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Contains 63 Results:

Thomas W. Cridler General Correspondence, 1902 November 12-29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: MSN/MN 0510-27
Scope and Contents Includes a lengthy letter from Carrie Jenkins Harris. Harris is investigating a "row" in the State Department between William L. Penfield, solicitor of the State Department, and a Dr. Scott over "collusion with certain parties in Mexico" and the seizure "of $40,000 of Scott's money in the Bank of Monterey." Her letter begins, "I think I see a chance to bring a man (Penfield) who treated you badly to his senses!" Harris is going to use her "pen" and her "newspaper influence to its utmost...
Dates: 1902 November 12-29

Thomas W. Cridler General Correspondence, 1902 December 3-17

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: MSN/MN 0510-28
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with Colin H. Livingstone, the first president of the Boy Scouts of America and secretary to Senator Stephen Elkins of West Virginia. Cridler and Livingstone have a close personal relationship and also share business ties. Cridler writes in great detail of his experience in Europe, discusses their children's education, and ponders what he will do after the Fair. He implores Livingston to "keep me in constant thought, and my interests in touch. I shall need the aid of...
Dates: 1902 December 3-17

Thomas W. Cridler General Correspondence, 1903 January 17-31

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: MSN/MN 0510-31
Scope and Contents

Includes a note which alludes to a possible reason for Cridler's resignation from the State Department.

Dates: 1903 January 17-31

Thomas W. Cridler General Correspondence, 1898-1900

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSN/MN 0510-2
Scope and Contents Included is in this folder is correspondence of uncertain relevance to the St. Louis World's Fair materials. Cridler has retained a lengthy letter from Colonel William McKay, a long-time Washington DC congressional lobbyist and hotel owner whose involvement in a scandalous relationship with a young woman results in tense dealings with Cridler. There is also a memorandum, marked with a stamp 3rd Assistant Secretary of State, to an unknown recipient, regarding a "potential public scandal"...
Dates: 1898-1900