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President Roosevelt wishes that he had talked more to Maurice Francis Egan and his son Gerald about books. He asks when Gerald leaves, because he would like to meet with them again to talk about books.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-13
President Roosevelt thanks Maurice Francis Egan for the note.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-23
Theodore Roosevelt gives Maurice Francis Egan permission to quote him on the Irish saga, but would like to see it so that he can be sure of the phraseology. Roosevelt finds sea fiction author James B. Connolly delightful and enjoyed his Gloucester stories.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-28
President Roosevelt cannot be prevented from reading The Warning of Sexton Maginnis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-25
President Roosevelt asks Maurice Francis Egan to thank Walter George Smith for the biography of his father and encloses a letter from Commissioner Smith.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-17
President Roosevelt enjoyed Dr. Egan’s article and hopes to speak with him soon about its social aspects.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-30
President Roosevelt accepts several of the books.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-27
President Roosevelt was pleased with Maurice Francis Egan’s letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-12
President Roosevelt thanks Maurice Francis Egan for the book and says he is considering making Charles Patrick Neill and Edward A. Moseley assistants to the Recorder of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-20
President Roosevelt was pleased to see Maurice Francis Egan and thanks him for the books.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-23
Danish Master of Ceremonies Engelbrecht tells Maurice Francis Egan, the United States Minister to Denmark, that the King and Queen of Denmark ordered him to send their “thanks for the sympathetic condolences” Egan sent on behalf of Theodore and Edith Roosevelt on the occasion of the death of Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg Glücksburg.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-17
Bishop McFaul informs Maurice Francis Egan that he has returned the documents, and he thanks him for sending them. McFaul has “always believed in the fair-mindedness of our illustrious president, Roosevelt,” and he believed Roosevelt when he said that he will “give every man a square deal.” McFaul emphasizes that quotation from Roosevelt while giving public addresses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-03
R. N. Reed thanks Maurice Francis Egan for the memorandum about Eugene O’Curry’s “Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish” and P. W. Joyce’s “Social History of Ancient Ireland.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-24
Archbishop Messmer thanks Maurice Francis Egan for his letter, which gave him clarity about the complaints he has received about James Francis Smith, Governor-General of the Philippines. While Messmer believes that Catholics should fight for their rights when they are deprived them, he believes that some of their complaints from the Philippines are unfounded. Messmer greatly praises President Roosevelt and comments on Alice Roosevelt’s upcoming wedding.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-10
Archbishop Messmer would like to keep a copy of President Roosevelt’s letter, which proves that he is not prejudiced against Catholics and is the best man for the presidency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-12
Theodore Roosevelt was delighted by the recent letters from Maurice Francis Egan, American Minister to Denmark, both to himself and to his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He sends Egan a photograph to give to Captain Christian Magdalus Thestrup Cold, and says that both he and Edith liked the poem. Roosevelt looks forward to receiving some papers dealing with Russia, and says that he has been requested to visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-28
Theodore Roosevelt sends Ambassador Egan a copy of A Book Lover’s Holiday in the Open, thanks Egan for the letter, and gives his opinion of the West Indies.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-03
E. F. Crawford informs Maurice Egan that he is in Washington, D.C. Crawford will accompany Mr. Steenerson to the General Land Office for a hearing on moving the office from Cass Lake to Bemidji, Minnesota.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-29