should invest more power in the Attorney General. Roosevelt opposes the passage of the bill in its current form.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philip Battell Stewart

President Roosevelt apologizes for the publication of one of Philip Battell Stewart’s letters which was accidentally placed in the public file by a clerk.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox

President Roosevelt supports Judge Waller Thomas Burns’s nomination of Robert Lloyd Smith as office deputy at $2,500 per annum.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox

President Roosevelt would like to give “a first-class white man from North Carolina” a position of at least $3000.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox

President Roosevelt is impressed with Mr. Pilling and Mr. Nelson’s letter. He would like Attorney General Knox to personally look into the case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox

President Roosevelt would like a statement on the case and requests that Attorney General Knox write to Bishop Satterlee for further facts.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox

President Roosevelt would like to bring in District Attorney Dean for the Martindale case.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Philander C. Knox

President Roosevelt requests Attorney General Knox’s personal consideration on the case of District Attorney Lee and Marshal Wilson.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-26

Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Lodge is glad to hear of Judge Horace H. Lurton’s opinions; Lodge is most concerned at present with the difference between nationalists and separatists. Lodge would like to see a judge on the bench who holds the views of Alexander Hamilton and John Marshall not Thomas Jefferson and John C. Calhoun. He would someday like to see Attorney General Moody in the Supreme Court. Lodge closes with a discussion of his anxiety regarding the campaign in Maine.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-10

Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt

William H. Moody reports to President Roosevelt the results of the Lockner v. New York case. Moody states which justices voted for the majority and which for the dissent.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-07

Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Moody writes to President Roosevelt regarding an investigation of Representative Spencer Blackburn and practicing without a license.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-24

Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt

Attorney General Moody provides President Roosevelt with a “concise history” of the case against the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-13

Telegram from Charles Henry Robb to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Attorney General Robb informs President Roosevelt that Senator Joseph Ralph Burton was convicted on every count.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-26

Letter from William H. Moody to Theodore Roosevelt

William H. Moody prepares for a case in Chicago regarding beef trusts and interstate commerce.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-29

Letter from Horace Adolphus Taylor to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of the Treasury Taylor confirms that he transferred the papers relating to Messrs. George Borgfeldt & Company to the Attorney General’s office. Attorney General Moody agrees with the actions that have been taken.