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Corinne Roosevelt Robinson thanks President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for “those two happy evenings” spent at the White House the previous week and for sending a copy of the inauguration speech. Since speaking with Roosevelt, Robinson has heard even more discouraging news about Colonel Crane in Puerto Rico.
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1905-06-02
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson encloses a letter about immigration and asks William Loeb if he thinks it is worth showing to President Roosevelt. A friend of Robinson, the nephew of the late British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, met Roosevelt briefly at the Railway Congress and would like the President to sign a slip of paper commemorating the occasion.
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1905-06-02
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson congratulates her brother, President Roosevelt, for the fine job he did of representing himself at the inauguration. She shares her pride in his dignity and friendliness as well as in the devotion the people showed to him. Robinson also notes how much she enjoyed the tea she held for the Rough Riders who were present at the ceremony.
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1905-03-08
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson wishes her brother, President Roosevelt, a happy birthday, and hopes that the upcoming election will be just as happy.
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1904-10-27
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson tells her brother, President Roosevelt, about some letters she has received from Frances Theodora Parsons about her husband, James Russell Parsons. James has been highly praised in Mexico, and Frances has written that the current ambassador, Powell Clayton, has said that he wished James could succeed him when he retires. Corinne agrees with this sentiment, and thinks James would be highly qualified for the position. She is excited about the upcoming election, and is looking forward to seeing Roosevelt and his family at Thanksgiving.
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1904-10-17
Corrine Roosevelt Robinson asks William Loeb to please have President Roosevelt read a letter and pamphlet she has enclosed.
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1904-05-13
Corrine Roosevelt Robinson is writing on behalf of Jules Montant, the man whose firm was successful in putting electricity into the Washington Printing Offices, and asks President Roosevelt to visit the plant.
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1904-05-13
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson thanks William Loeb for the photographs and requests that President Roosevelt sign two other photographs for her.
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1904-03-18
Corrine Roosevelt Robinson comments on the controversy surrounding the education unification bill. McDougall Hawkes and Secretary O’Brien request that the date for the New York Republican State Convention be selected soon. Hawkes believes that Cornelius N. Bliss could be useful for campaign purposes. Robinson ponders how Senator Hanna’s death will affect the Republican Party. She closes by thanking President Roosevelt for signing the photographs and making the “little blind girl” very happy.
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1904-02-16
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson hopes that someday she can visit John Campbell and Isabella Greenway. She acknowledges the invitation from Greenway, and how pleased her son, Monroe Douglas Robinson, was to be included in the invitation. Robinson discusses her son’s plans to travel to Europe to find a job and her sadness that Greenway was not able to meet Douglas Robinson.
1924-03-19
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson expresses her gratitude to John Campbell Greenway for his note and flowers. She also acknowledges the comfort that Greenway brought her, talking about her brother, Theodore Roosevelt. Robinson compliments Greenway’s siblings and is leaving two books with Sara Irvine Greenway Keller for Greenway.
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Corinne Roosevelt Robinson acknowledges John Campbell Greenway’s Christmas card, though it made her homesick to see him. She would like to see him soon and discuss the Rough Riders, among other things. Robinson would like to send Greenway her biography of Theodore Roosevelt but does not know where to send it. She will be traveling west in March and hopes to see Greenway.
1922-01-12
As soon as she has an itinerary, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will send it to John Campbell Greenway. She wonders if it would be possible to see Greenway in Arizona as she will be traveling to the Grand Canyon at some point.
1922-02-23
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson is not sure whether her letter will reach John Campbell Greenway, but sends “warm, affectionate greetings.” She reminisces about their last visit at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and discusses the death of Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s husband, William S. Cowles. Robinson inquires about where to send a volume of poems called Roosevelt as the Poets Saw Him.
1923-06-11
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson consoles John Campbell Greenway on the death of Patty Macomb Flandrau Selmes, discussing how alike Greenway and Selmes were and acknowledging their bond. She requests that Greenway please write her a line about Isabella Ferguson, and in a handwritten addendum acknowledges that she later received a telegram from Ferguson. Robinson discusses her son’s and grandson’s travel plans, and hopes that Greenway might take an interest in her grandson Douglas Robinson.
1923-07-26
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson expresses her happiness over the engagement of John Campbell Greenway and Isabella Ferguson. Robinson acknowledges that though she is to speak to no one about it, she can speak to Greenway. Patty Macomb Flandrau Selmes would be happy at the match.
1923-08-06
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson thanks John Campbell Greenway for the letter to her son, Theodore Douglas Robinson, about Monroe Douglas Robinson. She describes Monroe Douglas Robinson’s health struggles and the devotion of his wife. Robinson believes Greenway’s suggestion of Theodore being a forest ranger is a good one and she plans to help him find a position.
1924-01-27
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson congratulates John Wallace Riddle on his appointment as ambassador to Argentina. She is glad for him in every way but one; she is sorry for all who have been welcomed to his home. Robinson asks that he try to be two places at once.
1921-11-13
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson expresses her distress over John Wallace Riddle’s illness. She hopes he is really better and that he and Theodate Pope Riddle will let her know when they are in New York.
1931-01-27
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson relates anecdotes about her brother, Theodore Roosevelt, and his time in the White House.
1921-07