Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
President Roosevelt regrets that he cannot undertake anything further at this time.
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1903-11-11
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Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923
Letter from George B. Cortelyou to William Roscoe Thayer
President Roosevelt would be pleased to act upon William Roscoe Thayer’s suggestion but does not have anything on hand to contribute.
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1902-01-09
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt did what he could but it was impossible to defeat James Gillespie Blaine’s nomination as the Republican presidential candidate. The nomination made Roosevelt heartsick and he will likely spend the summer and fall in the West.
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1884-07-12
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt does not know if William Roscoe Thayer’s suggestion is feasible but he wants it taken up. Roosevelt is currently “worked nearly up to the limit.”
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1917-08-24
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Envelopes addressed to William Roscoe Thayer
Three envelopes addressed to William Roscoe Thayer.
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1916-1917
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed William Roscoe Thayer’s poem to President Wilson. He believes that the election results will allow others to speak with similar frankness.
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Creation Date
1918-11-08
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates William Roscoe Thayer’s letter and enjoyed the poem. He has been grimly amused at President Wilson trying to double cross the allies and then Germany.
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1918-10-16
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Roscoe Thayer for the letter.
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1918-08-14
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt gives three cheers for the Polyphemus Club and asks why William Roscoe Thayer left Hannibal out of his list of past presidents. Thayer served as president of the American Historical Association and became a biographer of Roosevelt in 1919. Polyphemus was a Clyclops, like the other Cyclops a son of Poseidon, who is a major character in the 9th book of the Odyssey. Odysseus lands on the island of the Cyclops and is forced to blind Polyphemus to escape his cave. Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian military leader who invaded Roman Italy, passing from Carthage and across the Alps with elephants into Italy. It is likely that there was not a real Polyphemus Club. Roosevelt and Thayer may have used the club to refer to people who were willfully blind. In 1918, that may have included Woodrow Wilson.
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Creation Date
1918-03-18
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Roscoe Thayer and looks forward to reading the book.
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Creation Date
1918-03-12
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt cannot accept due to a busy schedule. He hopes William Roscoe Thayer will attend the breakfast hosted by William Sturgis Bigelow. Roosevelt has doubts that the Wilson administration is seriously intending to put an effective army in the field. He thinks the administration is delaying in the hope that peace will arrive.
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Creation Date
1918-01-18
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates the volume and will be quoting from it in a speech.
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Creation Date
1917-10-05
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Roscoe Thayer for the book. He is disgusted with President Wilson who has “dragged our honor through the dust.” Roosevelt will not get into a fight over the presidential nomination and does not believe he will be nominated.
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1916-03-29
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt describes the American war effort as “war by rhetoric,” which is receiving approval from pacifists and pro-Germans. President Wilson continues to be a rhetorician and has done almost nothing except keep Roosevelt and General Wood out of the war.
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1917-06-08
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates William Roscoe Thayer’s letter. Roosevelt wants to go abroad with the troops but he doubts the Wilson administration will allow it.
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1917-05-05
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Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt invites William Roscoe Thayer and Mrs. Thayer to dinner at the Langdon Hotel.
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1916-11-14
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed William Roscoe Thayer’s article, and Roosevelt will be speaking on a similar subject in Battle Creek, Michigan. Roosevelt would be delighted if the “hyphenates” consider him a renegade as he has been fighting them for thirty years.
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Creation Date
1916-09-20
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt has adopted all of William Roscoe Thayer’s suggestions.
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1916-08-29
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a document for William Roscoe Thayer. Roosevelt will be making a speech in Maine on August 31 that will put a “sharper edge” on campaign issues.
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1916-08-21
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Theodore Roosevelt offers additional information on the “Venezuelan affair” for the next edition of William Roscoe Thayer’s Life and Letters of John Hay.
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1916-08-11