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Secret Service Chief John E. Wilkie informs William Loeb, President Roosevelt’s secretary, of his contact with Richard H. Taylor, an agent in the Secret Service currently stationed in Honolulu.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-19
Secret Service Chief John Wilkie encloses the memorandum from the investigating agent about Mrs. Grover.
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1907-01-02
President Roosevelt is not surprised that President Wilson of Princeton had a change of heart. He also regrets that he is unable to accept the invitation to the Ivy Club, mainly due to his large entourage which makes it hard for him to go anywhere. Two copies.
1905-08-03
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to tell him about the dance they had for Ethel Roosevelt at the White House and his trouble with Congress over the Secret Service. He goes into detail about the guns they will be using on their African hunting trip, including one lent to them by John Jay White. He adds that Quentin Roosevelt was punished for leaving school without permission and he and Mother are worried about him. Roosevelt enclosed a list of the English donors of his rifle.
1909-01-10
Chief Sylvester encloses a list and description of arrests from February 1903 to December 1905 that involved women with questionable mental states.
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1906-01-19
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to say he will see him in February for Alice Roosevelt’s wedding. Roosevelt says January and February are the hardest months because of all the social obligations and no time for exercise. He has ridden with Edith and sometimes Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Secretary of State Elihu Root, and Secretary of War William H. Taft. Roosevelt ends by saying Keating, who he put in the Secret Service, went on one of his “sprees” and died of heart failure.
1906-01-08
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1902-01-31
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
George B. Cortelyou informs Secret Service chief John E. Wilkie about the schedule and security plans for President Roosevelt’s upcoming visit to Farmington, Connecticut. Cortelyou stresses the importance of security in the train cars that Roosevelt and his party use, as well as the importance of security in crowds.
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1901-10-19
George B. Cortelyou advises Richard Sylvester, Superintendent of the Washington, D.C., police, about the timing and security details of President Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Farmington, Connecticut.
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1901-10-19
Charles Krumm informs George B. Cortelyou that he has given a description of the three men to members of the United States Secret Service. Krumm is willing to come to Washington, D.C., to personally identify the men, but asks that Cortelyou pay the expenses of the trip so that he can afford to travel there.
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1901-09-24
William Loeb returns the report of William J. Flynn to W.H. Moran. Loeb found it very interesting and advises that it should be followed up.
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1903-11-16
Theodore Roosevelt has forwarded W. A. Sanford’s letter to the United States Secret Service Department.
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1918-01-24
Frank Harper assures Edwin T. Earl that all efforts are being made to protect Theodore Roosevelt, including a secret service agent posted at Sagamore Hill.
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1912-10-26
Theodore Roosevelt introduces Otto F. Klinke to Nicholas Longworth and greatly praises Klinke.
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1911-10-06
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Director of the Secret Service Flynn on behalf of Arthur Donovan, son of Professor Mike Donovan, for a position in the secret service. Roosevelt explains Arthur Donovan’s boxing career and his qualifications and believes that he will be as good as some of the agents who protected him, including Frank H. Tyree, Stephen A. Connell, and James E. Sloan.
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1915-02-13
On his last day in office, President Roosevelt will sign the Sundry Civil Bill, but he expresses extreme reservations about Section 9 of the bill. The section would prohibit the use of government funds or clerks to help the work of commissions and boards that were not specifically authorized by Congress. Roosevelt is particularly concerned about the effect this would have on bodies appointed by the executive, such as the Conservation Commission and the Country Life Commission.
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1909-03-04
President Roosevelt explains to Representative Bennet that the figures presented by Representative James A. Tawney, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, about the government’s appropriations for the secret service are gravely misrepresented. Roosevelt encloses an analysis of Tawney’s numbers.
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1909-02-09
President Roosevelt is pleased with Alford Warriner Cooley’s health improvements. Roosevelt will have Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte send in Cooley’s name soon. Roosevelt wishes Cooley could have been there for the “fight over the Secret Service,” and notes that he will not be there when Cooley assumes his duties.
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1909-01-26
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit Roosevelt on family and political matters, specifically regarding Ethel Roosevelt’s recent parties and Congress’s opposition to Roosevelt’s Secret Service plans. He extensively discusses the guns he may take along on their upcoming safari. He also remarks on the political turmoil that has marked his final months in office. In the postscript, Roosevelt describes his son Quentin Roosevelt’s truancy, for which he has punished with a “severe whipping.”
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1909-01-10
President Roosevelt does not wish to publicly comment on the census bill out of caution that his thoughts may jeopardize the bill’s success, but agrees with Lucius B. Swift’s view on the matter. Roosevelt also notes “what jacks” certain congressmen have made of themselves regarding the Secret Service controversy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-12