United States. Post Office Dept.

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Payne discusses various Post Office investigations. Payne mentions the investigation by Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad of the charges made by Seymour Wilcox Tulloch, ex-cashier in the Washington Post Office. Payne urges President Roosevelt to order a full investigation of that office since John A. Merritt was appointed Postmaster General. Payne also tells Roosevelt he will send the report on the investigation of the New York Post Office upon its completion.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-19

Letter from Marcus Alonzo Hanna to Henry C. Payne

Senator Hanna requests that his friend’s leave be extended thirty days so that he can continue to do important work for Hanna.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-04

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

The postmaster at Greenwood, Delaware, was removed for displaying “obstructive partisanship” while on official duty. Postmaster General Payne believes that the charges against the Greenwood postmaster were fully warranted.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-05

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles J. Bonaparte believes that J. D. Cameron will need to be indicted when his connection to the postmaster case becomes public knowledge. It appears that Cameron’s political influence has given him immunity thus far. Bonaparte does not believe that Commissioner William Dudley Foulke was attempting to deceive President Roosevelt. However, Foulke’s interpretation that fourth class postmasters are exempt from the schedule as “employees in post offices having no free delivery service” should be used or these postmasters will be in a classified, competitive class. Bonaparte also warns against Postmaster General Henry C. Payne showing sympathy towards the Addicks faction in Delaware.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-21

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Payne encloses a blank commission for the office of fourth class postmaster and points out that the commission states that postmasters hold their office at the pleasure of the Postmaster General. The Attorney General of the Post Office Department has serious doubts that the Civil Service Commission can abridge this power of appointment and remove fourth class postmasters.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-29

Letter from Henry Martyn Hoyt to Henry C. Payne

Henry Martyn Hoyt writes to Postmaster General Payne in reference to a subpoena served upon Payne to produce certain correspondence and documents of the Post Office Department relating to the case of United States v. Beavers.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-14

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Theodore Roosevelt

Charles J. Bonaparte writes to President Roosevelt regarding a letter sent by the president containing a copy of Mr. Warfield’s communication to the Postmaster General.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-14

Letter from Charles J. Bonaparte to Henry C. Payne

Charles J. Bonaparte writes to Postmaster General Payne regarding Civil Service laws and regulations in relation to employee appointments and dismissals. He provides excerpts from sections of the Civil Service Act.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-14

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Payne is surprised by the claim of the Civil Service Reform League that fourth-class postmasters were in the classified service by President Roosevelt’s order on March 20, 1903.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-14

Letter from Louis E. McComas to William Loeb

Louis E. McComas discusses a letter he received from S. Davies Warfield and their discussion of John W. Pettit.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-15

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Payne realizes that President Roosevelt has received reports regarding the investigation of the offices of the First Assistant Postmaster General in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Payne will submit a full report very soon. He is also optimistic about the investigation in the New York office and trusts that the grand jury will hand down indictments soon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-18

Letter from Henry F. Greene to Theodore Roosevelt

Civil Service Commissioner Greene writes regarding the status of fourth-class postmasters being subject to examination according to Civil Service law.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-19

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Payne informs President Roosevelt that Charles J. Bonaparte will be in Washington, D.C., on the 8th to further investigate the postmaster in Baltimore.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-04

Letter from Henry C. Payne to William Loeb

Postmaster General Payne returns a letter from William Loeb and includes a memorandum which gives the record of George W. Beavers in government service.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-08

Letter from Henry C. Payne to William Loeb

Postmaster General Payne will explain the facts about Charles T. McCoy to President Roosevelt. Assistant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bristow believes McCoy should be removed as he is guilty of offenses that have always been punished by removal from service.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-09

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Payne encloses a letter from the United Typothetae of America protesting against the Post Office Department. Payne explains that members of the Typothetae collaborated to fix prices when they bid on a government contract for supplies.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-09

Telegram from Henry C. Payne to William Loeb

Postmaster General Payne notifies William Loeb that the Post Office Department knows of no one on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Letter Carriers who was unable to secure a leave of absence.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-01

Letter from Henry C. Payne to Theodore Roosevelt

Postmaster General Payne writes to President Roosevelt concerning Holmes Conrad’s professional advice regarding the Baltimore postmaster investigation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-02

Letter from United Typothetae of America to Theodore Roosevelt

Isaac Blanchard, Edwin Freegard, and J. Eggins of the United Typothetae of America write to President Roosevelt regarding bidding and a contract for furnishing blanks and forms for the Money Order System of the United States Post Office Department.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-03

Letter from Joseph L. Bristow to Henry C. Payne

Joseph L. Bristow writes to Postmaster General Payne in reference to a conversation with Eugene Francis Loud that he was informed of a discussion about a thorough investigation of the Post Office Department.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-21