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Nicholas Murray Butler is trying to arrange a meeting with President Roosevelt for the next time he is in Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-20
George Edward Graham writes to William Loeb to request a meeting with President Roosevelt regarding the municipal aspirations of Captain F. Norton Goddard. Graham will be coming in to Washington in the next week and hopes to visit with Roosevelt at that time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-17
Nicholas Murray Butler informs Theodore Roosevelt of the general good feeling towards Roosevelt at a luncheon attended by Butler and southern politicians. Butler stresses that Roosevelt’s standing in the South has greatly improved upon his reelection and suggests some steps Roosevelt can take to cement that relationship.
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1904-12-16
James Albert Gary urges Secretary of Agriculture Wilson to recommend Judge Henry Stockbridge for Chief Justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Gray also writes that Senator Louis E. McComas should not receive consideration for the appointment as he has served the state of Maryland very poorly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-12
Charles William Eliot writes to President Roosevelt regarding his feelings on how labor unions must be regulated.
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1904-12-12
J. Pierpont Morgan will be in Washington, D.C., for the Gridiron dinner. President Roosevelt should extend an invitation to Morgan to visit the White House.
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1904-12-10
Ensign Roper asks President Roosevelt to contribute to the Salvation Army’s Christmas food bank.
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1904-12-06
John Ellis Roosevelt received President and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s wills. John Ellis Roosevelt mentions that the witnesses have failed to provide their addresses. Although this omission does not affect the validity of the wills, it may constitute a small fine for the witnesses. He has therefore taken the liberty of indicating “Washington, D.C.,” as their address, and asks Loeb to advise him if this is not correct.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-06
Caspar Whitney will come to Washington, D.C., as President Roosevelt has suggested. Whitney believes Roosevelt should be able to use material he wrote for the Sportman’s Library in a new book of his own. Whitney asks who Roosevelt will use as publisher in the future and encloses a copy of the article Whitney wrote about the election results. Whitney recommends an article by White recently published in the Saturday Evening Post.
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1904-12-03
Elihu Root authorizes Charles Holland Duell to tell President Roosevelt that Root supports appointing Duell to the bench of the Court of Appeals.
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1904-11-29
Senator Platt recommends Charles Holland Duell for a vacancy on the bench of the Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia.
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1904-11-28
James R. Sheffield arranges a meeting with President Roosevelt the following week after Congress convenes. Sheffield accepts Roosevelt’s invitation to dine and expresses his relief that Roosevelt has returned safely from a trip.
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1904-11-28
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, forwards to William Loeb two letters. One, written by Superintendent William Henry Maxwell, concerns the qualifications of teacher Paul M. Guttin. The second is by a Treasury Department agent and is about Mr. Burton Parker.
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1904-11-16
Nicholas Murray Butler confirms travel plans with William Loeb, President Roosevelt’s personal secretary. Butler has enclosed a letter and a newspaper clipping to be forwarded to Roosevelt.
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1904-11-15
Laura A. Hull Morris appeals to President Roosevelt to intervene in reviewing her husband’s dismissal from a government job. Morris believes a family argument about a will has slandered her husband and herself. She also accuses her brother Iowa Representative John A. T. Hull and his wife of intentionally preventing her husband from having a position and attempting to force them out of Washington, D.C. Morris claims she has suffered insomnia over the matter for three years.
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1904-11-14
Elihu Root will be bringing his wife and daughter, Edith, to Washington, D.C., to see the bronze sculpture of Frederick the Great given to President Roosevelt by German Emperor William II. Root would like to meet with Roosevelt to discuss the recent election results.
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1904-11-11
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, writes to President Roosevelt to arrange a visit to the White House and encloses an article from the San Francisco Argonaut.
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1904-11-11
Cecil Andrew Lyon congratulates President Roosevelt on his victory and updates him on the situation in Texas. Although the Republican vote was light in Texas, the typically enormous Democratic majority did not exist. When Lyon visits Washington, D.C., he plans to show Roosevelt what the Republican Party was able to accomplish in Texas. He also wants to know when Roosevelt is planning to visit Texas, how much time he plans to spend hunting, and if he would be willing to address two or three meetings in Texas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-10
Massachusetts Representative Gardner informs President Roosevelt that no letters have been given out to the press and asks which of them should do it. If Roosevelt wants a personal explanation, Gardner is happy to come to Washington, D.C. and explain the situation in the presence of Attorney General William H. Moody.
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1904-11-10
Secretary of State Hay has received a telegram from Mexican Vice President Ramón Corral responding to an invitation to visit Washington, D.C., and sends President Roosevelt a copy of it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-31