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President Roosevelt deeply appreciates Anna C. Alger’s courtesy. He will doubly value the plate and wishes he could have had the sponge cake.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-31
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Clarence H. Howard for the clippings and cake.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-27
President Roosevelt thanks Gustavus V. Dahlgren for the cake and wishes him a happy New Year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-29
President Roosevelt informs Sally Logan Coles that he hopes an ambassador will be able to give a presentation in her community, but he cannot make any promises. This ambassador has many other presentations that he needs to give.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-23
President Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Blanchard for the cake, which was enjoyed by Roosevelt and his family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-01
Anna C. Alger wants President Roosevelt to have a plate given to her by his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, as she is no longer young and her things will soon go into other hands. She regrets she cannot send a sponge cake with it, as his mother taught her how to make.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-30
An elderly woman labeled “Republican Party” sits in a rocking chair, knitting. John Sherman sits on a low stool on the left, reading a book labeled “Sound Finance,” with a toy “pop-gun” on the floor next to him. A cake labeled “Presidential Nomination 1896” sets on a table on the right. Caption: He has put away his naughty “sectionalism” pop-gun, and is real good now. Puck hopes it isn’t on account of the cake.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-02-27