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President Roosevelt tells Owen Wister that he will relay his recent letter to his son Theodore Roosevelt, then asks Wister to join him on an upcoming trip.
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1906-12-20
President Roosevelt writes to Owen Wister about Thomas Paine. Roosevelt says he should not have referred to Paine as an atheist as Paine admitted the existence of an unknown God, although he denied there was a Christian God. Roosevelt notes that Paine did not leave his bed for several weeks and so “a swine in a sty was physically clean by comparison.”
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1901-09-25
On behalf of President Roosevelt, his secretary, George Cortelyou, thanks Owen Wister for his letter and says that he will do the best he can to prove that he can perform the task set before him.
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1901-09-14
George B. Cortelyou tells Owen Wister that President Roosevelt has received the letter and taken up the matter with Gifford Pinchot.
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1902-09-22
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1917-10-08
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
2025-03-13
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1916-11-03
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
2025-01-02
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1916-10-30
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
2025-01-02
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Owen Wister to inform him that he agrees with the current dangers, and he writes that his job is difficult.
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1912-06-28
Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks and appreciation to Owen Wister for standing by him, and references a recent victory, most likely referring to his political campaign.
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1912-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt would like to know more about Gustavus Ohlinger. Roosevelt assumes Owen Wister liked his letter to the Progressive National Committee.
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1916-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt met with Owen Wister’s English pacifist friend and could not help telling him that Englishmen should be at home doing their duty. The prime duty of the English and Americans should be to prepare against disaster and stop making promises they do not intend to keep. Roosevelt expresses his displeasure at the policies of the Wilson administration and the influence of American pacifists.
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1915-06-23
Theodore Roosevelt fully approves of Owen Wister’s poem about Woodrow Wilson. Roosevelt opposed Hicks at the election, but he has forwarded the letters to his half-brother, Billy Cocks, to see if Hicks can do anything for Skirdin.
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1916-04-11
Theodore Roosevelt coordinates a visit with Owen Wister around his libel suit.
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1915-03-13
Theodore Roosevelt invites Owen Wister to Oyster Bay or for a New York lunch meeting. Roosevelt notes playwright, Langdon Mitchell, has deemed Wister’s play a success.
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1915-03-02
Theodore Roosevelt invites Owen Wister to the country for a visit or would like to see him in New York City in the spring.
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1914-12-16
Theodore Roosevelt asks Owen Wister if Major Boyd Robert Horsbrugh could visit with Roosevelt at The Outlook office. Roosevelt wonders if Wister will come with Horsbrugh.
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1912-11-25
President Roosevelt thanks Owen Wister for his letter.
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1909-03-03
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are concerned that Owen Wister is laid up and unable to visit. President Roosevelt had wished to tell Wister in person how much he liked his biography of George Washington.
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1909-01-18
President Roosevelt invites Owen Wister to stay at the White House for two days, and and shares that seeing the Wister family previously was a joy.
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1909-01-07
President Roosevelt asks Owen Wister if he, his wife Mary Channing Wister, and their children would have lunch with the Roosevelts on January 5. He jokes to Wister that if the epic poem had been written by Wister he would have read it, but “it would need strong personal friendship” for Roosevelt to read it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-29