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Theodore Roosevelt asks C. Grant La Farge where and when the Boone and Crockett dinner will be held. Roosevelt also asks where William Austin Wadsworth and his family will be staying in New York.
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1911-12-12
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1913-06-30
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
La Farge, C. Grant (Christopher Grant), 1862-1938
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1913-06-09
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
La Farge, C. Grant (Christopher Grant), 1862-1938
English
President Roosevelt informs C. Grant La Farge that it is not expense that caused him to remove the rosettes on the column capitals, but rather they are removed because he does not like the design. He is unsure what La Farge means by “the little projecting blocks” and asks him to clarify what he is referring to.
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1908-10-08
President Roosevelt informs C. Grant La Farge that he will leave the picture as-is and does not need a new panel. He enjoyed having La Farge and his wife, Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge, over.
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1908-09-04
President Roosevelt informs C. Grant La Farge that the tops of the plaster pillars in the north room of Sagamore Hill are shabby and asks La Farge to send someone to fix them. In a postscript, he expects to see La Farge and his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge by the afternoon of September 1 to stay through September 3.
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1908-08-17
President Roosevelt invites architect C. Grant La Farge and his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to come and see him, not just socially but also to consult regarding the placement and installation of a new painting the Roosevelts have acquired by Pinckney Marcius-Simons.
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1908-08-10
President Roosevelt asks if C. Grant La Farge and his wife can visit before October first and discuss “everything, from politics to nature faking.”
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1907-08-19
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his friend C. Grant La Farge saying he will not likely make it to New York. Roosevelt asks if La Farge and his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge might come to Washington to stay at the White House instead. Though not noted in the letter, Roosevelt had just taken office the week before.
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1901-09-20
Theodore Roosevelt compliments C. Grant La Farge on a letter he wrote. Roosevelt wants to tell La Farge and Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge about the interesting National Progressive Convention in Chicago, but will not have time for the next three months.
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1912-08-13
Theodore Roosevelt provides C. Grant La Farge an update on Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s health after her recent fall. Roosevelt shares his Thanksgiving plans and sends regards to La Farge’s wife.
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1911-10-06
Theodore Roosevelt does not understand C. Grant La Farge’s question, but suggests that Henry Adams’s History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and History of the United States During the Administrations of James Madison will give the most detailed account of the matter. Concerning Napoleon’s account, Roosevelt urges La Farge to “discriminate between the real and make-believe facts.” Roosevelt believes that Great Britain was worse to the United States than France.
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1915-03-05
President Roosevelt explains to C. Grant La Farge that he cannot speak to his successor on behalf of any policies or commissions, because then he would have to do it for every policy or commission. He also believes they would do better to approach president-elect William H. Taft on their own initiative, rather than through him.
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1909-02-16
President Roosevelt tells C. Grant La Farge that there may be a position for his father, John La Farge, in connection with the upcoming Tokyo Exhibition. Roosevelt has written to Exposition Commissioner Francis Davis Millet to find out.
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1908-07-29
President Roosevelt assures C. Grant La Farge that there was no need for his letter. He understands that conversations get repeated and reach the public “in twisted form.”
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1908-04-15
President Roosevelt will take up the Indian Agent issue but can not assist with the airship, as he would not be of much help and is quite busy. He sends his love to Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge and the children.
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1907-12-26
President Roosevelt thanks C. Grant La Farge for his letter. Archibald B. Roosevelt is improving from his illness. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is tired from tending to her son.
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1907-03-10
President Roosevelt explains to architect C. Grant La Farge that it is difficult to keep his private life and public acts separate. To avoid impropriety, Roosevelt will give La Farge’s letter to Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou and let him decide if the project will be open to competition or to give it to La Farge.
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1907-03-08
After issues with blown ashes in the library, President Roosevelt asks friend and architect C. Grant La Farge for help finding a chimney expert.
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1906-09-05
President Roosevelt found the poem “immense.” Although he is not “in trim” to play tennis, he invites C. Grant La Farge to come early on Saturday, and Kermit Roosevelt will play instead.
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1906-08-30