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President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald that Quentin has a “game leg” which will be in a plaster cast for two weeks. On Saturday, Roosevelt and Edith took Quentin to see the athletic games at the Episcopal High School. Quentin was supposed to participate in the sack race, but his injury prevented this.
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1908-11-17
President Roosevelt agrees with his son Archie that it is good that “Taft, Hughes, and Groton” were victorious. He updates Archie on his brother Quentin, who is doing very well at football and tennis, and is doing well in school. Kermit Roosevelt is home now. Roosevelt took a fall on a “scramble walk” in Rock Creek Park but was uninjured.
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1908-11-08
President Roosevelt relays to his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, a riding accident he recently had. As both of Roosevelt’s jumping horses were hurt, he was riding a different horse which was spooked and reared up and fell into Rock Creek. Roosevelt assures Archie that he is unharmed. Roosevelt also believes that his son will like the new captain of the USS Sylph, who can give him advice about getting into the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.
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1908-06-05
President Roosevelt recounts for his son Archibald the mischief that Quentin has been getting into this week. First, Quentin has taken up a new interest in bees and brought a beehive to school before bringing it back to the garden. Second, Quentin was hit in the eye with a foul ball while keeping score for a baseball game and now “feels much much like a baseball hero.”
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1908-05-30
President Roosevelt updates his son Archie on goings on at the White House. Quentin remains enthusiastic about baseball. Christine and William Emlen Roosevelt visited with the Richardsons, and the flowers are in bloom.
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1908-05-17
President Roosevelt updates Archibald B. Roosevelt on the weather and flora in Washington, his riding with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and Quentin Roosevelt’s baseball playing. The family will go see the juggler Harry Kellar tonight.
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1908-05-01
President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about his and Edith’s trip to Pine Knot with John Burroughs. Burroughs had a run-in with a family of flying squirrels who live in Archie’s old bedroom.
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1908-05-10
President Roosevelt updates Archibald B. Roosevelt on the activities of the family and especially the family’s dogs and horses. He adds that Ted and Ethel have gone to a dance, and Edith left for New York. He does not think Ted will ever be inside the White House again.
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1908-04-25
President Roosevelt updates Archibald B. Roosevelt on family life. Ethel Roosevelt has bought a bulldog puppy, and Quentin Roosevelt and three friends, including Charles P. Taft, got in trouble for putting spitballs on portraits in the White House.
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1908-04-11
President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about the goings-on of the Roosevelt family. Quentin Roosevelt is very interested in baseball and recently won a game. Ethel Roosevelt’s horse, Fidelity, accidentally kicked her dog, Mike, while she was out riding, causing a commotion. Roosevelt himself has been playing tennis and going riding since the weather has been so nice recently.
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1908-03-15
President Roosevelt writes to his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, to tell him about some of the goings-on at the White House. Quentin Roosevelt brought his baseball team to the grounds, and Roosevelt enjoyed watching them play. Ethel Roosevelt has a new puppy named Mike, and another of the the Roosevelt’s dogs, Scamp, has been hunting many rats in the White House.
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1908-03-08
President Roosevelt tells his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s new horse, which she named Nicoletta because she is currently angry with Nicholas Murray Butler. Roosevelt is having his picture painted in his riding clothes.
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1908-02-29
President Roosevelt writes to his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about family life in Washington, D.C. He wishes that he was with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt visiting Archibald and his brother Kermit Roosevelt. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and Douglas Robinson are visiting currently, and Roosevelt has enjoyed seeing them. Roosevelt has offered to read to Quentin Roosevelt in the evenings, but he has been too busy, and Roosevelt thinks he may be grown up enough where he would prefer to read to himself now.
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1908-02-23
President Roosevelt writes to Archibald B. Roosevelt to update him on some things going on with their family. Roosevelt praises his son for his monthly report, and warns him against working too hard, as he does not want to get more headaches. Joseph Wilmer is going on the Mississippi River trip. Douglas Robinson and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson are visiting currently, and are having a nice time. Roosevelt believes that public school and the Y.M.C.A. have been good for Quentin Roosevelt.
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1908-02-16
President Roosevelt tells his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, about recent events in Washington, D.C.. He and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt had gone to a circus set up by the Young Men’s Christian Association, where Quentin Roosevelt was dressed as a clown. Roosevelt enjoyed his time, and Quentin did a good job during the performance. The Roosevelts recently had two boys give them a banjo performance at the White House, which they enjoyed. Endicott Peabody and Fannie Peabody have visited Roosevelt recently.
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1908-02-09
President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about some of the events of the Roosevelt household at the White House. Quentin Roosevelt has had a sleepover with several friends, and Roosevelt fondly remembers playing hide-and-seek with all the Roosevelt children in years past. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is fond of the Roosevelt’s dog Scamp. Edith was not feeling well last night, but after a small dinner party started feeling better.
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1908-01-02
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about what he has been doing. Roosevelt was able to play tennis several days in the previous week, but after a snow storm, it was not possible anymore. He took several slippery rides and walks. Roosevelt also writes about Scamp, one of the family dogs, and says that he is very active.
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1908-01-27
President Roosevelt tells his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, about a funny letter he received from Fannie Peabody. He also provides an update on how Quentin Roosevelt is doing at home.
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1908-01-20
President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald that Weast, a man the younger Roosevelt has taken interest in, has been taken care of. Judge Bromwell has arranged the transfer. Roosevelt is proud that his son called Weast to his attention. He also recounts a “most comic letter” from Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., asking them to purchase his horse and pay him for it. Roosevelt also updates Archibald on Quentin and the ongoing social engagements at the White House.
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1908-01-15
President Roosevelt is concerned to learn that his son Archibald B. Roosevelt has been ill and updates him on recent goings-on in the family, including updating Archie on Scamp, their “very cunning little dog,” and the president’s first experience exercising with medicine balls.
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1907-11-23