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President Roosevelt describes his recent trip to Provincetown to his son Kermit Roosevelt, including his speech, a banquet, and meeting “five hundred Gloucester fishermen.” Roosevelt feels Kermit’s trip with the cavalry “was such a fine thing.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-21
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit about the guests they have been entertaining, including poet Madison Julius Cawein and his wife. Roosevelt adds that he has read more poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson. Other visitors included Prince Louis of Battenberg and his nephew Prince Alexander, who attended a state dinner and sat next to Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte.
1905-11-06
Theodore Roosevelt asks for his sister’s advice on an enclosed letter. He wishes he knew a wealthy man who could help support the family of the deceased poet, Madison Julius Cawein, but refuses to ask Andrew Carnegie. Roosevelt inquires about a photograph he sent to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and sends his love to her family.
1915-06-16
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister for her help with the Calwein family and asks her to keep him informed. During his Pacific travels, Roosevelt will try to visit her at Henderson House if possible. Roosevelt mentions that Douglas Robinson was in good shape when he saw him recently.
1915-06-29
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit Roosevelt that he feels bad about a patronizing remark he made about the poet Madison Julius Cawein, who just had lunch with him. He also discusses Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poems. Roosevelt had Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg and his nephew Prince Alexander to dinner, where he sat Louis next to Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte. This amused Roosevelt, as Bonaparte is a grand-nephew of Napoleon I, and Battenberg is a grandson of a Hessian general who served under, and then deserted, Napoleon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-06