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1903/06/22
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to Charles Emory Smith re: responsibility of leadership to take chances in crisis
Also discusses the inevitability of irregularities occurring and rooting out scandal. Noted "Private" at top.
GLC06616
1902/11/28
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
to Joseph Cannon re: problems facing the Philippines after six years of war
Discusses problems in the Philippines after six years of war with the United States and recommends U.S. aid.
GLC06649.01
22 April 1919
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
[Sentence commutation for Fernando Robert Edward Ludicke, convicted for violating the Espionage Act on 18 September 1918]
Fernando Ludicke, alias Robert Edwards, was convicted of violating the espionage Act of June 15, 1917 in the U.S. District Court of Western Pennsylvania and sentenced to 18 months to be served in the Maryland State Penitentiary at Baltimore, Maryland...
GLC06598
25 November 1900
Willett, Grace, fl. 1900
to Sylvia Willett
Discusses women suffrage in Wyoming in the election of 1900. Comments that turnout among women was high, but "their voting does not help purify politics." Willett supported the candidacy of Williams Jennings Bryan. Also comments on bad weather...
GLC06594
1924-1930
Mellon, Andrew, 1855-1937
to Hamilton Fish, Jr.
Three letters typed in blue inks on Treasury Department stationery: n.d., 3/5/1929 and 5/15/1924, regarding efforts to stop manufacture and traffic in addictive drugs. With additional TLS of H. J. Anslinger, commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics...
GLC05185
9 October 1920
Brough, Charles, 1876-1935
to Elmer T. Clark
Governor of Arkansas Brough gives his approval of the Methodist Episcopal Church's efforts to improve Christian Education. He displays confidence and pride in the selection of Dr. John Hugh Reynolds (president of Hendrix College in Arkansas) to the...
GLC05508.050
circa 4 November 1918
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
[Speech concerning the end of World War I]
Delivered while Coolidge was a Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate, the speech is written in pencil and signed at the top of the first page. Notes indicate that the speech was delivered on November 4 at Faneuil Hall, just before the election and...
GLC05314
1923/12/22
to Gertrude Ely
Notes that he shares Ely's "impatience and amusement" with the Molly Pitcher Club. Discusses attempts to alter the Volstead law and his personal opposition to prohibition. But because of his belief in popular government he must respect the law....
GLC07319
17 June 1926
[Presidential commutation for Arthur Franzblau, convicted of mail fraud 24 February 1924 in New York]
Arthur Franzblau was convicted of using the mails in a scheme to defraud in the U.S. District Court of Southern New York and sentenced to one year in the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. He appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on 2...
GLC07326
15 December 1911
[Presidential pardon of Charles L. King, convicted of Army desertion on 23 April 1908 and sentenced to two and one half years at Fort Leavenworth]
Sentence published in General Orders, No. 65, Department of the East, 30 April 1908. Secretary of War recommended pardon, which was granted by William H. Taft. Partially handwritten. With James Finch (signed), pardon attorney, warrant for pardon...
GLC07318
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