Inside View of the Presidents Private Office
A Washington staff correspondent outlines the White House routine as the private secretary and clerks manage an enormous daily mail. The process includes briefings on office applications, official and personal letters, and a curious “eccentric file” revealing human nature, with notes on Garfield and other current topics.
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Washington
N. Y. Tribune
Brown
Dadley
Kite House
Amera
Carlyle
England
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Joseph Woods
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Tom Holman
Benjamin Mayes
Tennessee
John Williams
Timothy Maher
New Haven
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Wm. P. Frye
Blaine
Maine
Gothic
Colorado
Mary Anderson
Elbert Keck
Memphis, Tenn
Newcastle
Penn
St. Louis
Joseph Jefferson
Tubal
Arizona
Warren F. Hotchkiss
Naugatuck
Conn
Vennor
Israel Sellers
Chester County
Wm. Penn
Charles Ortz
Upton
U. S. Army
San Francisco
Genevieve Ward
Palace Car Companies
Elizabeth T. Weston
Peterboro
Samuel Weston
Ohio
Charles J. N. Kelley
Cleveland
Bellaire
Sarah Mills
Belmont County
Samuel Smith
Port William
Columbus
Reform Farm
Jacob Everett
Fayette County
Christian Hague
Fremont
Flora White
Newcomerstown
Josiah Ware
Eaton
W. H. Benn
Bellevue
Mike Morgan
West 3d St
Cincinnati
Henry Hall
Glasgow
Emma McDermott
Springfield
J. Bowser
Board of Pardons
House of Representatives
Sidney
Allison
Minnie Atherton
Gallipolis
Warren Mitchell
Harvey Bragg
Michael Fitzpatrick
Oblen
Ella Crause
Lock
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Licking County
Conrad Rautaubauch
Joseph M. Lehman
Hardin
Matilda Stresel
Vine Street
Marietta
Adams Township
I. F. Hopkins
Vincent
John Potter
Belpre
Marietta Times
M. C. True
Salem
Albert Hall
Aspinwall
John Farley
Maggie
Archie
Jeanette McVicar
Ollie Lyne
G. W. Lyne
Cliff Mine
John Young
Fearing
Scotland
Marietta Register
Geo. S. van Law
Brigham City
Santa Fe and
New Mexico Railroad
Harmar Grammar School
City Hall
A. J. Geiger
Mattie Slonaker
Philadelphia
Mexico
J. A. Hamilton
J. P. Lafaber
Athens
Kate Caulfield
Lona Crocker
Newport
D. Hart
James Fulkerson
Isaac Fulkerson
Black Band
Canal Dover
H. F. Toby
Hocking
John Test
Beverly Dispatch
Jacob Tyson
Col. McIntosh
Theodore Schramm
Pinchtown
Jacob Baltz
MEIGS
Rutland Township
Walter Curtis
Chester Township
Meigs County
Augusta Grant
Middleport
Royal Grant
Pomeroy
Hosmer Branch
Dr. Train
Arthur Gibson
Scipio Township
Telegraph
Dana Horton
International Monetary Commission
Horton
W. #. Horton
Congress
D. R. Mace
Hope Furnace
Jacob Sanger
Zaleski
Eagle Furnace
Oliver Hammond
McArthur
Chas. Brown
Minnesota
Roach
Common Pleas
John Hawkins
Richland Township
C. W. Brown
John Lord
Howard Miller
McAarthur
Lawrence County
Charles McKinniss
McKinniss
Emery Huggings
Sarah Allen
Ilesboro
Logan
D. Zenner & Co
Frank Clark
Logan Republican
James Little
Mahala Pullem
W. A. Wright
Green Township
Penn Township
Amos van Fossen
Windsor Township
Eva J. Harding
McConnelsville
Sprague
W. P. Sprague
Leonidas Davis
Alexander
Morgan County
Illinois
Oscar Reed
L. D. Reed
Bettie Havener
J. T. Havener
McConnelsville Democrat
Corning R. A
McConnelsville Herald
Jones
Doubleday
Somerset
Ohio Central Coal Company
Wm. Hopkins
Shawnee
Morgan Davis
Rendville
Corning
John Monahan
Thomas Monahan
New Lexington
Moxahala
Lexington
Reedville
John Turner
Wright
Turner
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