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The Minnesota post office position was filled before President Roosevelt received the letter from Jacob A. Riis. He regrets he did not know about the “old soldier” sooner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-19
President Roosevelt jokes that he should be dead to justify the biography written by Jacob A. Riis. He is pleased with the book.
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1904-01-09
President Roosevelt invites Jacob Riis to the White House in order to discuss the Anthracite Coal Strike, which he thinks could be used to great advantage in one of Riis’s articles. Roosevelt is ashamed of the New York election results.
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1903-11-04
President Roosevelt knew that Jacob Riis would be pleased with the Delaware appointment and gives Riis permission to use the photograph of Archibald Roosevelt. Roosevelt is following the New York campaign and asks if Riis will join him on the train when he goes to vote.
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1903-10-15
President Roosevelt encloses two photographs of Archibald Roosevelt and Josiah the badger and asks if Jacob Riis noticed what Roosevelt did in the Delaware situation.
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1903-10-12
President Roosevelt introduces Harrison Jewell Holt, Harvard graduate, journalist, and former member of Roosevelt’s regiment, to Jacob A. Riis.
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1903-10-05
President Roosevelt introduces Harrison Jewell Holt, Harvard graduate, journalist, and former member of Roosevelt’s regiment, to Jacob A. Riis.
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1903-10-02
President Roosevelt was pleased to receive The Peril and Preservation of the Home.
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1903-08-20
President Roosevelt would be pleased to have the McHargs join them on the island and will set a definite date of August 12.
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1903-07-31
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt would be pleased to coordinate their trip to Twin Island with the Riis family. Roosevelt suggests Wednesday, August 12 for the start date.
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1903-07-27
President Roosevelt sends his condolences after hearing of the death of Jacob A. Riis’s mother.
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1903-03-03
President Roosevelt was pleased to hear the news about Jacob A. Riis’s mother.
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1903-02-03
President Roosevelt thanks Jacob A. Riis for the letter and book.
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1902-11-08
President Roosevelt has been reading Jacob A. Riis’s book and would be proud to have it dedicated to him. Roosevelt does not believe it is possible for them to investigate the slums like they used to when Roosevelt was Governor of New York, primarily because wherever the President goes a large crowd follows.
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1902-11-12
President Roosevelt found the letter extraordinary but knows that Kentucky is an extraordinary state. Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Jacob A. Riis.
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1902-10-22
President Roosevelt invites Jacob A. Riis to lunch at Oyster Bay, New York.
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1902-07-30
President Roosevelt was influenced to act by a discussion with Josephine Shaw Lowell on immorality.
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1902-04-21
President Roosevelt is setting up a gathering of the Roosevelt and Riis families.
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1902-03-27
On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, William Loeb sends Jacob A. Riis an enclosed letter asking for assistance, and wonders if he can offer her any advice on what to do about it.
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1902-02-21
President Roosevelt returns the letter from Jacob A. Riis and expresses his thanks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-06