Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Le Baron Russell Briggs
President Roosevelt thanks Le Baron Russell Briggs for his letter of introduction to Walsh.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-11
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Briggs, Le Baron Russell, 1855-1934
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Le Baron Russell Briggs
Theodore Roosevelt explains to Le Baron Russell Briggs, the dean of Harvard College, that his son Kermit Roosevelt has been asked by the Smithsonian to gather certain specimen of moose, caribou and beaver in New Brunswick for the National Museum. In order to fulfill this request, Kermit will need to be a few days late in reporting at Harvard, so Theodore Roosevelt asks Briggs if he can excuse his son’s absence.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-09-01
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Le Baron Russell Briggs
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Harvard Dean of Men Le Baron Russell Briggs to say that he can not attend the overseers’ meeting. He asks Briggs to let him know if he is visiting New York, as Roosevelt and his wife would like to meet Briggs at Oyster Bay.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-05-23
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Le Baron Russell Briggs
President Roosevelt was delighted to receive Dean Briggs’s letter. He tells Briggs that he only expected very little to be done and would be pleased if only a small amount of progress was made.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-10-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Le Baron Russell Briggs
President Roosevelt apologizes to Le Baron Russell Briggs, but he is unable to make any other speeches, as he is already obliged to more speeches than he would like this summer.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-06-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Le Baron Russell Briggs
President Roosevelt thanks Le Baron Russell Briggs for the book and his congratulations. He asks if Briggs would be able to visit in the winter, as Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and the president would like to have him at lunch or dinner.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Le Baron Russell Briggs
President Roosevelt is considering the future education of his eldest son, Ted. He questions Dean Briggs on the possibility of Ted leaving Groton early and then graduating from Harvard in three years.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Le Baron Russell Briggs
President Roosevelt is taking a “cool and unmanly revenge” upon Le Baron Russell Briggs by sending his own book, The Strenuous Life, to Briggs.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-02-24
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Le Baron Russell Briggs
President Roosevelt thanks Le Baron Russell Briggs for allowing the boys, presumably students at Harvard where Briggs serves as Dean of Men, to come to Alice Roosevelt’s dance. Roosevelt also assures Briggs that he will read the book.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-06
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Le Baron Russell Briggs
President Roosevelt asks when Le Baron Russell Briggs will be in Washington, D.C. Roosevelt wants to see him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-29