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Theodore Roosevelt thanks John C. Shaffer for his telegram about Mrs. Roosevelt and is glad Shaffer enjoyed his letter to Juliet Barrett Rublee. Roosevelt is sorry he had to be in Syracuse while Shaffer was here.
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1915-05-03
Theodore Roosevelt congratulates John C. Shaffer on the success of the course he followed and notes the importance of electing William Hale Thompson as Mayor of Chicago, in part because of the “emphatic rebuke it gave to the German-Americans.”
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1915-04-10
Theodore Roosevelt tried to catch John C. Shaffer at the Biltmore, but was unsuccessful. He asks that Shaffer give him a warning next time, so they can meet. Roosevelt also invites Shaffer and his wife to come for lunch or dinner the next time they are in town.
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1915-02-19
President Roosevelt thanks John C. Shaffer for the message and the book.
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1914-12-29
President Roosevelt thanks John C. Shaffer for his editorial.
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1914-10-05
Theodore Roosevelt thanks John C. Shaffer for the “corking editorials” he wrote in answer to Herman Henry Kohlsaat.
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1912-11-20
President Roosevelt thanks John C. Shaffer for his letter. Roosevelt feels that no one could write a “kinder or pleasanter letter.”
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1909-03-03
President Roosevelt praises the editorial sent to him by John C. Shaffer, publisher of the Chicago Evening Post. Roosevelt remarks that being his becoming a newspaper man in his new role at The Outlook does not guarantee him any mercy in telling the truth or not.
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1909-02-19
President Roosevelt tells John C. Shaffer an amusing anecdote wherein Roosevelt, after reading an editorial in the Indianapolis Star, wrote to ask what it meant, but instantly understood once he heard that Shaffer had acquired control of the paper.
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1908-12-11
President Roosevelt appreciated the telegram from John C. Shaffer of the Chicago Evening Post. He believes the election result is a great victory for the nation and thanks Shaffer for his role in it.
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1908-11-04
President Roosevelt acknowledges receipt of a letter and enclosure from John C. Shaffer, and thanks him for all he has done. Roosevelt would like to see Shaffer in Washington, D.C., after the election to talk over various things.
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1908-07-31
President Roosevelt enjoyed a cartoon from Chicago Evening Post editor John C. Shaffer, but voices his frustration at press coverage claiming he will make two dollars a word for writing about his upcoming African safari. Roosevelt emphasizes he will be travelling as a private citizen, and that the offer he accepted from Scribner’s was half of what he was offered by another publication. Roosevelt is confident that William H. Taft will win the upcoming presidential election.
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1908-07-20
President Roosevelt thanks John C. Shaffer for his letter, and was pleased to see the editorial.
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1908-05-01
President Roosevelt tells John C. Shaffer that he appreciates Shaffer’s writing and thanks him for the clippings he sent.
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1908-02-20
President Roosevelt tells John C. Shaffer that he believes in him and the Chicago Evening Post, and that the recent editorial in favor of Secretary of War William H. Taft was very good.
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1908-01-23
President Roosevelt appreciates John C. Shaffer’s taste in books and thanks him for the book he has gifted him.
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1908-01-13
President Roosevelt is glad to do what John C. Shaffer asks but is unsure what to say and does not want to cause harm. He will continue to think and go over it with Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou.
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1907-11-13
President Roosevelt thanks John C. Shaffer for the letter and gift of books containing the unpublished letters of Charles Lamb. He assures Shaffer that both he and his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, greatly appreciate the gift and Shaffer’s friendship.
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1906-07-27
President Roosevelt thanks John C. Shaffer for what he has been saying about Roosevelt in the Chicago Evening Post.
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1904-08-13
President Roosevelt thanks John C. Shaffer for his letter and appreciates what he said about Morton.
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1904-06-27