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President Roosevelt promises Robert P. Porter that he will speak with President-Elect William H. Taft about him, and hopes that Taft will keep Porter on the same basis that he has been with Roosevelt. Roosevelt also says he will talk with Scribner’s if he gets the chance, but that he must leave the issue entirely in their hands.
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1908-12-19
President Roosevelt informs Robert P. Porter that Scribner’s has control of the articles he will produce during his African trip. He asks Porter to confer with them. Roosevelt invites Porter to come visit after reading his message.
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1908-12-07
President Roosevelt is pleased that Edmund Heller has agreed to join him and his son Kermit Roosevelt on the African safari. Heller will be joining J. Alden Loring and Edgar Alexander Mearns to work as a naturalist and collect zoological samples on the trip. Roosevelt clarifies that only he and Kermit will be shooting big game, as two rifles is the limit for a good hunt. Roosevelt also discusses the itinerary for the trip and the supplies that Heller, Loring, and Mearns will need to acquire for themselves.
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1908-10-24
President Roosevelt praises Senator Lodge’s speech to the Republican National Convention as one that will certainly go down in history, noting humorously that attacks from the Sun should be considered as the highest praise. What Lodge said was “exactly right,” and “exactly as [Roosevelt] should have wished it.” Roosevelt believes that Presidency is a very powerful office and that power should be used without hesitation, but this requires strict accountability to the people and no one should keep the office too long. After leaving office, Roosevelt is planning a trip to East Africa for a year to hunt and gather scientific specimens for the National Museum at Washington. Scribner’s has offered Roosevelt $50,000 for the serial rights to articles Roosevelt writes during the trip, and while Collier’s offered $100,000, Roosevelt prefers to have the trip sponsored by Scribner’s, as “there is such a thing as making too much money out of a given feat,” even if earned honestly. Roosevelt thinks William H. Taft will win the coming election, unless he makes some kind of hopeless mistake.
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1908-07-19
President Roosevelt thanks Caspar Whitney for the letter. Roosevelt thinks he will accept the offer from Scribner’s.
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1908-07-06
President Roosevelt thanks S. S. McClure for the generous offer, but has decided in favor of the offer from Scribners. He wishes he could accept the offers of all four publications that wished to publish his articles.
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1908-07-07
President Roosevelt has not forgotten that he has promised his reminiscences to The Century Magazine, but he has promised any work on big game to Scribners.
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1908-05-04
President Roosevelt thanks Robert Bridges for the beautifully bound copies of Outdoor Pastimes.
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1908-03-31
William Loeb sends a check from Charles Scribner’s Sons that should be deposited in President Roosevelt’s principal account. He also sends a draft of royalties from G. P. Putnam’s Sons, which should be treated similarly. The check has been deposited in Riggs National Bank.
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1908-03-14
William Loeb encloses a check from Charles Scribner’s Sons to be deposited into President Roosevelt’s personal account.
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1908-03-11
President Roosevelt sends Robert Bridges of Charles Scribner’s Sons detailed notes about revisions to the galleys for several portions to the upcoming second edition of Outdoor Pastimes, portions of which have been, and will be, printed in Scribner’s Magazine. Alexander Lambert will provide photographs for a new magazine story, but Roosevelt is not sure if they are good enough for publication in the book. Roosevelt asks when the book and new article will come out, and about payment for the new article.
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1907-11-05
William Loeb, President Roosevelt’s secretary, sends a check from Charles Scribner’s Sons to Douglas Robinson to be credited to Roosevelt’s principal account.
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1907-03-01
President Roosevelt explains to Reverend James O’Brien that although he approves of his educational ideals and thinks O’Brien’s choice of poems is “excellent,” he cannot write a preface for his collection as he would be inundated with such requests.
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1907-02-11
President Roosevelt is glad that Richard Watson Gilder, of Century Magazine, liked his piece and tells him to publish it in either December or January, as he sees fit. Roosevelt would prefer that Gilder decide what to pay him and promises to be content with whatever amount he is given. On the scale of Scribners, Roosevelt says he would receive $1000 but wishes for Gilder to tell him frankly if that is too much.
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1906-05-29
William Loeb sends Douglas Robinson a check from Charles Scribner’s Sons to be deposited in President Roosevelt’s principal account.
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1906-05-16
President Roosevelt returns Superintendent of Education S.M. Barrett’s translation of Geronimo’s autobiography, which he thinks is interesting. He advises Barrett to write a preface outlining how he got the volume from Geronimo and disclaiming responsibility for any of his statements. Although he cannot guarantee that it will be published, Roosevelt can send the manuscript to Scribner’s or Century and tell them to look at it. The word “Personal” is typed at the top of the first page.
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1906-03-03
President Roosevelt has told Albert Shaw that the Review of Reviews is “under no circumstances” to publish an article about his hunting trip. Roosevelt does not intend to give an account of his trip to any magazine, but he tells Robert Bridges that if he does, it will be to Scribners.
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1905-03-22
Robert Bridges of Scribners informed President Roosevelt that he spoke with Charles D. Lanier of the Review of Reviews about Roosevelt writing an article about his upcoming hunting trip. Roosevelt reiterates for Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews, that he does not want anything about his hunting trip published. The article in question is supposed to be only about Roosevelt’s life at Oyster Bay.
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1905-03-22
President Roosevelt likes Albert Shaw’s proposal for an article in The Country Calendar, and encourages him to write the article himself from Alexander Lambert’s notes. Shaw can use any of Philip Battell Stewart’s photos not needed by Scribner’s. Roosevelt asks that the article be confined to his “country life” at Oyster Bay, as he is writing an article about the hunt in question for Scribner’s himself.
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1905-03-18
President Roosevelt tells Robert Bridges that if his upcoming hunting trip is a success, he intends to have another chapter for the book Bridges is editing for publication. Roosevelt’s friend, Alexander Lambert, will be accompanying him on the trip and plans to take some photographs. Roosevelt suggests Bridges get in touch with Lambert to give him tips about such photography.
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1905-02-21