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James Bryce cannot lunch with President Roosevelt on Monday, September 30, but will be available that evening and looks forward to seeing Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09
John Campbell Greenway was pleased with President Roosevelt’s letter and agrees to spend a night at the White House. Benjamin F. Jones is traveling to Washington, D.C., and would like to pay his respects to Roosevelt. Greenway describes Jones as a leading citizen of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the type of man Roosevelt will like.
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1901-09-25
Seth Low will not be able to visit Washington until after the election. He knows the fight will be a hard one and hopes they can “make a San Juan Hill of it.”
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1901-09-25
General Brooke apologizes that a member of his staff was not able to escort Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt from Oyster Bay, New York, to Washington, D.C., due to an error on the date of the telegram ordering such action.
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1901-09-24
The press has been favorable towards President Roosevelt since his succession to the presidency and Edward C. Cuyler believes the recognition is well deserved. Cuyler regrets that he will no longer be a correspondent in Washington, D.C.
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1901-09-19
McCoskry Butt congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency.
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1901-09-20
Seth Low writes to encourage President Roosevelt in the wake of William McKinley’s death. Low hopes Roosevelt will keep the current Cabinet, especially Secretary of State Hay, Secretary of the Treasury Gage, Secretary of the Navy Long, Secretary of War Root, and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. Low praises Roosevelt’s service as Governor of New York and wishes him the same success as President. Low reminds Roosevelt that he is likely to be judged more by those he appoints than by what actions he takes and that good appointments result in good government and good administration. Low expresses his pleasure that people are now saying that McKinley will be remembered as one of the nation’s great presidents.
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1901-09-15
Charles I. West had served under Captain Cowles in the navy and is now a doctor. He is being considered for the position of surgeon-in-chief of the Freedman’s Hospital of Washington, D.C., and requests that Cowles speak to President Roosevelt on his behalf.
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1901-09-15
W. D. McKinstry will try to be in Washington, D.C., next week or at any date convenient to President Roosevelt.
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1901-09-17
Letter of introduction for Louis L. Hooper, an 1889 graduate of Harvard. Hooper runs a school in Washington, D.C., and is interested in having one of Vice President Roosevelt’s sons attend.
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1901-09-13
Secretary of War Elihu Root orders that an officer be sent to confer with First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York, to arrange to accompany her to Washington, D.C. A special train is available for her travel.
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1901-09-14
Secretary of War Elihu Root orders that an officer be sent to confer with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York, to arrange to accompany her to Washington, D.C. A special train is available for her travel.
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1901-09-15
Hermann Speck von Sternburg thanks Vice President Roosevelt for his interesting letter, and is glad to hear that Roosevelt’s family is doing so well. Sternburg believes that with regards to South America, the Monroe Doctrine was beneficial in helping create peace, and he wishes that some nation or group of nations would establish a similar doctrine over China. He suggests that Roosevelt propose a Roosevelt doctrine when his time comes “in a few years,” in conjunction with Japan in order to check other powers in China. Sternburg briefly comments on the continuation of the South African War, and the use of Indian troops in the British army, both in the South African war, as well as in any potential war in Europe. He remarks upon Gurkhas as being especially strong fighters, and discusses some of the situations in Nepal, Tibet, and Afghanistan, as well as an upcoming visit to the Maharajah of Jaipur. Sternburg also writes about the public reception of speeches by Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and discusses his recent return to Berlin from Washington when his term as diplomat to the United States finished, with a suggestion that any sort of strong pressure aiming towards his return to the United States would likely be met with good results.
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1901-09-01
Thomas J. Jackson introduced Representative Charles Curtis in Hutchinson, Kansas, and was impressed by all of the Roosevelt supporters. Roosevelt clubs are appearing across Kansas. Jackson plans to be in Washington, D.C., next session and hopes that Senator Joseph Ralph Burton can help him find a position.
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1901-08-26
James Andrew Drain will be traveling to Washington, D.C., to address claims by the State of Washington related to the Spanish-American War. He would like to meet with Vice President Roosevelt during his visit.
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1901-06-26
Assistant Adjutant General Schwan orders Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry to go to San Antonio, Texas, and report to Colonel Leonard Wood, the commander of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry. Schwan does so on the orders of Secretary of War R. A. Alger and Major General Nelson Appleton Miles.
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1898-05-11
Examiner Finch reports to Attorney General Griggs on charges made by former Deputy Marshal Samuel C. Samuels against United States Marshal for Alabama Leander J. Bryan and his deputies. Finch finds that on a prisoner transport, Ernest H. E. Warren used reduced rail fares instead of first class and pocketed the extra money. When Samuels reported the fraud, he was dismissed and replaced by a Deputy Marshal who was complicit in the fraud. Finch also finds that over $600 had been deposited in the accounts of Ernest H. E. Warren’s real estate firm, Warren & Stuart. Warren was the Marshal’s son-in-law. Finch recommends the immediate dismissal of the Marshal and the Deputy Marshals who participated in the fraud.
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1898-05-25
John Hay writes to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asking him to see what he can do to appoint Paul Joseph Dashiell as a professor at the United States Naval Academy. He also updates Roosevelt on his recent travels and describes the condition of his traveling companions. Hay says that while he does not prefer to live in Washington, D.C., the place suits Roosevelt. Hay remembers fondly his own time in Lafayette Square and the early summer days spent with the Lodge family.
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1897-04-20
John Ellis Roosevelt requests the notice of personal tax assessment against Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and a letter to show to the tax officers clarifying that Roosevelt and his family have largely resided in Washington, D.C., not New York, since Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary.
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1898-03-08
John Ellis Roosevelt informs Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt that the tax officers require an affidavit and encloses an affidavit for him to look over. Roosevelt was sorry to learn that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has been so sick and trusts that she is better now.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-03-17