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James R. Sheffield responds to President Roosevelt’s inability to attend the dinner for Commissioner Williams. Sheffield plans a visit to Washington, D.C., that will not conflict with the upcoming Yale versus Princeton football game and applauds the current situation in Panama.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-09
As previously agreed, Lyman Abbott requests letters of introduction for his son, Ernest Hamlin Abbott, who will be investigating conditions in the South. Abbott will be in Lake Mohonk next week pressing for two reforms, the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department and placing all public schools under the Bureau of Education. He believes these reforms will remove the issues from partisan politics. Next week, Abbott is beginning a lecture series on preaching at Yale University. He encloses clippings on James Kimble Vardaman and wishes more could be done to oppose Vardaman’s election.
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1903-10-12
John K. Stauffer invites President Roosevelt “as an adopted son of Old Yale” to attend the Yale Alumni Association of Washington City’s annual dinner on February 21.
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1903-02-19
Mr. Bishop has been appointed and Secretary of State Hay is sorry that he could not comply with Senator Proctor’s wishes. It would be awkward to take the position from Bishop for Mr. Smith at this time because news of Bishop’s position has been given to his friends in the House and Senate, as well as Yale University.
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1902-12-17
Arthur W. Talmadge, manager for the Harvard University Football Association, offers President Roosevelt sideline badges for the Harvard-Yale football game which will take place on November 23. Seats in the grand stand could also be made available.
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1901-11-13
Douglas Robinson encloses a letter from August Belmont that President Roosevelt must see. The letter should be destroyed after it is read. Robinson regrets he was not at Yale to see Roosevelt in his doctor’s gown.
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1901-10-26
Charlton Miner Lewis is editing the official memorial record of Yale’s bicentennial celebration. He asks George B. Cortelyou to pass along the report for President Roosevelt to check for any errors in his remarks.
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1901-10-27
Winston Churchill and his wife will arrive in Washington, D.C., on November 16 and hope to pay their respects to President Roosevelt. He wishes he could have heard Roosevelt’s speech at Yale University.
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1901-10-29
Owen Wister regrets that he was unable to be with President Roosevelt at Yale University. He is glad Roosevelt’s dinner with Booker T. Washington forced the southern states to show their “dirty hand.” Wister recently became the father of twins.
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1901-10-23
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff would like to discuss appointments for Brooklyn, New York, with President Roosevelt. He hopes they can talk during the Yale bicentennial celebrations.
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1901-10-12
John Patton congratulates President Roosevelt on the work he is doing and looks forward to seeing him at the Yale bicentennial. He cautions that J. M. Jamison is unfit for the position of chief justice. Jamison had a “discreditable” career in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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1901-10-10
William Whitman Farnam offers to house President Roosevelt when he travels to New Haven, Connecticut, to attend the Yale bicentennial celebrations. Farnam would also like to hold a dinner in Roosevelt’s honor.
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1901-09-25
Representative Sperry forwards a request from New Haven, Connecticut, and Yale University for President Roosevelt to visit during the university’s upcoming bicentennial.
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1901-09-23
Arthur Twining Hadley, president of Yale University, sees a bright future for President Roosevelt and offers his assistance.
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1901-09-20
Henry Walcott Farnam encloses the program for the Yale bicentennial celebration and hopes Vice President Roosevelt can attend.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-31
R. H. Chittenden, a chemist at Yale University, has reviewed William M. Babbott’s plans for ensuring a pure and fresh milk supply delivered to consumers. Chittenden approves the methods Babbott proposes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1894-04-16