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Yick Nam Quan is sending an embroidered curtain and other gifts to the Roosevelts and wishes them a merry Christmas and happy New Year.
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1904-12-21
Yick Nam Quan congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his birthday and sends a gift.
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1911-10-26
Yick Nam Quan sends Theodore Roosevelt a small Christmas gift.
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1910-12-21
Yick Nam Quan wishes Theodore Roosevelt a happy birthday and expresses concern on behalf of his father about Roosevelt’s hunting trip in Africa, which he believes is dangerous.
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1909-11-07
Yick Nam Quan informs President Roosevelt that he has sent a small box of Christmas gifts that he hopes Roosevelt will accept. He sends Roosevelt and his family best wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
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1908-12-21
Yick Nam Quan understands that Theodore Roosevelt is currently is good health, but is concerned for his safety in the “wild land” of Africa. He hopes Roosevelt will return to the United States soon and asks Frank Harper to send his regards to the Roosevelts if he knows how to reach them.
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1909-10-31
Yick Nam Quan tells President Roosevelt he has sent a small birthday gift to Roosevelt’s daughter, Ethel Roosevelt, and asks him to have her accept it.
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1908-08-10
Yick Nam Quan sends a gift for President Roosevelt and wishes Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and the children a happy New Year.
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1907-12-20
Yick Nam Quan sends President Roosevelt a small gift for his birthday.
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1907-10-25
Yick Nam Quan has sent Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. some firecrackers.
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1907-06-30
Yick Nam Quan writes to President Roosevelt regarding a small gift he has sent for Roosevelt’s daughter, Alice.
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1906-01-31
Yick Nam Quan claims the Chinese Reform Association is responsible for the Chinese boycott and that a reformer is in the United States giving speeches so that people will send money to fuel the boycott. He asks to see President Roosevelt and asks him to squelch the Chinese Reform Association.
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1905-08-03
Yick Nam Quan thanks President Roosevelt for helping his business partner enter the country and assures Roosevelt that he will continue to be a reformer.
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1904-02-09
Yick Nam Quan visited the White House but President Roosevelt was away. He sends his thanks to Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Quan hopes that Roosevelt will be president for many more years.
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1904-01-08
Yick Nam Quan accepts an invitation to attend a reception at the White House. He extends New Year’s wishes to President Roosevelt and his family.
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1903-12-29
Yick Nam Quan thanks President Roosevelt for his “kind remembrances during the Christmas holiday,” asks him to forgive him again, and wishes Roosevelt and his family a happy New Year.
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1903-12-26
Yick Nam Quan will be able to meet with President Roosevelt on January 7, 1904. He asks Roosevelt not to worry about the gift he sent as he acquired it for a good price.
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1903-12-24
Yick Nam Quan describes how much his father and his friend value the cane that has President Roosevelt’s name inscribed on it. Quan is disappointed that his gifts to Roosevelt were returned and asks if he can send them to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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1903-12-24
Yick Nam Quan asks President Roosevelt not to return the Christmas gift that he sent him. Quan asks Roosevelt to wait as his letter is forthcoming.
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1903-12-24
Business cards of Yick Nam Quan of 28 Henry Street, New York, New York.
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1903-12