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Theodore Roosevelt appreciates A. G. Spalding for sending him the volume. He informs Spalding that he watches with interest for the results between the Giants and the Athletics.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-19
President Roosevelt sends Edward McKay a photograph of him in the Rough Riders, and says he will always think of him as “one of Uncle Sam’s little boys,” and remembers him playing with Roosevelt’s son, Quentin. Roosevelt tells McKay about all the sports and activities his sons Quentin and Archie are involved in, and describes a camping trip where two bold young foxes visited the party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-30
President Roosevelt runs toward a “railroad rate” base as a “railroad senator” watches. The “public” jumps up in the air and encourages Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-15
A baseball player holds a “presentation speech” and hands President Roosevelt an “annual pass to all ball games” while two boys look on over a fence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-16
President Roosevelt offers Secretary of War William H. Taft, dressed in a baseball uniform and standing on the “political field” with a bat, a seat on the “supreme bench.” Taft says, “Just as I am getting in trim, too!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-15
President Roosevelt writes to congratulate Kermit Roosevelt on his good marks and share a flattering article about the men in his Cabinet. Roosevelt says he and Kermit will have to read books on Africa to prepare for their trip. Roosevelt has not heard from Archie in a while and Quentin is enamored with baseball. He closes the letter with descriptions of horse riding.
1908-05-23
Article discusses an excerpt from The Outlook, praising the sport of baseball.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1911-11-07
Several scenes of wit and humor in life are depicted, including children swimming and being rebuked for playing baseball on the Sabbath, women doing plein air painting, men yachting, and young women discussing courtship. At bottom right, “American progression of three years (Next!)” shows a repair shop moving forward with the times, from wagon repair to bicycle repair and then to automobile repair.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-09-11
Cartoon depicts General Nelson Appleton Miles sliding safely into home plate before Secretary of War Elihu Root can catch the baseball labeled “Retirement.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-23
President Roosevelt recounts for his son Archibald the mischief that Quentin has been getting into this week. First, Quentin has taken up a new interest in bees and brought a beehive to school before bringing it back to the garden. Second, Quentin was hit in the eye with a foul ball while keeping score for a baseball game and now “feels much much like a baseball hero.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-30
President Roosevelt updates his son Archie on goings on at the White House. Quentin remains enthusiastic about baseball. Christine and William Emlen Roosevelt visited with the Richardsons, and the flowers are in bloom.
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1908-05-17
President Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit is ending his studies at Groton on such a high note. He quotes a portion of an article from the English Fortnightly Review praising his cabinet, and sends along a letter from Edward North Buxton regarding their upcoming trip to Africa. Roosevelt updates his son on the goings on in the family.
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1908-05-23
President Roosevelt updates his son, Ted, on the goings on in the family. Among other things, he says that he does not think his cousin James Alfred Roosevelt’s marriage match is a good one, that his son Quentin Roosevelt is learning more about baseball, and that his son Archie steered into the freshman crew during a race at Groton. Roosevelt also discusses François Rabelais.
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1908-05-12
President Roosevelt updates Archibald B. Roosevelt on the weather and flora in Washington, his riding with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and Quentin Roosevelt’s baseball playing. The family will go see the juggler Harry Kellar tonight.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-01
President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about the goings-on of the Roosevelt family. Quentin Roosevelt is very interested in baseball and recently won a game. Ethel Roosevelt’s horse, Fidelity, accidentally kicked her dog, Mike, while she was out riding, causing a commotion. Roosevelt himself has been playing tennis and going riding since the weather has been so nice recently.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-15
President Roosevelt writes to his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, to tell him about some of the goings-on at the White House. Quentin Roosevelt brought his baseball team to the grounds, and Roosevelt enjoyed watching them play. Ethel Roosevelt has a new puppy named Mike, and another of the the Roosevelt’s dogs, Scamp, has been hunting many rats in the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-08
President Roosevelt tells Sydney B. Jacobs that he would like to see a variety of different games and sports played at a collegiate level, including football and rugby.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-12
James J. Finnegan is very sorry that Theodore Roosevelt was not able to attend the Oyster Bay Baseball Club’s opening game on Memorial Day. He admits that the speech Roosevelt gave at General Grant’s tomb instead “will do the people at large much more good.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-31
Eugene J. O’Connor writes to Theodore Roosevelt regarding the promotion of Sunday baseball. A number of measures regarding the sport are being considered in the Massachusetts state legislature, and O’Connor encourages Roosevelt to support the pastime, as it will lead “to a higher ideal of Civic and Patriotic thought on Sunday afternoons than what our helpless youth of the State are doing at present.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-04
Theodore Roosevelt, President Roosevelt’s son, asks William Loeb to apply for five tickets to the Harvard-Yale baseball game that will take place next month.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-25