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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Zappulla Emanuele that Roosevelt is now in Africa and will not return for a year, so it is impossible for him to reply to letters personally.
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1909-04-23
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt cannot respond to the invitation she was sent.
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1909-04-28
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is unable to accept Charles H. Breitbarth’s invitation.
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1909-04-28
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has asked Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary to inform Ellen Williston Clarke that the newspaper correspondent was wrong about what Roosevelt was wearing on a certain occasion.
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1909-04-28
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt thanks Vivetta Stevenson for the letter, but cannot respond.
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1909-04-28
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Henry C. Rew for the letter and clippings. He has been added to the subscription list. The Outlook publishes a limited number of letters to the editor in reply to Roosevelt, but it is impossible to publish all of them. It will not be possible in Rew’s case.
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1909-04-29
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has asked Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary to thank Alan Hudson for his letter, but to inform him that she cannot accept his suggestion because Roosevelt is no longer in public life.
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1909-05-08
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Elizabeth J. Miller that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has never seen or heard anything about the quilt.
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1909-05-08
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt thanks Assistant Secretary of War Oliver for the medal.
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1909-05-08
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary received Daniel Mayer’s letter addressed to “E. Roosevelt, Esq.,” and assumes he meant to send it to Theodore Roosevelt. However, Roosevelt is currently in Africa and has asked that only letters of personal importance be forwarded to him. He suggests Mayer write to Roosevelt in Khartoum.
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1909-05-15
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Fourth Assistant Postmaster General P. V. De Graw that they know nothing about a book inscribed for Roosevelt from P. A. Vaile. They do not have the authority to pay duty on books.
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1909-05-18
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary received Edward Ryan’s letter and explains that Theodore Roosevelt cannot do anything about the matter.
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1910-12-21
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary urges William H. Short to refer to Roosevelt’s recent articles about organizations like the “League to Enforce Peace.”
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1915-08-04
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Alfred E. Loyd that Roosevelt’s time in the next few weeks is occupied, and that it is impossible for Roosevelt to make an appointment to see Loyd unless he knows what Loyd wishes to speak to him about. Roosevelt’s secretary requests that Loyd write to him with this information.
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1915-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Amasa Pierce Thornton that Roosevelt is not able to comment upon the article and that he should consider all communication with Roosevelt to be confidential and not for publication. Roosevelt agrees with Thornton in his high opinion of Father Tierney.
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1915-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary forwards a bill to Ted for payment.
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1915-06-09
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Horace Keefer for the letter.
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1915-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary apologizes for Roosevelt’s inability to respond to correspondence due to his attendance at the libel trial in Syracuse. The secretary does not feel that Roosevelt could write anything about future political actions.
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1915-05-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary acknowledges receipt of W. S. Bryan’s letter, and clarifies that the pamphlet Bryan read was not authorized by Roosevelt, but was rather a reprinting of a chapter from one of Roosevelt’s books with the title “Why America Should Join the Allies” added to it. After this edition of the pamphlet is exhausted, no more will be printed.
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1916-05-07
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Professor Davis for his letter. He suggests that Davis find copies of the past four months of the Metropolitan Magazine to read about Roosevelt’s opinion on national defense.
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1915-05-07