United States. Post Office Department

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to L. Clarke Davis

President Roosevelt claims that labor leaders are misrepresenting his statements and provides the facts in the Delaware case. Roosevelt also asks L. Clarke Davis to look to his actions and speeches to get the facts. Roosevelt also gives examples on corruptions that began before he was in office and how he is trying to stop them and remove the responsible people from office.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Martyn Hoyt

President Roosevelt has read the report on the charges made by Seymour Wilcox Tulloch from Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad. The report should be brought to the attention of Postmaster General Henry C. Payne and Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, who are to provide their views on the report’s conclusions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt believes that it was a mistake for President Cleveland to promise that all offices would be filled according to the principles of civil service reform. Roosevelt discusses the post office investigations and the reclassification of positions. Roosevelt also explains that he would like to see justice done even at the cost of his political ambitions.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

President Roosevelt encloses an editorial on the Delaware case and believes that the woman should be reinstated. Roosevelt would also like any politicians that complain that their demands or interests are not being noted by the post office to be sent to him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Bucklin Bishop

President Roosevelt knows little about the Delaware post office matter. Roosevelt appreciated Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s editorial on his Labor Day speech, and invites Bishop to come to Ellis Island and to dine with him that evening.

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Creation Date

1903-09-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

Henry C. Payne’s letters have helped President Roosevelt understand the difficulties that the Post Office Department endured during the Delaware situation. However, the country at large views John Edward Addicks as an example of securing elections through improper means. Roosevelt does not want any more action taken until he can meet with Payne.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt would like to consult with Charles J. Bonaparte about the Warfield case and the other post office cases.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

President Roosevelt has received the letter regarding the complaint of the Civil Service Reform Association. He has written to Civil Service Commissioner Alford Warriner Cooley to find out about the classification of the fourth class post offices. Roosevelt will take up all the cases with Henry C. Payne when he returns to Washington.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

Political difficulties have arisen out of the Delaware post office matter and President Roosevelt does not want Postmaster General Payne to say anything or take any action in the Delaware case until they can discuss the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Albert Tiffin Hull

President Roosevelt will take up the post office matter when he returns to Washington, D.C. and does not intend to have an extra session of Congress before November 9.

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Creation Date

1903-09-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

In this letter to Lyman Abbott, President Roosevelt encloses his Labor Day speech at Syracuse, which is general in statements and principles. Roosevelt briefly alludes to the Post Office Department investigation, and intends to go over it in detail with Abbott when he has additional information.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

President Roosevelt provides his opinion on several post office personnel investigations including Christiancy and Warfield in Delaware.

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Creation Date

1903-09-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Davis Long

President Roosevelt encloses a copy of the report regarding the post office in Lottsburg, Virginia. Postmaster General Payne will not remove the incumbent postmaster so that Miss Putnam can be reinstated.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph L. Bristow

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from former Postmaster General Smith and asks Joseph L. Bristow for the facts about the “graft in the supplies.”

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Creation Date

1903-08-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

President Roosevelt does not believe that S. Davies Warfield, postmaster at Baltimore, Maryland, should be removed. Warfield should have brought the case to the attention of Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith, but he was acting under the orders of his superiors.

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Creation Date

1903-08-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

President Roosevelt encloses a confidential letter from Senator Platt and asks that no changes be made in the district’s fourth class post offices until Roosevelt can meet with the district’s senator and congressman.

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Creation Date

1903-08-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Collier Platt

President Roosevelt will hold up the appointment of postmasters in Montgomery County, New York until he discusses the situation with Senator Platt.

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Creation Date

1903-08-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

The papers on the Warfield case have changed the situation. President Roosevelt would like Postmaster General Payne and Charles Henry Robb to meet with Mr. Warfield, explain the gravity of the offense, and allow Warfield to make a statement.

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Creation Date

1903-08-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

Before proceeding against Mr. Warfield, Postmaster General Payne should be certain of the facts about the Washington postmaster. President Roosevelt asks if the cases have been “minutely compared.”

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Creation Date

1903-08-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

President Roosevelt is concerned about the expense of the “free delivery business” and believes it will cause trouble in the future.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-06