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President Roosevelt supports the formation of the Navy League as it provides the means to further the general public’s interest in building and maintaining the Navy.
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1903-03-19
Undelivered telegram requesting an address.
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1902-12-07
President Roosevelt would like to put a Catholic on the board of Gallaudet University at the next vacancy.
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1902-10-18
President Roosevelt issues a statement justifying his intervention in the Anthracite Coal Strike and imploring the operators and miners to settle their dispute for the good of the public.
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1902-10-31
Theodore Roosevelt supports state primaries for the nomination of the Republican presidential candidate. Roosevelt believes that the candidate should reflect the will of the people while his opponents view the nomination process as a game played for the benefit of the contestants.
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1912-03-08
Theodore Roosevelt plans to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination shortly after his speech at the Ohio Convention. He agrees that the upcoming campaign will need a strong organization and gave Governor Hadley’s letter to Mr. Ward, who will be representing the campaign in the Northeast.
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1912-02-13
Theodore Roosevelt forwards letters from Charles E. Wortham and Representative C. Bascom Slemp, asking Joseph M. Dixon to do what he sees fit and then return Slemp’s letter to Wortham.
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1912-06-07
President Roosevelt agrees with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt regarding the lunch arrangements for Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich’s visit.
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1902-09-01
Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Judge Lindsey on the “great fight” and the overthrow of the Evans-Guggenheim machine of Denver, Colorado.
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1912-05
Excerpts from President Roosevelt’s introduction to A. G. Wallihan’s book. Roosevelt praises Wallihan’s photography and love of nature.
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1902
Theodore Roosevelt advises David Banks Sickels that he cannot “sign recommendations for any one for appointment to office.”
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1911-07-21
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about family matters, particularly the new motor vehicle, which has caused them to build a new road.
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1911-07-28
Theodore Roosevelt asks if William Allen White can be in New York City next Monday for dinner.
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1911
Theodore Roosevelt is sorry that he cannot accept Frederick B. Dalzell’s invitation.
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1911-07-28
All civil, military, and naval officials are to observe President Roosevelt’s proclamation of neutrality in the conflict between Russia and Japan.
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1904-03-18
Theodore Roosevelt wishes Judge Lindsey success in the presidential election against the political machines. He believes that Denver, Colorado, will support Lindsey.
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1912
Theodore Roosevelt shares Charles Frisch’s pride in Frisch’s large family. Roosevelt believes that “the highest and most fundimental [sic] work of good citizenship is to leave the next generation in right shape.”
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1911-07-24
Theodore Roosevelt sends Edward North Buxton a note of introduction on behalf of Buxton’s daughter to the superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. Roosevelt discusses Queen Victoria’s Coronation and a Congressman’s wedding he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt attended at the Old Friends Meeting House, Stuyvesant Square, New York. Roosevelt is content to be “out of active life,” maintaining the home, pursuing leisure activities, and working on the Outlook. Roosevelt writes that eldest son, Ted Roosevelt, is happily married and Roosevelt expects to be a grandfather within the month. Roosevelt wishes to see Alfred and Lady Pease as well as Frederick and Mrs. Selous.
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1911-07-24
Theodore Roosevelt suggests that P. V. Collins of the Northwestern Agriculturalist would be a good candidate to make the seconding speech in Minnesota.
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1912
President Roosevelt makes a payment of $975 to the Piper-Heidsieck Champagne Company.
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1906-03-23