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President Roosevelt congratulates Captain Gleaves on his successful trip and finds it interesting that Germany was friendlier than England. He apologizes for being unable to stop and visit Newport, Rhode Island, although the president was interested in what Gleaves wrote about mines and torpedoes.
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1907-08-10
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1917-10-08
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1917-10-04
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
President Roosevelt addresses Albert Gleaves’s request to go as a detached scout vessel. Roosevelt makes all of his decisions based on the good of the Navy, rather than on the requests of individual officers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-06
President Roosevelt thanks Albert Gleaves for his recent letters and enclosure, and hopes he will see him before he goes west. He is happy for the information about torpedoes and for the “rather uncomfortable matter” regarding double hoists. He sends his wishes to Gleaves’s wife.
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1908-04-10
President Roosevelt read and enjoyed Captain Gleaves’s book Life of Lawrence.
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1907-04-29
President Roosevelt tells Captain Albert Gleaves that if his son, Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt wishes, and Gleaves approves, that Archie can stay over on Wednesday.
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1906-08-06
President Roosevelt asks Commander Gleaves to have his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, take the train on Thursday to arrive at Bridgeport about 3:00, where he will be met by the presidential yacht Sylph.
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1906-08-07
William Loeb confirms that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt received Captain Gleaves’s note, but regrets to inform him that it is not possible for her or President Roosevelt to accept the invitation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-19
President Roosevelt has spoken to Admiral Taylor who has approved Albert Gleaves to go to Berlin. Edith Roosevelt will enjoy having lunch with Gleaves soon and Roosevelt asks Gleaves to also invite Secretary of the Navy Moody.
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1904-03-25
The mail carrier of the USS Mayflower has committed an offense and appealed to President and Edith Roosevelt for help. Roosevelt hopes that he can be punished in some way less than dismissal and asks Albert Gleaves to explain the case in full.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-17
President Roosevelt will gladly look over the proof sheets but feels that it would be improper for him, as President, to write the introduction.
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1902-11-29
George B. Cortelyou writes to Albert Gleaves to ask him that a check for President Roosevelt’s balance be sent to Cortelyou before the Mayflower joins the squadron.
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1902-11-07
President Roosevelt is interested in developing a higher lever of marksmanship in the Navy and would like suggestions from Lieutenant Commander Gleaves on how to use the Mayflower as an experimental vessel for marksmanship.
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1902-08-07
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Lieutenant Gleaves to arrive in Oyster Bay, Long Island by June 1st, and informs Gleaves of how to find his house. Roosevelt would like to breakfast with the officers before they head to Newport where he is to give a speech at the Naval War College the following day.
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1897-05-28
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt informs Captain Gleaves that she will not be requesting the services of the presidential yacht, USS Mayflower, during the fall of 1902, although she suggests that he communicate with George B. Cortelyou to find out what President Roosevelt’s needs may be. Roosevelt recommends creating only one plate for both her and President Roosevelt, with the crest stamped in gold. She congratulates Gleaves on the record of the Mayflower at target practice, and sends some pictures to him care of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-30