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President Roosevelt tells Robert Bridges that he is happy with his book Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter. He is also pleased that Bridges liked his Arkansas speech. Though it was extemporaneous, he felt compelled to speak about lynching in “a manner that would prevent any just offense being given to the southern people.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-31
President Roosevelt will try to find the file for Robert Bridges. Once Bridges has all the flat proofs together, he will invite him to lunch. He encloses a sketch of his horse Algonquin.
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1905-08-04
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1905-07-30
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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President Roosevelt likes the proofs that Robert Bridges has sent, and began marking which illustrations he thought could go on the book. Once he has gone through all the proofs, he hopes Bridges will be able to visit him to go over the matter together. Roosevelt wants to be sure to only put in pictures which will mean something to the reader, and not only those that are significant to him. He encloses an appendix to the book.
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1905-08-01
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1905-07-21
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1905-07-24
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1905-07-03
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1905-07-12
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1905-06-30
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1905-05-09
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President Roosevelt has told Albert Shaw that the Review of Reviews is “under no circumstances” to publish an article about his hunting trip. Roosevelt does not intend to give an account of his trip to any magazine, but he tells Robert Bridges that if he does, it will be to Scribners.
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1905-03-22
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1905-03-21
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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President Roosevelt tells Robert Bridges that if his upcoming hunting trip is a success, he intends to have another chapter for the book Bridges is editing for publication. Roosevelt’s friend, Alexander Lambert, will be accompanying him on the trip and plans to take some photographs. Roosevelt suggests Bridges get in touch with Lambert to give him tips about such photography.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-21
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1904-08-18
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President Roosevelt enjoyed the book, especially Robert Bridges’s introduction.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-02
William Loeb writes to Robert Bridges to inform him that he has received the royalty payments, and President Roosevelt is satisfied with the arrangements for Robert Joseph Collier’s edition. Roosevelt wishes to meet with Bridges sometime in Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-21
President Roosevelt admires Mr. Ireland’s article on game preservation and asks Robert Bridges to convey his compliments to Ireland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-07
President Roosevelt thanks Robert Bridges for the warning that a “money making scheme” was using Roosevelt’s name as an endorsement. Roosevelt previously gave his endorsement on the “supposition that it was a religious and charitable affair.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-23
President Roosevelt will delay the appointment of a postmaster for York, Pennsylvania. Robert Bridges had hoped that Roosevelt might appoint his brother.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-06-06
President Roosevelt will be unable to appoint Robert Bridges’s brother as a postmaster for fear of accusations that he is favoring his publishers. Bridges is an employee of Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-10