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Theodore Roosevelt asks for a statement from Alexander Lambert to testify to Roosevelt’s sobriety to demonstrate to Roosevelt’s lawyer, James H. Pound, what Pound will have to rely on in the libel case against George A. Newett.
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1912-12-17
President Roosevelt thanks Alexander Lambert for sending the photos and hopes that Kermit Roosevelt shoots almost as well as Lambert in Africa.
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1909-02-23
President Roosevelt tells Alexander Lambert that he is of course welcome to come stay with the Roosevelts, and asks what time he will arrive at the White House. Roosevelt is anxious to see the book Lambert mentioned about venom, and has ordered a different one that Lambert mentioned as well.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt tells Alexander Lambert that he cannot accept the invitation without offending many people whose invitations he has refused. He will make any edits that Lambert desires to the enclosed letter.
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1908-11-14
President Roosevelt asks Alexander Lambert to come visit and stay the weekend at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt also remarks on the business of a telegram between him and Charles William Eliot that was somehow published. The telegram was meant to be private, and Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon originally wrote it.
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1908-06-26
President Roosevelt asks Alexander Lambert if he can come visit and stay the night sometime between July 6th and July 17th. He also asks if Lambert knows anything about his Louisiana bear skin.
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1908-06-23
President Roosevelt will look into the case, but tells Alexander Lambert that he does not think he can do anything.
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1908-04-25
President Roosevelt tells Alexander Lambert that it is good to hear from him, and that he is glad that Lambert liked his foreword to The Mongols. Roosevelt has called for a report on the case of Major Samuel A. Russel.
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1908-02-20
President Roosevelt asks Alexander Lambert if he has seen Roosevelt’s new edition of The Outdoor Pastimes, and says that if he has not, then Roosevelt will send him a copy.
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1908-02-11
President Roosevelt tells Alexander Lambert that whether or not he is responsible for the current financial panic, he will be held responsible for it. Roosevelt is not sure if he can do anything to allay the panic, but he will not abandon his anti-trust policies. He believes that imprisoning just a few men, such as Charlie Morse, Augustus Heinze, and Charles T. Barney (who died of self-inflicted wounds on 14 November 1907) would accomplish more than anything else. Roosevelt thanks Lambert for forwarding the bear skins to the taxidermist John Murgatroyd, and is anxious to be done with the bear hunting article he is working on.
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1907-11-01
President Roosevelt is sorry to hear that Alexander Lambert will not be able to travel to the West. Roosevelt informs Lambert that there will not be enough room on the Mississippi River voyage, as the members of the Interstate Waterways Commission are going, and he wants to take Dr. Presley Marion Rixey.
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1907-07-12
Alexander Lambert cannot visit on the day he has suggested, as the White House is full. President Roosevelt also cannot go walking on Sunday as Lambert requested, because there will be crowds and it is the day he rides with Edith Roosevelt. He requests that Lambert speak to C. Hart Merriam in person about the white goat matter.
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1907-04-20
President Roosevelt thanks Alexander Lambert for the invitation to stay at his home, but it is unnecessary as he will not be going to the dinner nearby.
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1907-04-04
President Roosevelt is relieved to hear the good news about Alexander Lambert’s father-in-law, Knight D. Cheney. He agrees that the enclosed article was excellent, and Archibald B. Roosevelt has been doing well.
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1907-03-20
President Roosevelt tells Alexander Lambert that he is glad to hear about Mr. Dooley and the Century. He says that if he appoints anyone from New York, it will likely be James Bronson Reynolds. Roosevelt is still undecided, however, and says that he thinks highly of Goodwin Brown.
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1907-02-25
President Roosevelt tells Dr. Alexander Lambert that the bid is so high because the bankers charge six percent, rather than five as Lambert had expected.
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1907-02-06
President Roosevelt tells Dr. Alexander Lambert that Lambert’s fears about New York City proved true but the rest of the state allowed for their desired election results.
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1906-11-07
President Roosevelt finds Alexander Lambert’s detailing of William Travers Jerome’s plan “interesting and characteristic.” Despite sometimes giving good advice, Roosevelt calls Jerome out as a lying “fakir.” Roosevelt has done all he can to help Representatives Parsons and Wadsworth, finding presidential interference does not help even in exceptional circumstances.
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1906-08-27
President Roosevelt asks Alexander Lambert to bring a scalpel and freezing apparatus when he visits tomorrow, as he has a boil that he may need looked at. Roosevelt mentions that his son Archie is also somewhat unwell, and that he would like Lambert to examine him too. Roosevelt jokingly says, “Now, I guess you will be sorry that you are coming to pay us a visit! I am forcing you to combine business with pleasure.”
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1906-07-11
President Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Alexander Lambert soon, and instructs him to show this letter to anyone who tries to stop him from visiting. Roosevelt also asks Lambert to visit a second time, as he has invited Secretary of War William H. Taft and Finley Peter Dunne to come for lunch, and knows that Lambert will be interested in meeting them.
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1906-07-10