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Lawrence F. Abbott asks William Loeb to send any statement of facts that would help The Outlook provide clear and accurate editorial commentary on the current legal case involving Buck’s Stove & Range Company.
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1908-12-24
Lawrence F. Abbott asks President Roosevelt to sign off on an article if he feels that it is ready for publication. The Outlook would prefer to have article published as a contribution with Roosevelt’s name under the title of the article, rather than as an editorial with his signature at the end of the article, as that form will be saved until after March 4, 1909, when Roosevelt is officially working for the magazine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-23
Lawrence F. Abbott informs President Roosevelt that he and his father, Lyman Abbott, will bring the original of Roosevelt’s article on socialism, along with a galley proof. The Abbotts believe that it would be advantageous to publish it in two parts. They will give their reasons when they visit Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
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1908-11-15
Lawrence F. Abbott is sorry for any annoyance caused by the “sensational and mendacious story” that New York papers have published about Outlook investor James Stillman, who has connections to Standard Oil. He would like to explain the facts of the case to President Roosevelt. Stillman and Lawson Valentine helped his father, Lyman Abbott, purchase the magazine from Henry Ward Beecher, but have never taken any editorial interest in it. Stillman does not own a majority of shares; most shares are owned by people “daily and actively engaged” with The Outlook.
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1908-11-13
Lawrence F. Abbott thanks William Loeb for sending him copies of President Roosevelt’s letters to Senator Philander C. Knox and Patrick H. Grace, treasurer of Parlor City Lodge Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Abbott does not think The Outlook will comment on them because, due to the New York Times leak connecting Roosevelt with The Outlook, they want to be “particularly reticent.”
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1908-10-23
Lawrence F. Abbott, president and publisher of The Outlook, thinks that the New York Times was “very unfraternal” in printing the story that connected President Roosevelt to The Outlook. It was published through the efforts of William C. Reick, who has previously been affiliated with the New York Herald. The Outlook intends to ignore the story, except for giving a brief statement to reporters who “flooded the office with inquiries.” Lawrence is pleased with the conduct and record of the Atlantic Fleet in Australasia and Japan.
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1908-10-23
Lawrence Abbott acknowledges President Roosevelt’s return of the China article payment, and appreciates his attitude in the matter. There will be editorial reviews in The Outlook on the situation between Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker and Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell, which Abbott finds fascinating. Abbott worries that related corruption would permeate other areas of government if William Jennings Bryan is elected President.
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1908-09-25
Lawrence F. Abbott responds to President Roosevelt’s letter in his father’s absence. He says that the third term editorial in The Outlook was not criticizing Roosevelt, but appealing to the “enthusiastic and plain people” who want him to run again. Abbott will also send Roosevelt’s letter on to Edward Alfred Steiner.
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1908-06-01
Lawrence F. Abbott has received the document sent by William Loeb and will exercise extreme care.
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1907-11-27
Lawrence F. Abbott expresses his appreciation to President Roosevelt for the beauty of the new coins recently released, for which Roosevelt is being severely criticized by others. (The coins were considered poorly designed, and the words “In God We Trust” were omitted.) Abbott also comments, regarding ongoing criticism of the President for his actions going against the constitution, that none of Roosevelt’s legislation has ever been found to be unconstitutional. By comparison, the only major of piece of legislation initiated by New York’s Governor Charles Evans Hughes and successfully enacted has been found unconstitutional. Some of the men and papers who criticize Roosevelt are the same ones who praise Hughes, and Abbott would like to point out their inconsistency.
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1907-11-26
Lawrence F. Abbott has sent President Roosevelt’s condolence note to his father and thanks him for it.
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1907-07-24
Lawrence F. Abbott informs President Roosevelt of the death of his mother, Abby Frances Hamlin Abbott, in Germany.
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1907-07-22
Lawrence F. Abbott thanks President Roosevelt for the letter and tells him that he had it read to his wife, Winifred Buck Abbott, and the nurse. He jokes that the Roosevelt proved that presidents can speak about non-government matters. He teases that his over nine pound baby boy and healthy wife make him strong on “race suicide,” even if he is weak on “nature fakers.”
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1907-07-10
Lawrence F. Abbott responds to a letter to the editor from President Roosevelt in The Outlook. Abbott argues that he believes in facts in regards to nature as opposed to John Burroughs and William J. Long, and he is pleased Roosevelt agrees. He concludes the note by explaining that his son was just born.
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1907-07-06
Lawrence F. Abbott, on behalf of The Outlook, tells Episcopal Bishop of Manila Charles Henry Brent that he has had the requested tennis trophy made for The Columbia Club in Manila, and it has already been shipped. Abbott includes the inscription engraved on the trophy and encloses a picture of it. He would like Brent to write an article for The Outlook describing the purpose and achievements of the bishop’s work in Manila, including the athletic contests for which this trophy and others will be used.
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1907-06-17
Lawrence F. Abbott sends President Roosevelt a defensive explanation of an editorial that appeared in The Outlook about Roosevelt’s “Muck Rake” speech. Roosevelt had written two letters to Abbott’s father expressing his displeasure with the editorial. Since Abbott’s father was away in New England, Abbott explains his view that Roosevelt’s address was “courageous, significant and far-reaching.”
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1906-04-27
Lawrence F. Abbott sends a transcript to President Roosevelt of a memorandum written by the Chinese missionary, Dr. Smith. He also tells Roosevelt that Dr. Smith is sending a copy of his book, “China in Convulsion.”
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1906-04-02
Lawrence F. Abbott sends an editorial about the Panama Canal to William Loeb, requesting that he forward it to President Roosevelt. Roosevelt had requested the article from Abbott’s father, Lyman Abbott.
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1906-02-09
Lawrence F. Abbott regrets running Clifford Howard’s article, “The Root of Graft”, in The Outlook, though hopes President Roosevelt noticed the enclosed editorial which ran in the same edition as Howard’s article. Abbott also commends the work of George Kennan, though disagrees with him about the Treaty of Portsmouth.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-18
