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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Isaac Townsend Smith

President Roosevelt wishes Isaac Townsend Smith a happy ninety-third birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Howard Shaw

President Roosevelt joins Anna Howard Shaw in wishing Susan B. Anthony a happy eighty-sixth birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George A. Plimpton

President Roosevelt agrees with George A. Plimpton that Walpole should celebrate the eightieth birthday of a man who has dedicated his life to education. He praises teachers, whom he believes do the most valuable work in their communities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hamilton Wright Mabie

President Roosevelt is glad to have participated in the edition of The Outlook that celebrated Lyman Abbott’s birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hamilton Wright Mabie

Through Hamilton Wright Mabie, President Roosevelt sends warm wishes and regards for Lyman Abbott’s 70th birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt agrees with his son Kermit’s thoughts on Nicholas Nickleby, and says that in general, he prefers novels that have joyous and noble aspects, rather than ones that are depressing and have sorrow, shame, and suffering in them. He updates his son on the activities at the White House, including a visit from African big game hunter Frederick Courteney Selous, and Quentin Roosevelt’s birthday celebrations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-19

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to William Hooper

President Roosevelt sends birthday greetings to William Hooper. He reminds Hooper that this year he should bring “as many of the boys as possible” to dinner at the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jacob H. Schiff

President Roosevelt has made an “ironclad” rule not to write letters like the one Jacob H. Schiff requested. He explains to Schiff that were he to write such letters, he would write so many that it would be an “intolerable burden” and his letters would be “deprived of all significance.” He cannot accede to Schiff’s request without acceding to many others.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Proctor Clarke

President Roosevelt thanks Justice Clarke for the birthday wishes and hopes he will visit him in the near future.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Herbert C. Davis

President Roosevelt congratulates Herbert C. Davis on his fiftieth birthday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Dent Grant

President Roosevelt thanks Frederick Dent Grant for the birthday wishes, but holds off on accepting the congratulations on his election until the actual results are in. Roosevelt invites Grant and his wife, Ida Grant, to have lunch with him when they come to Washington, D.C., for the unveiling of a monument.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Hay that Philander C. Knox was very impressed with his speech the night before, and Roosevelt agrees. He thanks Hay for the birthday wishes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eleanor Painter

President Roosevelt enjoyed Eleanor Painter’s letter and hopes she had as good a birthday with her family as he did with his.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Yick Nam Quan

President Roosevelt thanks Yick Nam Quan for the birthday gift. Both he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt think the vase is beautiful. Roosevelt sends his regards to Quan’s father in China.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Louisa Taubert

President Roosevelt thanks Louisa Taubert for writing to his young daughter Ethel Roosevelt, and enjoyed hearing that her father’s and uncle’s birthdays fall on the same day as his.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Dewey and Mildred McLean Hazen Dewey

President Roosevelt sends Admiral Dewey and his wife Mildred McLean Hazen Dewey thanks for their kind remembrance of his birthday. Roosevelt values their friendships very highly.