Report on free delivery operations
Report on the operations of the free delivery service from 1863 to June 30, 1902.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902
Your TR Source
United States. Post Office Department
Letter from Robert Weindorf to Theodore Roosevelt
Robert Weindorf would like to bring to President Roosevelt’s attention the “Post Office clique” that dominates the Republican Party in Queens County, New York. Weindorf believes this clique is damaging the party and believes there is a regulation that prevents postal workers from taking such a large leadership role.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-06
Telegram from Samuel Douglas McEnery to Theodore Roosevelt
Samuel Douglas McEnery is concerned about his son’s position in the United States Postal Service.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-30
Letter from Charles Harris to Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Harris and the Commercial Club of Emporia, Kansas, object to the appointment of John Wiggam as postmaster.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-18
Letter from William Allen White to George B. Cortelyou
William Allen White is sending evidence of Wiggam’s incompetence and unreliability.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-19
Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt
William Allen White objects to the appointment of Wiggam as postmaster but does not want to embarrass President Roosevelt with his protest against Wiggam. White then reiterates why Wiggam is not qualified.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-05
Letter from J. E. Evans to Theodore Roosevelt
J. E. Evans does not support John H. Wiggam’s appointment as postmaster of Emporia, Kansas. He claims the business community also opposes the appointment.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-17
Letter from Francis H. Whitney to George B. Cortelyou
Francis H. Whitney is returning documents on behalf of the Postmaster-General.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-24
Letter from Jeff Davis to Theodore Roosevelt
Jeff Davis, governor of Arkansas, is seeking a pardon from President Roosevelt for Sam Seelig, who pled guilty to embezzling $25 from the Post Office Department. Seelig is in the midst of a five-year sentence, and his wife is reliant upon charity. Although Davis does not personally know him, Seelig is a relative of Davis’ personal secretary, and it is apparent that a previous meeting with Roosevelt regarding this matter was less than encouraging.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-24
Report on Sam Seelig
Arkansas Governor Jeff Davis believes Sam Seelig should be pardoned. Seelig had been convicted of stealing $25 from the Post Office in Missouri. Davis believes that Seelig did not steal quite so large an amount and should be pardoned.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-25
Letter from Frederick William Holls to Theodore Roosevelt
Frederick William Holls and Senator Platt support Gustav Schleuter for the position of postmaster in Yonkers, New York, arguing that the incumbent, although a loyal Republican, has run a post office that is dirty and disorderly.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-26
Letter from Alford Warriner Cooley to Theodore Roosevelt
Alford Warriner Cooley objects to Frederick William Holls’s plan to replace Henry Osterheld as postmaster of the Yonkers Post Office. Cooley argues that Osterheld is a fine public servant and is only opposed by a small minority of residents for political reasons.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-12
A matter of “hot air” and cold truth
An article from The Philadelphia Press discounts charges of “great corruption and dishonesty in the Post Office Department.” Postmaster General Payne is quoted as saying the charges were all “hot air.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-15
Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt
Postmaster General Payne returns papers regarding the postmastership at Wilmerding, Pennsylvania. H. D. Patch has been appointed postmaster on the recommendation of John Dalzell.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-03-15
Letter from Harry S. New to Theodore Roosevelt
Harry S. New declines the offered appointment as First Assistant Postmaster General due to obligations in Indiana.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-03-01
Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt
Postmaster General Payne withdraws his acceptance of President Roosevelt’s invitation to travel to Charleston, South Carolina. He is not yet comfortable with his duties as Postmaster General and must continue to familiarize himself with the department’s situation.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-02-01
Letter from Henry C. Dockery to Jeter Connelly Pritchard
If Mr. Boykin is not acceptable for the Wilson, North Carolina, post office position, John D. Dawes is willing to accept the position.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-15
Letter from Charles Emory Smith to Theodore Roosevelt
Postmaster General Smith has sent for a copy of the report that was requested by Mr. Cowles. Smith will ensure that Cowles receives the report.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-08
Memorandum of correspondence
Overview of correspondence between Postmaster General Payne, Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, and Representative Overstreet regarding postal service reports.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-03-16
Letter from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt
William Allen White hopes that President Roosevelt can have a brief meeting with Major Hood who will be in Washington, D.C., this week. Hood would like to discuss the Emporia Post Office.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-02