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Endicott Peabody is glad to know that President Roosevelt approves of Kermit’s coming forward for confirmation at Groton. Peabody’s son, Malcolm, will be confirmed as well making this year “more personal to me than ever.”
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1905-12-19
Endicott Peabody accepts an invitation from President Roosevelt to lunch at Oyster Bay. Peabody suggests Henry Fairfield Osborn might be the right Princeton man for the job of negotiating football rules. He also discusses Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s upcoming visit to Groton School to visit Kermit Roosevelt.
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1905-09-21
Endicott Peabody writes to President Roosevelt to discuss college football, specifically the unfair methods taught to players at Harvard, Yale and Princeton. He asks Roosevelt to meet with the coaches from these schools to convince them to play fair.
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1905-09-16
Endicott Peabody shares President Roosevelt’s opinion on a book.
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1905-08-11
Endicott Peabody describes a man that President Roosevelt would like.
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1905-08-05
Endicott Peabody, founder of the Groton School, introduces Edward C. Carter, a Harvard alumnus who has been doing missionary work for the YMCA in India. Carter and Logan Herbert Roots, another Harvard alumnus who is a missionary in China, have a plan to increase the number of Harvard men doing missionary work. Carter and Roots would like President Roosevelt to lend his name to the advisory council.
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1904-08-06
Endicott Peabody expresses his regret to President Roosevelt that Ted will not be a graduate of Groton and wishes him luck at Harvard. He also wishes the President luck in the upcoming election.
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1904-08-27
Endicott Peabody writes to President Roosevelt about a copy of the Grotonian that was supposed to be sent to President Roosevelt, but has not yet been mailed. Peabody will write to the secretary of the school to have them sent and tells Roosevelt to let him know if he still does not receive it.
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1904-07-04
Endicott Peabody congratulates President Roosevelt on winning the nomination and tells Roosevelt that many in Massachusetts are excited by his candidacy.
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1904-06-25
Endicott Peabody thanks President Roosevelt for his letter and explains the origin of the circular asking for contributions to the Groton School.
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1904-06-20
Reverend Endicott Peabody thanks President Roosevelt for speaking at Prize Day.
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1904-05-26
Reverend Peabody writes to President Roosevelt telling him that Mrs. Roosevelt had taken the two boys, Ted and Kermit.
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1904-04-13
Reverend Peabody is sorry that President Roosevelt could not visit, but the boys arrived in excellent condition when they reported to Groton School.
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1904-04-05
Endicott Peabody sends thanks to President Roosevelt for planning to visit Groton School and praises Roosevelt’s son, Kermit.
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1903-10-27
Ted Roosevelt has accepted the situation and is playing hard on the first Wachusett eleven. Endicott Peabody is confident that this was the best solution. In a postscript, Peabody asks President Roosevelt not to forget about Thomas Ewing Moore, consul at Weimar.
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1903-10-13
Endicott Peabody has temporarily removed Ted Roosevelt from the football team’s second eleven. He is concerned that Ted will be seriously injured due to his light frame. Ted will be allowed to play with President Roosevelt’s permission.
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1903-10-01
Endicott Peabody agrees that Ted Roosevelt should stay with the Wachusett eleven for his own safety and to keep him available for “more important work next year.” Peabody admired President Roosevelt’s letter to Ted and his decision to take Ted into his confidence.
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1903-10-08
Endicott Peabody thanks President Roosevelt for his perfectly worded letter which will be displayed publicly at Groton School. Roosevelt’s kind words have kept Peabody from becoming depressed due to misunderstandings that have arisen from false reports in the newspapers.
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1903-09-18
Endicott Peabody is excited that President Roosevelt will come to Groton School for Prize Day. He is also grateful that Roosevelt has given him a kind letter to keep and an autograph letter to be displayed in the school. However, Peabody believes that the wording on the public letter should be changed slightly.
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1903-09-10
Endicott Peabody is returning from a sabbatical year in Europe, to begin the 20th year of running Groton School. To celebrate the anniversary, he invites President Roosevelt to speak on Prize Day in May or June of 1904. He also notes that the school has letters of all the presidents and asks that Roosevelt write one that they may display.
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1903-08-27