Boardman, Mabel Thorp, 1860-1946 | - Theodore Roosevelt Center

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

President Roosevelt asks Anna Roosevelt Cowles to pass along his congratulations to Joseph W. Alsop on being newly nominated for Senator, and says he is a man with courage and sense. For the most part, Roosevelt is more interested in the politics of the Alsop types than the young men working in diplomatic positions. Roosevelt feels validated in his attitude towards Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, and wishes William H. Taft would be a more vocal critic of Foraker, as well as of William Jennings Bryan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

President Roosevelt has heard that President-elect Taft will be able to be in Washington, D.C. for longer than he had originally anticipated. While earlier scheduling conflicts did not allow Taft and Roosevelt to spend time together, Roosevelt now asks if Taft and his wife, Helen Herron Taft, would be able to join him for lunch on Saturday or dinner on Friday.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alford Warriner Cooley

President Roosevelt regretfully accepts Alford Warriner Cooley’s letter of resignation as Assistant Attorney General, and thanks Cooley for his many contributions to the United States.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Zaidee Ellis Gaff

President Roosevelt invites Zaidee Ellis Gaff to participate on the President’s Homes Commission with fifteen other members.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Florence Lathrop Page

President Roosevelt encloses a report on tenement housing conditions in Washington, D.C., by James Bronson Reynolds. He asks Florence Lathrop Page if she can serve as a member of the new President’s Homes Commission and lists the other proposed members.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom

President Roosevelt asks Minister Griscom to take care of his daughter Alice Roosevelt during her visit to Tokyo, Japan, on her way to the Philippines. He waits for details on how the Japanese destroyed the Russian warships.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-31

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Woodville Rockhill

President Roosevelt asks Minister Rockhill to take care of his daughter Alice Roosevelt if she visits Beijing on her way to the Philippines. He waits for details on how the Japanese destroyed the Russian warships.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-31

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles says the news about Ohio Senator Joseph Benson Foraker validates President Roosevelt’s feelings, and Justice William H. Moody thinks the situation will help William H. Taft. Ambassador to Brazil Edwin V. Morgan has commented on the recent political involvement of the wealthy. Cowles thinks Seth Low Pierrepont is qualified to enter the diplomatic service and she hopes Roosevelt will speak to him. Joe Alsop’s senate nomination and hard work have pleased Cowles. Mabel Boardman, who Cowles is visiting, is going to Washington for the tuberculosis congress in her usual hardworking spirit. She invites Ted Roosevelt to visit Farmington, though he might find it boring.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-19

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft does not think that making a speech on the Brownsville affair would be useful. He relays his recent travels for personal enjoyment and political meetings. Taft wants the Ohio Convention to be delayed until February. He is glad to be at his Quebec estate, Murray Bay, and hopes the environment will help him recover from his cold.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-07

Letter from Wm. Cary Sanger to Theodore Roosevelt

Wm. Cary Sanger writes President Roosevelt to see if he and his wife might visit the Roosevelts while they are in Washington, D.C. There are some matters connected with the Geneva Conference Sanger feels Roosevelt might want to discuss with him. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt writes at the bottom of Sanger’s letter that she leaves town on Monday.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-28

Telegram from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Alice Roosevelt will go to Peking, China, chaperoned by Edith McAllister Newlands and will arrive in San Francisco around November 5. She will be accompanied by female chaperones the whole trip.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-22

Letter from William Woodville Rockhill to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Rockhill will be delighted to host Alice Roosevelt in Peking, China, and will do everything possible to make her and Mabel Boardman’s visit a comfortable one. Rockhill denies reports that he was unfriendly to American missionaries, and he also responds to Roosevelt’s fears that an overwhelming Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War might upset the balance of power in the East. Rockhill notes that Japan has a strong influence on China, but he considers it unlikely that the Chinese will become “mere followers” of Japan as they have become strong believers in “China for the Chinese.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-07

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles is leaving to see her husband. She asks President Roosevelt to talk to Charles Hial Darling, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, about the work on the USS Missouri being completed quickly. Cowles also discusses appointments to the Red Cross committee and urges Roosevelt to contact Mabel Thorp Boardman if anything has to be done about these appointments.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-08