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Harry A. King, president of Moores Hill College, sends Theodore Roosevelt good wishes on their shared birthday. He has long admired Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-27
Horace G. Knowles sends Theodore Roosevelt best wishes on his birthday, which is making history because of his work.
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1911-10-27
Charles A. Orr wishes Theodore Roosevelt “many happy returns of the day.”
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1911-10-27
John B. Pratt sends Theodore Roosevelt well wishes on his birthday and recalls their trip.
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1911-10-27
Elizabeth Reid and her husband, Whitelaw Reid, send Theodore Roosevelt best wishes and hope Edith Kermit Carow recovers.
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1911-10-27
Albert H. Renn sends Theodore Roosevelt good wishes on their shared birthday. He has read Roosevelt’s articles and heard him speak several times. Renn believes he has “done more for the people…than any man living.”
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1911-10-27
George C. Ruesse congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his birthday.
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1911-10-27
M. Sebastian wishes Theodore Roosevelt a happy birthday. She constantly prays for him and his family, especially that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s health recovers. She hopes her gift to Grace Green Roosevelt arrived.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-27
A. P. Simmonds sends Theodore Roosevelt good wishes on his birthday.
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1911-10-27
John A. Sleicher congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his birthday and promises to remain his friend.
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1911-10-27
On behalf of the officers and members of the National Progressive Republican League and National Roosevelt League, Bela Tokaji congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his birthday.
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1911-10-27
Frederick E. Von Riethdorf congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his birthday. He hopes President William H. Taft sees the folly in running for president again. Taft is not popular in the West, and Westerners predict the Republican Party will certainly be defeated if Taft is renominated. Von Riethdorf comments that his translation of From Rough Rider to President is selling well.
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1911-10-25
Steve Connell congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his birthday.
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1911-10-26
Gilson Gardner sends Theodore Roosevelt birthday wishes.
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1911-10-26
Lester Gunst shares a birthday with Theodore Roosevelt, and it is also his parents’ twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. During their celebration, his family will toast Roosevelt’s long life.
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1911-10-26
Nellie Josephine Posey informs Theodore Roosevelt that she was looking through H.E. Bucklen and Co. Almanac finding that she shares her birthday of October 27th with him, Posey sends positive wishes to Roosevelt.
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1911-10-22
Frederick D. Herr wishes Theodore Roosevelt a heartiest congratulation for his birthday.
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1911-10-23
Anthony J. Gavin congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on his upcoming birthday. He is a “young old vet” of the campaign against the Sioux people. Gavin shares an anecdote about his Republican lapel pin. He wishes the Roosevelt well, especially Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1911-10-25
Frederick Haynes Newell was happy with Theodore Roosevelt’s appreciative comment of Henry Gannett, who was pleased when Newell shared it with him. Gannett has been discouraged of late, and Newell suggests Roosevelt write to him on his sixty-fifth birthday.
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1911-08-24
Thomas J. Gibbons, an old resident of New York and friend of several of Theodore Roosevelt’s relatives, is turning 69 years old soon, and would like a photo of Theodore Roosevelt and family for his birthday. Although Gibbons is a democrat, he proclaims himself a “Roosevelt man” at heart.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-21