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Theodore Roosevelt writes Corinne Roosevelt Robinson that he is impressed with the poem and found their lunch delightful. Roosevelt is pleased with Teddy’s attitude and believes that “sooner or later [Teddy] will become a power in this county.” Roosevelt cites an Arab proverb in reference to Teddy’s attitude.
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1911-07-28
Theodore Roosevelt hopes his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson got the two letters. He likes the poem the more he reads it. Jacob A. Riis also praised the poem.
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1911-07-31
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson that he will lunch with her anywhere in town on Tuesday, July 11, and suggests meeting at the office at 1:00 pm before going on to the Fifth Avenue Restaurant.
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1911-07-05
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses the requested tickets for box 4 at the Lincoln dinner. Although Corinne Roosevelt Robinson only requested four, he is sending all of the tickets because they are all in the same box.
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1911-02-09
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson about two men fundraising for French Protestant Churches that are in need because of World War I. Roosevelt suggests that Dorothy Payne Whitney may be interested in their work, and he has also given one of the men a letter for Cleveland H. Dodge.
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1915-02-20
Theodore Roosevelt wishes Corinne Roosevelt Robinson a happy new year and will be visiting soon.
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1914-12-28
Theodore Roosevelt describes which poems he admires from Douglas Robinson.
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1914-10-02
President Roosevelt will miss Corinne Roosevelt Robinson while he is in Africa and will think of her when he is reading. Roosevelt is glad that that she and her husband, Douglas Robinson, were able to attend the White House function last night.
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1909-02-19
At the request of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, William Loeb sends Corinne Roosevelt Robinson a check to pay for the subscription to the Children’s Fund of the Orthopedic Hospital.
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1909-02-20
President Roosevelt was glad to hear from his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. Everything went splendidly. He encloses a note of “prophecy” that he sent to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge a week before the election.
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1908-11-04
President Roosevelt thanks his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, for the note and check, which made him feel like he “was fifteen instead of fifty.” He wishes that he could see her, as he has a lot to talk about with her. He asks her to thank her husband Douglas for the note.
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1908-10-27
President Roosevelt accepts Corinne Roosevelt Robinson’s invitation to the dedication of a library and asks about the best way to travel, emphasizing that he does not want to be inundated with requests to speak, so it is best to travel at night and to keep the trip secret.
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1908-07-25
President Roosevelt tells his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, that their letters must have crossed in the mail. Roosevelt remarks on his view that the Presidency should be a powerful position, but one that is subject to review by the population. Roosevelt does not believe that one person should be in the Presidency for more than eight years at a time. William Allen White has written him an amusing letter enclosing an editorial, which he sends to show to Robinson.
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1908-06-26
President Roosevelt thanks his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and her husband Douglas Robinson for the telegram. He was very pleased with the Republican National Convention, and thinks that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge handled it very well. Roosevelt was relieved when William H. Taft was finally nominated, although he was fairly sure it would happen.
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1908-06-23
President Roosevelt tells his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson that he will send the letter, even though he does not want to because it will cause a demand for other letters.
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1908-04-20
President Roosevelt agrees to arrange to see friends of his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and asks if she is going to stop in Washington, D.C., on her way to New York.
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1908-03-26
President Roosevelt thanks Corinne Robinson and her husband Douglas Robinson for bringing the chair from Venice. He was feeling bad about the depression and the poor, but the New York contingent awakened a healthy desire in him to “take the tuck out of them.”
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1907-12-25
President Roosevelt thanks his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, for sharing Mignonette Violett Whelen’s touching letter about her successive sorrows. Presently everyone holds a poor opinion of him. He asks Corinne to thank Darius O. Mills for the kind words. He is anxious to see Corinne and Douglas Robinson. Roosevelt is sorry his nephew, Monroe Douglas Robinson, is not playing on the team but regards the situation as better than Ted Roosevelt, whose sporting career ended when he injured his leg within five minutes of play.
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1907-11-16
William Loeb sends Corinne Roosevelt Robinson a check for $6.00 on behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to support “the Children’s Fund of the Orthopedic Hospital.”
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1907-02-14
President Roosevelt forwards his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, a letter from Arthur William Merrifield complimenting her sons, Monroe Douglas Robinson and Stewart Douglas Robinson.
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1906-11-29