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President Roosevelt thanks former Rough Rider W. Sloan Simpson for the cartoons and says it was good to hear from him.
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1907-09-15
President Roosevelt asks Albert Shaw to reproduce a cartoon from Puck. As Roosevelt has no plans to hold another position in public office, the upset on Wall Street will have no lasting effect on him, but he comments on the related press coverage. The New York Sun has tried to disparage the Great White Fleet, but Roosevelt is certain Shaw understands that the fleet’s journey is necessary. Roosevelt asks Shaw to lunch with Mark Twain and Frank Nelson Doubleday on Friday the 13th.
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1907-09-03
President Roosevelt is very pleased by the letter from Richard Harding Davis and enjoyed the Punch cartoon. Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt would like Davis and Cecil Clark Davis to dine with them at the White House.
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1901-10-19
President Roosevelt thanks Governor Buchtel for the speech he gave, saying it is the type of speech that he likes. Roosevelt also appreciated the cartoons Buchtel sent him, and enjoyed his visit.
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1908-02-17
President Roosevelt thanks C. Y. Schelly for the letter and cartoon, and thinks it was very amusing.
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1908-02-15
President Roosevelt thanks Homer Davenport for the letter, and promises to try to get Davenport’s cartoons where they will count. He will take up the matter with Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou.
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1908-02-05
President Roosevelt sends a cartoon he thinks Archibald B. Roosevelt will enjoy. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has a new dog she calls Scamp. The family loves him, and Roosevelt hopes he will be a good dog. A heavy frost covered the roses and leaves. He and Edith enjoy riding, but the cool weather makes Edith’s horse, Audrey, excitable.
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1907-11-15
President Roosevelt thanks illustrator J. H. Donahey for the cartoons.
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1907-12-07
President Roosevelt has enjoyed everything John T. McCutcheon has done so far, and is sure he will enjoy Congressman Pumphrey.
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1907-03-04
President Roosevelt was greatly amused by a cartoon depicting Secretary of War Taft and sends it to him along with words of support for the handling of the recent events in Cuba. Roosevelt wishes to meet with Taft in person about the nomination of Horace H. Lurton to the Supreme Court, along with Supreme Court Justice William R. Day, Secretary of State Elihu Root, and Attorney General William Henry Moody. Roosevelt mentions that Philip Battell Stewart will not run for governor in Colorado, and wonders if Taft can make it to Idaho for a campaign speech.
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1906-10-04
President Roosevelt thanks Horace G. Knowles for the funny cartoon and book, and his wife Edith and he find that they often have the same sense of humor as their children.
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1906-10-03
President Roosevelt tells John A. Sleicher, “that is a first-rate cartoon and much needed.” Roosevelt has been occupied by trying to help the shipping bill.
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1906-04-19
President Roosevelt thanks William W. Jermane for sending him the cartoon, and tells him it has been a pleasure to be associated with him while he has been president.
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1906-01-19
President Roosevelt tells the cartoonist John T. McCutcheon that he was “delighted” with his book The Mysterious Stranger and Other Cartoons.
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1905-12-05
President Roosevelt thanks Douglas Robinson for the amusing “Scotch cartoon” and is glad Robinson and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson can come to the inauguration.
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1904-12-22
President Roosevelt is pleased with the cartoon and sends cartoonist John T. McCutcheon a photograph.
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1904-12-01
President Roosevelt thanks Brander Matthews for the cartoon and postcard. He invites Matthews and his wife, Ada Harland, to dinner and a musical on December 8.
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1904-11-29
President Roosevelt thanks Barclay H. Warburton for the cartoon and promises to always keep it.
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1904-11-11
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of War Taft that his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, was so pleased about a cartoon that he had to send it to Taft.
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1904-11-02
President Roosevelt writes to famed illustrator Howard Pyle about a cartoon he drew, saying he will pass it on to George B. Cortelyou. Roosevelt feels it is “too good” to appeal to those who read cartoons, but it may attract a higher class of others who are not typical cartoon readers. Roosevelt and his wife Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt would like for Pyle to visit.
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1904-10-08