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President Roosevelt wishes Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes and her family a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-25
President Roosevelt tells Patty Selmes that he was glad to give an item to John, and knows he will fare well. He also notes that Selmes, her daughter Isabella Ferguson, and Ferguson’s newly born daughter Martha Ferguson have all been on his mind.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-12
President Roosevelt asks Martha Selmes how long she will be in the neighborhood, and invites her to come spend at night at the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-28
Theodore Roosevelt informs Patty Selmes that Charlie’s book has just arrived with her card. He looks forward to reading it, as he enjoys all of his books. When she is in the neighborhood, Roosevelt would like to see her personally.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-07
President Roosevelt enjoys everything that Charles Macomb Flandrau writes and is sure he will enjoy Viva Mexico as well. He thanks Patty Selmes for sending it to him. He is glad that he has been able to see Isabella and Robert Harry Munro Ferguson this summer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-13
President Roosevelt thanks Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes for remembering him, and he wishes he could see her.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-26
President Roosevelt has looked into the matter of John S. Gibbon that Martha Macomb Selmes brought to his attention, and is sorry to report that the War Department is strongly against the bill. Roosevelt agrees with the sentiment of some of those on the Committee on Military Affairs that passing special bills for the appointment of single officers would demoralize the army and lead to more ambitious men lobbying for special appointments in the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-12
President Roosevelt promises Martha Macomb Selmes that he will write to Representative John A. T. Hull to try to pass the bill relating to John S. Gibbons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-07
President Roosevelt read and enjoyed William T. Emmet’s Good Hunting, and asks Martha Selmes to tell Emmet how much he liked it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-31
President Roosevelt sends his personal thanks to Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes, wishing she could have attended his inauguration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-06
President Roosevelt was pleased to receive the telegram from Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes. In a handwritten note, Roosevelt writes, “let the bear go on growling!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-09
President Roosevelt returns the manuscript to Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes and states he was unhappy with the ending. He wishes the heroine conducted herself with virtue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-23
President Roosevelt has received the picture and it is beautiful.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-26
While Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has not formally invited any married people–except the members of the cabinet–to Alice Roosevelt’s dance, she would be pleased if Martha Selmes stopped in without a formal invitation if she is in town. Roosevelt recently returned from a river trip with the Roosevelt children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-31
President Roosevelt asks if Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has written Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes about her plans to visit. He is looking forward to seeing her.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-27
President Roosevelt is sorry he must deny the request of Patty M. F. Selmes and Madam de Mores.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-27
President Roosevelt will expect Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes later. No vacancies were found in the Quartermaster’s Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-15
President Roosevelt asked Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes how long she will stay in New York and if she can put off her visit until more people get back to Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-11
Vice President Roosevelt cannot give advice about the appointment of messengers to individual senators as they would not tolerate such advice from a vice president. Roosevelt will be alone at Oyster Bay, New York, but he would be pleased with a visit from Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes and Isabella Selmes. He is unsure of the exact dates he will be home but will inform them as soon as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-07
William T. Emmet sends Martha Selmes a copy of his book, Good Hunting, to send to President Roosevelt. Emmet jokingly explains why “this so called book is beneath contempt,” and hopes it does not bore Roosevelt “to death.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-18