United States. Dept. of Commerce and Labor

Telegram from Francis B. Loomis to Joseph Hodges Choate

Acting Secretary of State Loomis informs Ambassador Choate that Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Howard Metcalf has suggested the American government provide a vessel to patrol the Commander Islands for the purpose of seizing and arresting any American vessels found poaching fur seals. Loomis requests that Choate “ascertain if this suggestion is acceptable to the British Government.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-18

Letter from Victor Howard Metcalf to John Hay

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf has received correspondence detailing the plan of the British government to send a gunboat to patrol the waters surrounding the Commander Islands in an attempt to reduce fur seal poaching in that area. Metcalf recommends that the United States government also send a gunboat “for the purpose of seizing and arresting any American vessels that may be found sealing in such waters.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-16

Telegram from George B. Cortelyou to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou asks President Roosevelt to defer filling an opening at the Department until his return. Cortelyou asks Roosevelt to have William Loeb wire him an update.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-23

Letter from Paul Morton to Theodore Roosevelt

Paul Morton thanks President Roosevelt for thinking of him for the position of Secretary of Commerce if Roosevelt is elected in the fall. Morton does not want to commit to the position at this time but also does not decline it.

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Creation Date

1904-06-18

Letter from Benjamin Ide Wheeler to Theodore Roosevelt

Benjamin Ide Wheeler informs President Roosevelt that Representative Metcalf will not accept an appointment as Secretary of Commerce and Labor, but that Governor Pardee has shown interest in the position. Wheeler would like to see California represented in the cabinet.

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Creation Date

1904-06-13

Letter from William Henry Hunt to William Loeb

Governor of Puerto Rico Hunt reports that a few Americans are attempting to form a Democratic Party in Puerto Rico based on the premise of low wages on the island. However, Hunt claims that statistics will come out shortly to refute this premise. Hunt also encloses a copy of the Democrat’s adopted platform.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-01

Letter from Edward Henry Harriman to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward Henry Harriman tells President Roosevelt that he has spoken with Paul Morton and neither of them know enough about Representative Victor Howard Metcalf to express an opinion as to his qualifications with regards to commerce. Harriman will make further inquiries in the next week. Harriman is also sending Roosevelt a copy of a speech he requested.

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Creation Date

1904-05-27

Telegram from Benjamin I. Wheeler to Theodore Roosevelt

Benjamin Wheeler informs President Roosevelt that Victor Howard Metcalf’s appointment would be greatly appreciated.

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Creation Date

1904-05-25

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Theodore Roosevelt

George B. Cortelyou writes to President Roosevelt about an unnamed person who has provided excellent potential campaign literature.

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Creation Date

1904-05-21

Letter from Thomas Collier Platt to Theodore Roosevelt

Senator Platt inquires whether there is any truth to the rumor that Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou may become Chairman of the Republican National Committee. If so, Platt would like to discuss the coming changes at the Department of Commerce and Labor.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-18

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou forwards a confidential memorandum about a humorous incident to President Roosevelt. This letter is marked “Personal.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-18

Advertising expenditures for government agencies

List of United States government agencies and what they have spent on advertising in the New York Sun.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05

Letter from Volney W. Foster to William Loeb

Volney W. Foster returns to William Loeb a letter written by Secretary of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou, which was sent to Foster for review. Foster advises that the President would be interested in the March 16, 1904, proceedings of the House committee dealing with the establishment of a National Arbitration Tribunal. Foster will appear before the committee on March 29.

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Creation Date

1904-03-24

Letter from James Rudolph Garfield to George B. Cortelyou

Commissioner of Corporations Garfield advises Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou about the proper use of Edward Rosewater’s memorandum relative to an investigation into the manufacture of paper. The Bureau of Corporations does not have the mandate or personnel to be used as an agency for the discovery of violations of the antitrust laws. Information acquired by the department is to be used to structure legislation rather than for the prosecution of violations of federal statutes.

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Creation Date

1904-03-22

Memorandum for the cabinet meeting

The writer requests that the cabinet ask President Roosevelt to write a letter to Isaac N. Seligman regarding Arthur von Briesen circulating a petition to bankers that endorses Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-11

Letter from William Mayhew Folger to H. C. Taylor

Commander Folger writes concerning U.S. policy during the Russo-Japanese War and makes recommendations concerning military operations during the conflict.

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Creation Date

1904-02-10

Letter from Yick Nam Quan to Theodore Roosevelt

Yick Nam Quan thanks President Roosevelt for helping his business partner enter the country and assures Roosevelt that he will continue to be a reformer.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-09

Letter from Francis C. Travers to Theodore Roosevelt

Francis C. Travers responds positively to the announcement that Lawrence O. Murray has been selected as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor. He extends holiday wishes to President Roosevelt.

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Creation Date

1903-12-24

Letter from George B. Cortelyou to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of Commerce and Labor Cortelyou has received Arthur von Briesen’s suggestions regarding immigration matters. He believes that the commission proposed by Briesen could be instructive but would prefer to wait for the results obtained from the facilities currently held by the Department of Commerce and Labor.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-14

Letter from Carroll D. Wright to Theodore Roosevelt

As requested by President Roosevelt, Commissioner of Labor Wright encloses a memorandum regarding the appointment of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.

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Creation Date

1903-11-19