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President Roosevelt holds a large apple that looks like like Secretary of War William H. Taft to the mouth of the “G.O.P.” elephant.
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1908-01-27
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Roosevelt’s thanks to James T. Giles for sending apples. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt also appreciates Giles’s thoughtfulness.
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1912-08-03
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Charles H. Crewdeen for the apples for Thanksgiving.
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1911-12-02
Theodore Roosevelt thanks M. A. Gunst for the apples.
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1911-11-14
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Bourne for the olives and olive oil.
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1909-02-02
President Roosevelt thanks Colonel Hepburn for the apples, which have just arrived. He is pleased to have them for Thanksgiving dinner.
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1908-10-24
President Roosevelt thanks Representative Clark for the apples, and asks Clark to also express his appreciation to the Stark Brothers apple orchard for sending them.
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1908-01-23
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Bourne for the apples.
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1907-12-23
President Roosevelt thanks Washington Senator Ankeny for the apples.
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1907-12-15
President Roosevelt thanks Earl Grey for the apples, and asks whether he and his wife, the Countess of Grey, will visit sometime soon.
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1907-04-29
President Roosevelt thanks Margaret Walson for the apple, and sends several roses with his thank-you note.
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1904-10-19
President Roosevelt encourages Edward G. Riggs to “get that big red apple.”
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1904-08-12
Edwin Coman discusses the National Apple Show in Spokane, Washington, which has driven the development of the country’s apple industry and “back to the farm” movement. On behalf of the parties involved, Coman asks Theodore Roosevelt to be the president of the 1911 show.
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1911-08-12
Alfred K. Ware asks Theodore Roosevelt to visit Medford, Oregon, during his western trip and lists local attractions. His family recently moved from Minnesota, where he was a progressive legislator.
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1911-01-23
Thomas J. Atwood sends President Roosevelt a bushel of apples for Thanksgiving. Atwood has always had a tradition of sending fruit to his friends and neighbors this time of year, and while Roosevelt is not his neighbor, Atwood believes that Roosevelt’s actions as president have made him a friend of the people. Also included is a receipt for the apples’ transportation via the Great Northern Express Company.
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1907-11-23
Frederick Muller has sent President Roosevelt a box of apples as a token of their friendship.
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1907-11-07
Earl Grey has sent a gift of Canadian Northern Spy apples to President Roosevelt.
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1907-04-29
Donald Wilson explains that the basket of apples from Delaware arrived at their facility from Adams Express Company half full and over-ripe. The importance of shipments to Sagamore Hill has been explained to all the staff at Long Island Express.
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1906-07-24
Edward G. Riggs discusses wagers that he would like to collect. He reminds President Roosevelt that Roosevelt owes him a “big red apple.”
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1904-08-11
A Republican elephant holds an “postal irregularities” apple to its mouth as a Democratic donkey looks on and salivates.
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1903-06-22