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Railroad president Frederick W. Whitridge informs President Roosevelt that he is sending the Roosevelt family a hamper of grouse. He also shares a conversation he heard regarding German interests in Brazil.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-24
Kermit Roosevelt has a new job opportunity with a railroad company in Brazil. He will be leaving in July. Theodore Roosevelt is doing well and is leaving for Chicago, Illinois, and the Republican National Convention.
1912
The libel suit is over and Theodore Roosevelt won. The trial was in Marquette, Michigan, and Roosevelt stayed with George Shiras. Roosevelt’s witnesses were “good fellows” and he was touched by their devotional zeal. The trial lasted six days and the evidence was so overwhelming that George A. Newett retracted his charge and Roosevelt requested no damages. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has been visiting Archie and Quentin Roosevelt at Groton. Kermit Roosevelt has joined a “big contracting company in South Brazil.” In a postscript, Roosevelt has arrived home and received Ethel Roosevelt Derby’s telegram. He knows that Richard Derby will fit in with the family.
1913-06-01