Letter from George B. Cortelyou to E. A. Hitchcock
This item is a letter enclosing letters from Philip B. Stewart to E. A. Hitchcock and from E. A. Hitchcock to Philip B. Stewart.
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OCR Page 1 of 5DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WASHINGTON.
PERSONAL.
January 10, 1902.
Philip B. Stewart, Esq.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
My dear Sir:
I have delayed acknowledging, which I now do with many
thanks, the receipt of your letter of December 10th, and night
telegram of the 22d, the latter advising me of your contemplated
absence in the East during the holidays, but for which absence,
and not knowing whether you had returned, I should have made
acknowledgment at an earlier date. I have taken the liberty
of writing you, at the suggestion of the President, whose desire,
as well as my own, is to obtain reliable information with respect
to certain officials in Colorado, whose conduct may need investi-
gation. This is not only true in the case of the Lamar office,
but I am separately sending you a communication, and documents
therein referred to, with respect to the Denver Land Office, fully
appreciating, however, the delicacy of the investigation I am
asking you to make.
The separate letter rather im-
plies asking you to investigate the records of the office. This,
I think, it would be hardly proper to do, but leave the letter
so worded in order that, in case of necessity, you will have the
authority to act as circumstances may seem to require.
Inquiries and investigations of this kind are anything
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