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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Abraham Weinstein

Theodore Roosevelt writes Abraham Weinstein to congratulate him on the birth of his triplets.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Isabella Hagner James

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Isabella Hagner James for remembering his birthday. He enjoyed the book, almost as much as Mrs. Roosevelt did. Roosevelt wishes he could have seen James when she was in New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-11

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Holbrook

President Roosevelt congratulates Frederick Holbrook on his ninety-sixth birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-15

Memorandum about birthday congratulations

President Roosevelt has sent birthday wishes, care of James W. Graham, to Reverend John G. Butler along with a commendation for serving 60 years as a pastor in Washington.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-27

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to German Emperor William II

President Roosevelt sends birthday greetings to German Emperor William II.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Fitzhugh Lee

President Roosevelt was glad to receive Fitzhugh Lee’s letter, and was very interested to read what he wrote about the French cavalry school and the French military in general. Roosevelt tells Lee about the goings-on in the Roosevelt household and the activities of the Roosevelt children. He was pleased about the results of the presidential election, and thinks that president-elect William H. Taft will do a good job.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-27

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward VII, King of Great Britain

President Roosevelt sends King Edward VII of Great Britain wishes of health and wellbeing on his birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederic Harrison

President Roosevelt was interested to find out that he shares a birthday with Frederic Harrison’s wife. He thanks Harrison for the card and book of essays. He has already found an interesting quote in it about the role of women.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt thanks Lyman Abbott for writing him on his birthday. He notes that he received many birthday wishes from strangers, and was touched that they wrote to him because they thought of him as their true representative. He is sending Abbott some things he has written for The Outlook, one to be published when he is announced as an editor, and others to be used when he sees fit. Roosevelt would like to see Abbott in Washington when possible, and would like him to look over his message to Congress.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Brander Matthews

President Roosevelt tells Brander Matthews that he does not think anyone has had as good a time in fifty years than he has, and he looks forward to having a good time in the future. He received a rabbit’s foot to take to Africa from John Lawrence Sullivan. Roosevelt is familiar with the book Lavengro, but either has not seen or did not remember the quotation about rough riders.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-02

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward VII, King of Great Britain

President Roosevelt thanks King Edward VII for remembering his birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Rudolph Garfield and Helen Newell Garfield

President and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt thank James Rudolph and Helen Newell Garfield for the birthday wishes and the Washington portrait, which he will hang in a place of honor in his library.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Leigh S. J. Hunt

President Roosevelt thanks Leigh S. J. Hunt for the birthday wishes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-27

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to John P. Merrell

President Roosevelt tells Admiral Merrell that of all the birthday wishes he has gotten, he appreciates the telegram from the enlisted navy forces at Newport the most.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Harriet Josephine Newberry

President Roosevelt thanks Harriet Josephine Newberry for remembering his birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Marion L. Oliver

President Roosevelt thanks Marion L. Oliver for remembering his birthday and sending him flowers. Her father, Assistant Secretary of War Robert Shaw Oliver, came to see him this morning.