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Theodore Roosevelt apologizes to Albert Bushnell Hart that he cannot attend the Cosmopolitan Club dinner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-19
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Professor Hart for his article. He assures him he will not accept a nomination in 1912 and would make an unconditional statement if it were not so far in advance. Roosevelt would like to show him his correspondence with Judge Baldwin and his final refusal to bring the libel suit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-07
Theodore Roosevelt appreciated Albert Bushnell Hart’s letter. People like Hart restore Roosevelt’s faith in the American people. Roosevelt would like to see Hart and Arthur Hill together sometime in the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-08-28
Theodore Roosevelt received Albert Bushnell Hart’s note after he returned from San Diego. Roosevelt may have seen Savage while he was there, but as he had not received Hart’s note he did not give him any special attention. Roosevelt invites Hart to visit if he is ever in the neighborhood.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-08-16
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Albert Bushnell Hart for the letter. He does not plan to be more involved in the campaign than he currently is. He will give a few speeches but feels a speaking tour will do positive damage.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-04-07
Theodore Roosevelt denounces President Wilson’s failure to act and does not believe Wilson is “carrying out a genuine American policy.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-01
Theodore Roosevelt makes arrangements to meet with Professor Hart.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-22
Theodore Roosevelt is very interested in reading Albert Bushnell Hart’s book and thanks him for sending it. Roosevelt agrees with Hart and strongly advocates the introduction of the Swiss system into the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-04
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Albert Bushnell Hart for his letter. Roosevelt looks forward to reading Hart’s new book and finds it curious how much alike they think. He intends to recommend for the “United States military service on the lines of Switzerland,” which is basically what Hart is suggesting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-10-05
Theodore Roosevelt explains to Albert Bushnell Hart that he cannot make a speech like Hart requested.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-16
President Roosevelt explains to Albert Bushnell Hart that he took the stand he did regarding the Constantinople matter because Secretary of State Root informed him that James L. Barton and Mary Mills Patrick had misrepresented the facts. Roosevelt explains what he now believes the facts of the matter to be, as Hart is as mistaken as Roosevelt was.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-16
President Roosevelt found Albert Bushnell Hart’s letter very interesting, and would like to talk it over with him sometime.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-06
President Roosevelt sent Albert Bushnell Hart’s letter to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt has been uneasy about Special Assistant District Attorney Mary Grace Quackenbos. While she has a “genuine desire” to eradicate wrong, she has an “unsoundness of judgment that is both hysterical and sentimental.” The “outrages” perpetrated at southern plantations would warrant action if they took place elsewhere, but in the South they are part of life, and certain laws cannot be enforced.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-13
President Roosevelt thanks Albert Bushnell Hart for the book dedication and looks forward to reading his work. Roosevelt believes that Hart’s words have captured their shared belief that, even amidst the selfishness and corruption of public and financial life, the wholesome common man remains.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-18
President Roosevelt approves of the letter Albert Bushnell Hart wrote to an unidentified person. Roosevelt is glad Hart wrote the truth about a “firm of skunks” and advises Hart to leave the man in question alone, as he likely wants the attention he would gain from drawing Hart into a discussion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-06
President Roosevelt thanks Albert Bushnell Hart for his letter and commends his planned study of poor white and black country districts in the South.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-26
President Roosevelt was pleased by Professor Hart’s letter and asks if he can use wording from it in the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-27
President Roosevelt accepts Professor Hart’s invitation to Cambridge, but doubts that his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, will accompany him. Roosevelt generally does not like his wife to travel with him because such trips are exhausting for her.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-17
President Roosevelt thanks Albert Bushnell Hart for his telegram of congratulations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-10
President Roosevelt has been enjoying Albert Bushnell Hart’s new book and has several things he would like to discuss with Hart.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-06