Letter from George B. Cortelyou to E. A. Hitchcock
This item is a letter regarding S. Davies Warfield on behalf of General Frank A. Armstrong. Also included is a letter from S. Davies Warfield to President Theodore Roosevelt.
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OCR Page 1 of 3Daltimore Dffice,
Office of the Postmaster.
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BALTIMORE, MD., April 7th, 1902.
To the
President of the United States,
Washington, D.C.
Mr. President:-
I take the liberty of writing you in the
interest of General Frank A. Armstrong who is at
present employed in the Interior Department in some
special capacity in connection with Indian affairs
and under a special appropriation.
At the time of the appointment of General
Armstrong I saw President McKinley in person and
asked him if he would make this appointment. General
Armstrong is a Gold Democrat and I took the liberty
as a Gold Democrat of asking this appointment.
President McKinley was exceedingly kind
at the time and wrote a letter at once to the
Secretary of the Interior, Mr.Hitchcock, with the
result that General Armstrong received the appointment.
I may add that Senator McComas was kind enough to visit
the Secretary of the Interior and urge the appointment.
I learn that the work of General Armstrong
has been eminently satisfactory. I understand, however,
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