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Theodore Roosevelt discusses the Mormon Church with Isaac Russell. Roosevelt responds to charges that he had negotiated secret deals with the Mormon leadership while President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-17
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Erastus J. Parsons for sending Roosevelt the copy of Editorial Review.
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1911-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary suggests that Marjorie R. Beardsley send her manuscript directly to the Managing Editor of The Outlook as Theodore Roosevelt is not involved with selecting articles for publication.
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1911-02-15
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor for sending copies of National Geographic Magazine.
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1911-02-16
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Robert F. Corman about an ancestor of Roosevelt’s in Pennsylvania.
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1911-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt assures Edmund Heller of the regard he and Kermit Roosevelt have for Heller. Roosevelt is glad that Heller will be able to write the piece about the giant eland.
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1911-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Booker T. Washington for the favorable article published in The World’s Work.
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1911-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt explains that he is unable to submit articles to publications other than The Outlook. Roosevelt extends praise to Robert Underwood Johnson of The Century Magazine regarding a recently printed brochure.
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1911-01-31
Theodore Roosevelt has not seen Metropolitan Magazine, but knows that he is being attacked on behalf of big interests as well as by the extremists on the other side. It does not matter, though, as he is in the right.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-03
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks John S. Phillips for sending his magazine for the coming year.
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1911-01-03
Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are very moved by Thomas Chalmers’ letter. Roosevelt inquires if Chalmers has seen the article he penned in the January 1916 issue of Metropolitan Magazine. He would like to meet Chalmers in New York or arrange for him to come to Oyster Bay.
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1916-01-03
Theodore Roosevelt appreciated Owen Johnson’s article in Collier’s on the spirit of France. Roosevelt suggests that Johnson may have included information in his article about the French pacifists that “nearly brought France to complete ruin.” Roosevelt also mentions that England has not done as much as France to prepare for war, but that the United States is even “less fit to do our duty.”
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1915-11-08
Theodore Roosevelt is glad to see the editorial, and he hopes that Ambassador Jusserand has noticed the straightforward articles he has recently published in the Metropolitan.
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1915-10-18
Theodore Roosevelt likes Reginald Wright Kauffman’s verses even more in their published form in the Metropolitan, and he also appreciated his piece in the Saturday Evening Post. Roosevelt is glad to know that Kauffman identifies as an “ex-Socialist.” Roosevelt considers himself a “near-Socialist” because there are many aspects of socialism he would like to adopt but he also considers some of what socialists advocate for to be “evil.”
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1915-08-26
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Reginald Wright Kauffman’s poem but suggests that he take out one word. Roosevelt offers advice on where to publish the poem and will do his best to see that it gets the widest circulation possible.
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1915-07-10
Theodore Roosevelt conveys his deepest sympathies to Huelin C. O’Neill on the death of his son. Roosevelt agrees with O’Neill about how unprepared the United States is to meet the threat of World War, and he believes that there should be compulsory universal military training. Roosevelt has had enough of “peace-at-any-price apostles” who will bring “only dishonor and disaster.”
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1915-06-16
Theodore Roosevelt declines W. C. Brewer’s invitation to address Brewer’s points in writing. Roosevelt believes President Wilson’s administration has dishonored the United States.
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1915-04-10
Theodore Roosevelt is much obliged to French Ambassador Jusserand for his two letters, the first one of which he has sent to John Reed. Roosevelt is familiar with Joseph Bédier’s “striking” pamphlet, and he is glad that Jusserand liked his recent article in Metropolitan. Roosevelt is not pleased about Senator Beveridge’s letters from Germany. As to what Jusserand said about Uncle Sam having no friends, Roosevelt does not believe that Uncle Sam is entitled to have friends “so long as his government representatives carry neutrality to the point of being neutral between right and wrong.”
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1915-03-29
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Frank Knox for sending him an interesting piece.
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1915-03-29
Theodore Roosevelt wants the book from Edward Stewart White. Roosevelt asks if White has seen the latest issue of Metropolitan in which he writes about Mexico and Japan. Roosevelt feels like one race problem is enough for this country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-29