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Resolutions supporting the promotion of Civil War veterans over recent graduates of the military academies and against favoritism in the selection of commanders.
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1903-08-04
Governor Roosevelt states that he will be happy to receives the birds General Johnson is sending for Christmas and that he will do his best to get the General’s grandson into the United States Naval Academy though he can not guarantee it. Roosevelt also comments on the General’s plans to visit Cuba, giving his own recommendations on the Philippines and South Africa.
1900-12-11
Edward Henry Harriman encloses a letter from R. P. Schwerin, vice president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. and the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co. Harriman would like Schwerin’s requests to be met, and he asks if Senator Platt can help this one along.
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1904-01-19
Senator Platt urges President Roosevelt to appoint Eugene Ames to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis per the wishes of Ames’s father, Navy Medical Inspector Howard E. Ames.
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1904-01-20
R. P. Schwerin asks that Edward Henry Harriman intercede for the appointment of Eugene Ames to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. Eugene’s father, Dr. Howard E. Ames, is a Naval Medical Inspector with an honorable service record, including having served in the Greely Relief Expedition. Dr. Ames has acquired letters of recommendation for his son from many prominent military officers and greatly desires that his son be appointed to fill the last vacant position of naval midshipman.
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1904-01-15
Elisabeth Susan Buring Sampson, widow of Admiral Sampson, writes on behalf of her son Ralph who was given assurance of his appointment to the naval academy by Captain Cowles. However, there was a mistake and Sampson hopes that President Roosevelt can provide Ralph with a new appointment.
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1903-02-09
Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody has been injured and it is recommended that he abstain from work for a few days.
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1903-01-13
As per a previous agreement with President Roosevelt, Franklin Matthews would like the President to send a letter to Senator Depew recommending Matthew’s son Crosby to Annapolis in 1904.
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1903-01-08
As per a previous agreement with President Roosevelt, Franklin Matthews would like him to send a letter to Senator Depew recommending Matthew’s son, Crosby, to Annapolis in 1904.
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1903-01-08
Senator Hanna has endorsed the application for appointment as naval cadet of J. Ward Butler, whose father is not a military officer. His father is rather a businessman in Sandusky and he is a relative of Jay Cooke.
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1902-11-10
Sherrard Billings understands why the Groton School student is ineligible for the United States Naval Academy and appreciates President Roosevelt’s interest in the matter. He congratulates Roosevelt on his handling of the Anthracite Coal Strike.
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1902-10-21
Sherrard Billings asks if President Roosevelt can appoint a Groton student, A. C. Larned, to the United States Naval Academy and will write further about the boy if an appointment is possible. Billings reviews Ted Roosevelt’s recent activities at Groton.
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1902-10-12
Senator Hanna endorses the application of J. Ward Butler for appointment as a cadet to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
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1902-10-31
Elisabeth Susan Buring Sampson, widow of Admiral William Thomas Sampson, encloses a formal application to the United States Naval Academy for her son, Ralph E. Sampson. When he was fifteen, Ralph performed poorly on sections of the examination but Mrs. Sampson cannot imagine Admiral Sampson’s son as anything other than a naval officer.
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1903-02-09
C. H. Davis thanks President Roosevelt for appointing a certain young man to the Naval Academy.
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1902-07-06
Elisabeth Susan Buring Sampson, widow of Admiral William Thomas Sampson, requests that her son, Ralph E. Sampson, receive an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.
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1903-02-09
Commander Cowles responds to a note from Mrs. Sampson, inquiring about her son’s appointment to the Naval Academy. Cowles indicates that no re-examinations are to be given, but that President Roosevelt might give her son a chance another year.
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1902-05-05
Elisabeth Susan Buring Sampson, wife of Admiral William Thomas Sampson, thanks President Roosevelt for granting their son Ralph an appointment to the United States Naval Academy.
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1902-03-14
George Edward Graham requests that an unnamed young man be appointed to the United States Naval Academy. A previous appointee to the United States Military Academy, Lieutenant Frederick W. Mills, is doing splendidly.
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1902-02-04
Henry L. Roosevelt apologizes for his ungratefulness towards President Roosevelt for his help in securing him an appointment to the Naval Academy four years ago. He has been trying to apologize for his conduct by doing his best in the Marine Corps and will soon be serving in the Philippines. Before his departure, he will be marrying Miss Eleanor Morrow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-03