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President Roosevelt looks forward to reading Theodore R. Hubback’s book, which he received through John Moore Crago. Roosevelt is currently busy with the election but when he is no longer in office, he intends to go big game hunting in Africa.
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1908-10-09
President Roosevelt is looking forward to reading Walter Camp’s book. He wishes Camp could have been there when he received Olympians at Oyster Bay.
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1908-10-08
President Roosevelt is always interested in what Charles DeKay writes, and he is particularly interested in the subject of “primitive homes.” Roosevelt would like to see DeKay if he comes to Washington, D.C.
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1908-10-07
President Roosevelt looks forward to reading the volume from Stewart Edward White. Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Africa will have to be “an old man’s trip,” and he wishes he could be traveling while young and fit like White.
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1908-10-03
President Roosevelt looks forward to receiving the books from Joel Elias Spingarn. Although Roosevelt believes in the need for the participation of scholars in government, he can not write a letter for Spingarn in regards to his candidacy for Congress because it would then require him to write letters for many other candidates. Instead, he suggests that Spingarn have a friend meet with Roosevelt who would then be able to convey the idea of Roosevelt’s feeling about having scholars participate in government with the voters of Spingarn’s district.
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1908-10-03
President Roosevelt thanks Edgar Huidekoper Wells for assisting Kermit Roosevelt in picking six courses. Roosevelt hopes Kermit will continue working on his Greek, as he himself never took to it. Kermit understands that the six half courses are a heavy workload, but Roosevelt will remind him.
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1908-10-03
President Roosevelt enjoyed Jacob Piatt Dunn’s Massacres of the Mountains and looks forward to reading his new volume. Roosevelt agrees with the resolutions Dunn sent him, and will provide what assistance he can.
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1908-10-03
President Roosevelt thanks Bishop Charles Henry Brent for sending the book. Roosevelt enjoyed entertaining Brent at Sagamore Hill, and although Roosevelt is glad Brent will be in the Philippines, he will miss seeing him.
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1908-10-03
President Roosevelt would be pleased to receive a copy of The Great Rift Valley. Roosevelt is currently working on his Romanes lecture, and asks if Henry Fairfield Osborn would look it over when he is finished.
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1908-10-01
President Roosevelt thanks lawyer Frederick Trevor Hill for his letter, and praises his knowledge of both books and human nature.
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1908-09-29
President Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Humphry Ward for the book Diana Mallory, although he has already read it.
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1908-09-24
William Loeb sends Marcellus F. Berry a money order to pay duty on the books sent to President Roosevelt. Berry should send the books to the White House.
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1908-09-24
President Roosevelt looks forward to the rest of the books from Harry Johnston, and he asks that Johnston visit him when visiting Washington, D.C., so they can discuss mutual interests.
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1908-09-21
President Roosevelt writes to Gabriel Taugwalder regarding his brother, Joseph Taugwalder, who was a guide on Roosevelt’s Matterhorn trip.
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1908-09-19
President Roosevelt tells Francis Davis Millet that he finds the American gold coin better than the Italian coin. Roosevelt enjoyed revisiting Gustave Le Bon’s book, and he is interested in the situation in France as it relates to the trend towards the two-child family.
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1908-09-19
President Roosevelt thanks Archibald Cary Coolidge for the letter and the book, which he anticipates enjoying. Roosevelt wishes Coolidge well on his travels in South America and hopes to see him upon his return.
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1908-09-16
President Roosevelt writes to Edward Allsworth Ross to say once again how much he appreciates Ross’s Sin and Society. He finds it relevant to some of the current political situations, such as the frenzy over racetrack betting in New York and support of the reactionary Representative Charles E. Littlefield in Maine.
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1908-09-14
President Roosevelt thanks Francis Davis Millet for the book by Gustave Le Bon, a talented but depressing writer.
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1908-09-14
President Roosevelt thanks William L. Swan for sending “that very interesting African hunting book.”
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1908-09-09
President Roosevelt believes that as the national capital, Washington, D.C., should be a model city in providing solutions for the social problems present in large cities. He thinks Charles Frederick Weller’s study will aid in identifying issues and suggesting solutions. The Homes Commission has been appointed to begin the same work in Washington, D.C. as it conducted in New York. Roosevelt appreciates Weller’s effective use of specific stories in his book instead of the usual, dull statistics. He feels Weller’s book provides a sympathetic understanding of these social problems.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-08