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William Allen White apologizes for the problems caused by his article on the Platt matter. He asks what he can do to “straighten this business out.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-17
Thomas Worthington apologizes for missing President Roosevelt while he was in Springfield, Illinois.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-25
John Fox Jr. regrets he cannot come to his “friend in trouble.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-28
Their “absent friend” does not believe that the owner will sell. Most of what President Roosevelt told Joseph Bucklin Bishop in confidence has been leaked to the press by others.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-07
General Brooke apologizes that a member of his staff was not able to escort Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt from Oyster Bay, New York, to Washington, D.C., due to an error on the date of the telegram ordering such action.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-24
J. H. Ostrander apologizes that Vice President Roosevelt’s glasses suffered another break while under Ostrander’s care for repairs. Until a new joint can be located, Ostrander repaired the glasses in a “homely manner” in case they were needed in an emergency.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-02
Maine Representative Thomas B. Reed writes: “Dear Roosevelt, I think I was perverse that night. Yours regretfully T.B.R.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1891-01-25