Alsop, Joseph W. (Joseph Wright), 1876-1953

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1908-11-10

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt will meet the gentleman and two ladies as his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles requests. He agrees with Connecticut state representative Joseph W. Alsop that the ticket in Connecticut should not be broken up, and feels sympathy for the attacks again Representative George L. Lilley. Roosevelt tells his sister that the phone lines will likely be too crowded to call on election night, but he will wire as soon as he thinks the election is decided.

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Creation Date

1908-10-28

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Dudley Foulke

President Roosevelt describes the process by which he appointed a judge in Connecticut to William Dudley Foulke. Roosevelt vehemently denies reports that he promised the appointment to John K. Beach but later appointed another man in order to get a delegation favorable to nominating William H. Taft at the Republican National Convention.

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Creation Date

1908-08-03

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank S. Butterworth

President Roosevelt tells Frank S. Butterworth that he did not promise that he would not make any change to the position of Collector of Internal Revenue in Connecticut, but that if Butterworth’s description of Robert O. Eaton’s character was accurate, then Roosevelt would not appoint him and would leave W. Frank Kinney in the position. Roosevelt has since received character references from several people attesting to Eaton’s good character.

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Creation Date

1908-01-23

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt tells Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he will write to her in the volumes she requests as long as she sends letters in the same volumes. He is glad she is taking an interest in local politics. Roosevelt is sorry that Joseph W. Alsop did not get nominated. Roosevelt is sorry to hear about William Sheffield Cowles’s finger and sends his love.

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Creation Date

1906-10-18

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt tells his sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, that he will write to her husband, William S. Cowles to see if he would be willing to come up for a day to join them at the naval review. He is looking forward to having Cowles and her son, William Sheffield Cowles, visit them soon. They recently were visited by Nicholas and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and had a pleasant time. Roosevelt was very interested about what Cowles wrote about Joseph W. Alsop and his friend, and would like to see them sometime next winter, because he is scheduled to give an address in the spring that touches on some of the topics they work on.

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Creation Date

1906-08-21

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Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles regards Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Hartford, Connecticut, as one of the best Christmas gifts. She is grateful it was on one of her better days when she was “not quite as cripply” and so was really able to enjoy their time together. Everyone else also enjoyed his visit. She is sorry William S. Cowles did not get into the legislature and fears it will be a hard winter since he has no work and she is “not as companionable.”

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Creation Date

1910-12-20

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Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles now realizes what Theodore Roosevelt went through and accomplished since returning from his Western trip. Her family has settled again in New England, and William Sheffield Cowles is enjoying 8th grade at a public school. She gets many letters about Roosevelt and sends one from a young woman with health issues who wrote a story about Indians in the Grand Canyon. Cowles reports that Joseph W. Alsop’s nomination was successful. She admonishes Roosevelt not to respond as she knows he is busy.

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1910-10-02

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Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles celebrates the election of William H. Taft, which was a triumph for President Roosevelt. She was amused to hear that Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and his wife want to stay in London. She discusses the electoral results in Connecticut, where George L. Lilley was elected governor. Walter L. Goodwin and John Q. Tilson also won their elections, while Joseph W. Alsop also did well. She hopes to hear more about the details of her brother’s African trip and heard from his son Ted by telephone when he assured her the he was “all perfectly right.”

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1908-11-08

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Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles wishes her brother, President Roosevelt, a happy birthday. Cowles wishes that she could see him for a “real talk.” She asks him if it would be possible for him to receive Joseph W. Alsop’s cousin, Mary Oliver Alsop Dabney Boreham, with Hubert D. Astley and his wife, Lady Sutton, when Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt can also be there. Astley is interested in birds. Cowles discusses the political situation in Connecticut, which is not very good. George L. Lilley was chosen in the caucus, but is having a hard time on the ticket, where he is challenged by A. Heaton Robertson. Alsop is struggling in the state senate race. She asks if Roosevelt can have William Loeb telephone her when he is sure about the result of the presidential vote.

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Creation Date

1908-10-27

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Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles says the news about Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker validates President Roosevelt’s feelings, and Justice William H. Moody thinks the situation will help William H. Taft. Ambassador to Brazil Edwin V. Morgan has commented on the recent political involvement of the wealthy. Cowles thinks Seth Low Pierrepont is qualified to enter the diplomatic service and she hopes Roosevelt will speak to him. Joe Alsop’s senate nomination and hard work have pleased Cowles. Mabel Boardman, who Cowles is visiting, is going to Washington for the tuberculosis congress in her usual hardworking spirit. She invites Ted Roosevelt to visit Farmington, though he might find it boring.

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Creation Date

1908-09-19

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Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles informs President Roosevelt that John Q. Tilson has accepted his invitation to lunch. Although she cannot vouch for his views, the people in Connecticut whom he has suggested for the state delegation are good people.

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Creation Date

1908-01-08

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Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles writes her brother, President Roosevelt, regarding the selection of a Connecticut Supreme Court Justice. She thinks that either Walter Chadwick Noyes or John J. Beach would be a good choice, although she has heard more about the latter. She also communicates that she is enjoying the summer weather and that her family is doing well in Farmington, Connecticut.

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Creation Date

1907-07-01

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Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles asks President Roosevelt if he is allowed to autograph a few of his books for sale at a fair in Hartford, Connecticut. Cowles discusses her interest in local political matters and describes a finger injury her son, William Sheffield Cowles Jr., suffered at the expense of a bicycle chain.

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Creation Date

1906-10-17

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Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles apologizes for taking so long to return a deed to her brother, President Roosevelt, but explains the difficulty she had in getting a notary. She is glad to be able to gift him something that will be of use. Cowles promises to write Roosevelt about possibly visiting at Oyster Bay later in the summer, after the upcoming Naval Review. Her vacation has been pleasant so far, but she comments that sometimes “it is difficult being your sister to stay in a hotel and not be made too conspicuous just on account of the relationship.” She heard good things about the honeymoon Roosevelt’s newly married daughter, Alice Longworth, and her husband Nicholas Longworth were able to take to England, and hopes they had a good time. Cowles also shares a humorous story where her son, William Sheffield Cowles, shared that he hoped President Roosevelt could find something to do in Farmington, Connecticut, after leaving the presidency so that they could see him often.

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Creation Date

1906-08-19

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Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Annual meeting of T.R. Collection Committee at Harvard

Article that announces the annual meeting for 1978 of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection Committee which oversees the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Harvard University. The article lists the members of the Theodore Roosevelt Association that serve on the committee, provides an update on the additions and contributions made to the collection, and lists the names of the individuals and organizations that made the donations. The article also says that a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt painted by George Burroughs Torrey at the White House had been donated to Harvard by Dr. Adelbert Ames. The article closes with a history of the Roosevelt Collection from 1919 to 1978.

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1978

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt is happy that the safari has been a success, although he is homesick and will not listen to those who tell him he should wait to travel home until after the fall elections. Roosevelt is eager to see his articles published in book form, and hopes that it will be received as well as the recent publications were.

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Creation Date

1909-12-17

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt agrees to the plans Anna Roosevelt Cowles proposed in her note. He is pleased with the British government’s response to recent events.

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Creation Date

1907-01-22

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt will write in the volumes for Anna Roosevelt Cowles, and he is sorry to see Joseph W. Alsop lose out on a nomination.

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Creation Date

1906-10-18

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt greatly appreciates the gift. He suggests travel arrangements for William S. Cowles and is looking forward to seeing Anna Roosevelt Cowles and William Sheffield Cowles Jr.

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Creation Date

1906-08-21

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