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Kenneth Grahame was honored to inscribe two of his books for Theodore Roosevelt’s family. He has just sent them off and apologizes for the delay. He hopes see Roosevelt when he is in London in 1910.
Theodore Roosevelt and his children all loved Grahame’s book The Wind in the Willows.
In October, D. J. Lynch sent Theodore Roosevelt a photograph of his family, which includes thirteen children. William Loeb acknowledged its receipt. Lynch would like to frame the acknowledgment, and asks if Roosevelt could send him an autograph.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-03-17
Caspar Whitney is sorry that President Roosevelt “shooed off” Alexander Lambert from writing a study of him in the field. Lambert gave Whitney a couple photographs of Roosevelt, one of which will be printed in Collier’s Weekly. The other one shows Roosevelt sitting in the door of a cabin with a dog on his lap, which is Whitney’s favorite photograph of Roosevelt, and he prizes it highly. Whitney will send Roosevelt the photographs by express, and asks that Roosevelt autograph and return them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-11
Constance and Augustus Peabody Gardner return the book to President Roosevelt with their names written inside.
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1909-01-22
Kyrle Bellew thanks President Roosevelt for the autographed picture and is pleased that Roosevelt accepted the revolver.
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1909-01-29
Frederick Dent Grant thanks President Roosevelt for a gift he sent him, as well as for a very nice visit that Grant and his wife had with the Roosevelts. Grant says that Roosevelt’s picture and autograph will be treasured heirlooms for his family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-23
Telamon Cruger Smith Cuyler shares with President Roosevelt new information he has gathered about Roosevelt’s great grandfather, Brigadier General Daniel Stewart, and wants to give Roosevelt one of the Stewart autographs he has in his collection. He encloses his exact transcription of an authentic dinner invitation from George and Martha Washington, which he thinks would be a good model for the current administration’s dinner invitations.
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1907-12-07
John Mitchell asks William Loeb for a bound copy of President Roosevelt’s message to Congress, and Mitchell would be honored if it could be autographed. He adds that he has been discharged from the hospital.
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1907-12-08
Reverend Schick of Grace Reformed Church in Washington, D.C., thanks President Roosevelt for an autographed photo he sent for inclusion in the church’s yearbook.
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1907-07-29
Charles Fletcher Lummis, librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, reminds President Roosevelt of his request for his signature and an inscription to inspire future residents of the area.
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1907-07-23
Reverend Schick of Grace Reformed Church in Washington, D.C., requests an autographed photo of President Roosevelt, and if possible, a brief message, for the church’s western yearbook. The book is published in Ohio, and the people there love the president “deeply.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-25
Frederick Courteney Selous sends President Roosevelt a copy of Swayne’s Travels in Mongolia, and, as soon as he is able, will send copies of several magazine articles. Selous very much enjoyed meeting Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. If Roosevelt would consent to send Selous a signed photograph, Selous would “value it above all things.”
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1905-11-26
Robert Bridges sends President Roosevelt a package of reviews of Outdoor Pastimes. Bridges asks if Roosevelt could sign an artist’s proof of the frontispiece.
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1905-11-15
Telamon S. Cuyler writes to President Roosevelt, acknowledging his relation to Archibald Bulloch, the first governor of the state of Georgia. Cuyler has a collection of autographs, and he encloses one of William H. Bulloch for Roosevelt. He also has Archibald Bulloch’s seal and asks if the president would like a photograph of it.
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1905-03-27
Alton B. Parker thanks President Roosevelt for signing a picture.
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1904-07-25
Alton B. Parker asks President Roosevelt to sign a photograph of himself for the Pach Brothers of New York City.
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1904-07-21
James Andrew Drain requests a signed photograph of Theodore Roosevelt for his home. He encloses a suitable photograph.
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1912-02-01
Anna Roosevelt Cowles requests that William Loeb send her a photograph with autograph of President Roosevelt. Cowles wishes to give it to Helen Roosevelt’s governess who has been with the family a long time and is leaving them soon to return to England.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-16
The U.S. Minister to Ecuador, Archibald J. Sampson, asks President Roosevelt to send an autographed photo to him, explaining that the Ecuadorians want to see what he looks like. Sampson also requests a photograph of Edith Roosevelt, explaining he had photos of William and Ida McKinley. He wishes Roosevelt a “triumphant election” in November and asks if Roosevelt’s son Archie received the hammock that he sent to him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-05
Blank postcard addressed to Walter L. Bernstein.
(Bernstein collects autographs, and sent Theodore Roosevelt this self-addressed postcard for him to sign and return)