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Corinne Roosevelt Robinson expresses her distress over John Wallace Riddle’s illness. She hopes he is really better and that he and Theodate Pope Riddle will let her know when they are in New York.
1931-01-27
Theodore Roosevelt has written to Mr. Johnston and encloses the letter to Colonel Conger.
1918-05-22
Anna Roosevelt invites John Wallace Riddle to dinner and would like a lesson in piquet afterwards.
1890-05-18
Theodore Roosevelt was sorry to have missed John Wallace Riddle and invites him to dinner on Tuesday.
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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt thanks John Wallace Riddle for the small library that he sent and for providing her and her guests their summer reading. She hopes that Riddle will not return to St. Paul, Minnesota, early in the summer and instead spend the Fourth of July with them at Oyster Bay, New York.
1889-05-08
Commissioner Roosevelt acknowledges the letter, book, and paper sent by John Wallace Riddle. His summer reading is now set. Roosevelt will be making a flying visit out west in August and wishes Riddle could join the family for the Fourth of July.
1889-06-12
Theodore Roosevelt invites John Wallace Riddle to visit his home in Oyster Bay, New York.
1888-11-26
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt announce the marriage of their daughter, Alice Roosevelt, to Representative Nicholas Longworth.
1906
Commissioner Roosevelt encloses a note that John Wallace Riddle can give to Mr. Rock, Roosevelt’s tailor. He considers Rock to be very good, and so does Elliott Roosevelt, which is more to the point. Roosevelt enjoyed the “alligator-bagger” clippings, and he will send them on to his family.
1889-10-08
Isabella Hagner encloses a ticket for John Wallace Riddle for the play. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will be very pleased if Riddle accompanies her.
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Kermit Roosevelt requests that John Wallace Riddle come and visit. Roosevelt leaves for the Badlands the following week. Kermit’s brother Archie will soon return from sailing on the Spray with Captain Joshua Slocum. The Spray was the boat that Captain Slocum sailed around the world.
1906
Kermit Roosevelt acknowledges John Wallace Riddle’s correspondence and has cabled to look after Riddle’s cousin. Roosevelt has not seen Riddle in a long time and misses him at the bridge games at the Knickerbocker.
1936-01-02
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson congratulates John Wallace Riddle on his appointment as ambassador to Argentina. She is glad for him in every way but one; she is sorry for all who have been welcomed to his home. Robinson asks that he try to be two places at once.
1921-11-13
Anna Roosevelt Cowles expresses her happiness for John Wallace Riddle and Theodate Pope. She praises Pope and her genius, and advises Riddle to be “very dear to Mrs. Pope,” to whom the couple’s engagement may come as a shock.
1916-02-21
Anna Roosevelt Cowles invites John Wallace Riddle to visit. The visit will be quiet as Admiral Cowles will be in Washington, D.C.
1911-05-22
Kermit Roosevelt is concerned about John Wallace Riddle’s pneumonia and hopes he is feeling better. Kermit and President Roosevelt are busy making plans for their African safari. He describes their planned itinerary. Kermit has been able to see Isabella and Robert Harry Munro Ferguson many times this summer. He will be joining Ferguson for a September hunting trip in Wyoming.
1908-1909
Kermit Roosevelt is sorry he missed seeing John Wallace Riddle in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He had to leave earlier than expected and hopes to see Riddle for Thanksgiving. Roosevelt thanks Riddle for the resource on piquet.
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