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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Thomas J. Jackson for his letter, which has been sent on to the managing editor of The Outlook.
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1912-09-26
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary advises Ralph Blumberg to submit articles about Roosevelt directly to publishers. Roosevelt is too busy with the campaign to approve articles before submission.
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1912-09-17
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Theodore Stanton that Charles Scribner’s Sons publishers is sending Stanton two volumes of Roosevelt’s writings to aid Stanton in writing an article.
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1912-09-10
Frank Harper sends material to Henry L. Stoddard for an article in the Mail.
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1912-09-10
Theodore Roosevelt inquires what W. C. Sutherland would like done with his manuscript which is in Roosevelt’s office.
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1912-05-28
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary sends Roosevelt’s thanks to Eliza B. Taylor for the verses of poetry, but is unable to help her in publishing them.
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1912-05-28
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells L. McNair that a copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s book African Game Trails can be obtained from Charles Scribner’s Sons.
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1912-05-16
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary declines the offer for Roosevelt to contribute to Alex Lyons’ column because Roosevelt is a contributing editor to The Outlook and would be “inundated” with offers from others if he broke contract.
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1912-05-18
Theodore Roosevelt declines with regret H. F. Ward’s invitation for Roosevelt to write an introduction to Ward’s pamphlet on East Africa. Roosevelt suggests Ward visit him if Ward is ever in New York.
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1912-05-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary declines John D. Milligan’s request for Roosevelt to write a book preface.
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1912-05-08
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Elizabeth Deming that Roosevelt cannot comply as he receives numerous similar requests for advice on publication.
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1911-12-06
Theodore Roosevelt feels Warrington Dawson is a promising young man who writes well. Roosevelt submits Dawson’s novel to Robert Underwood Johnson to see if the Century Company can use it. He enjoyed spending time with Johnson’s son and is interested in his work.
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1911-11-24
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to John F. Byers that Roosevelt cannot comply as he receives numerous similar requests for advice on publication.
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1911-11-20
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Simon S. Rial that Roosevelt cannot comply as he receives numerous similar requests for advice on publication.
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1911-11-16
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to Simon L. Sternfield that Roosevelt cannot comply as he receives numerous similar requests for advice on publication.
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1911-11-02
Theodore Roosevelt gives William Daveport Hulbert permission to publish the quoted part of his letter about Jarvis, and is pleased with Hulbert’s evaluation of Hoggatt, the previous governor of Alaska. Roosevelt also offers more context to the incident about enforcing gambling and drinking laws in Alaska, and explains his preference for Hoggatt over the current governor, Walter Eli Clark, due to the latter intentionally misconstruing Roosevelt’s actions and intentions.
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1911-09-05
The secretary of Theodore Roosevelt tells Ora R. Evans that Roosevelt’s book was published by Charles Scribners’ Sons, and is titled “African Game Trails.”
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1911-09-06
The secretary of Theodore Roosevelt informs William Alex. Sutherland that Theodore Roosevelt has received the manuscript of the book that Sutherland has written. He also writes that Roosevelt is unable to assist in publishing the book, as he does not know which publisher might be willing to adopt the work.
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1911-08-31
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary writes to J. R. Smith & Co. in regard to a book written by Henry W. Fischer, titled Private Lives of William II and His Consort. In a leaflet promoting the book, Roosevelt was listed as a “representative purchaser,” which is untrue, and he insists the leaflets be withdrawn immediately. Roosevelt had never heard of Fischer prior to receiving the leaflet.
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1911-07-11
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs James Keeley of the Chicago Tribune that, as Roosevelt is now contributing editor to The Outlook, all of his articles appear in that publication. If he were to make an exception, he would receive a multitude of requests from other magazines and offend those he had already refused. It is not possible for him to make an exception.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-13