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George B. Cortelyou informs Secret Service chief John E. Wilkie about the schedule and security plans for President Roosevelt’s upcoming visit to Farmington, Connecticut. Cortelyou stresses the importance of security in the train cars that Roosevelt and his party use, as well as the importance of security in crowds.
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1901-10-19
President Roosevelt requests Secretary of State Hay visit him at the house of Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Cowles.
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1901-09-16
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Admiral Cowles for his letter and reports on the Roosevelt campaign in Maryland, Ohio, and New Jersey.
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1912-05-10
Theodore Roosevelt will have Frank Harper try to get the requested papers together as he believes Elisha Ely Garrison’s book will be “real good.” He is glad Garrison knows Anna Roosevelt Cowles and William S. Cowles.
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1911-11-28
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William S. Cowles for the letter and hopes to visit him soon to discuss politics. He inquires if Cowles is spending Thanksgiving at Groton. Roosevelt is having lunch with his nephew, Theodore Douglas Robinson, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
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1911-11-21
Theodore Roosevelt shares the extent of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s recent fall with William S. Cowles and mentions that Alec Lambert is coming to check in on her. Roosevelt is glad that Anna Roosevelt Cowles is visiting her son for his birthday. Roosevelt voices his opinion on the defeat of Theodore Douglas during his run for the New York State Legislature, and also briefly mentions the effects brought about by the Turco-Italian War.
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1911-10-06
Theodore Roosevelt informs Eleonora vernon De Fremery that he does not want to be involved in the campaign for women’s suffrage and has spoken on the topic many times. While the quotations she cites are correct, Roosevelt explains that they are out of context. He discusses his current thoughts on the issue, believing it a matter for the states to decide. Roosevelt notes that his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and sisters Anna Roosevelt Cowles and Corrinne Roosevelt Robinson are anti-suffrage. His comments are not to be shared publicly.
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1911-08-15
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary encloses a check for $8 as payment for books Joseph Bulloch sent him. He also says Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s address is in Farmington, Connecticut.
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1911-07-11
Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he has turned down another invitation to speak at a dedication. He only wants to speak on occasions that will reach a national audience rather than local communities. He enjoyed his time at Farmington, Connecticut. Roosevelt “tepidly favored” women’s suffrage but “did not regard it as a reform of much consequence.”
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1911-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Nathan D. Bill to thank him for his invitation via Mrs. Cowles, but he regrets that he is unable to accept the offer to speak at his event. Roosevelt appreciates the consideration and notes that he receives literally thousands of invitations and is simply unable to accept, although he appreciates the public work Bill does.
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1911-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Edgar L. Masters for the letters, especially the one from William Marion Reedy, and reminds Masters to take Reedy’s advice.
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1916-07-04
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Elizabeth Mills Reid for the medal and tells her that he enjoyed seeing her at lunch.
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1915-03-29
Theodore Roosevelt informs author Therese O. Deming that he has visited the studio with his sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles. He wishes there was more he could do, as he loved the “kiddies.” Deming, a writer, and her artist husband, Edwin Willard Deming, both spent many years among Native Americans and created art related to Apache, Pueblo, Blackfoot, and Crow people. The studio referred to is likely their New York studio.
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1915-02-13
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William S. Cowles for his letter and will edit out a jeer at Simeon E. Baldwin in his article. Roosevelt wants Cowles to come visit him with Senator Joseph W. Alsop and others. Roosevelt cheers Progressive Hopkinson.
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1912-11-20
President Roosevelt thanks James C. Malone for the photographs of his parents, as well as of himself and his siblings when they were children. He sends Malone his photograph in return.
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1909-03-01
President Roosevelt appreciates hearing from Sydney Brooks. However, Roosevelt is unable to give Brooks access to official government documents relating to the Portsmouth and Algeciras Conferences and refers him to The Outlook and Ambassador Henry White. Roosevelt apologizes for not being able to fulfill his request.
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1909-02-20
President Roosevelt thanks Arthur Hamilton Lee for sending him the portraits, and returns the three as requested. He plans to give several copies out as Christmas presents, but feels like he should be sparing with the others. Roosevelt is glad to hear Lee’s news that the British people are aware of the necessities of national defense, and applauds the agreement with Japan. Roosevelt believes his strategy of friendly communication with Japan in conjunction with the demonstration of sending the fleet around the world, has produced good results for the United States. Roosevelt is looking forward to his safari, and believes that President-Elect William Howard Taft will do a good job as president.
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1908-12-20
President Roosevelt writes his son, Ted, about a variety of matters. He discusses the trouble that Emperor William II of Germany is in with both conservatives and socialists. Last year, he gave a damaging interview to American journalist William Bayard Hale, which Roosevelt intervened to prevent the New York Times from publishing. A portion was published in Century and suppressed by the Germans. Roosevelt reflects on the current state of the liberal and democratic movement, and believes that the situation is not as dire as in the French Revolution, or in 1840s America. He also explains his lukewarm support of women’s suffrage. Finally, Roosevelt offers his son advice on working with the people around him when it is natural, but not pursuing relationships that are merely social in nature.
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1908-11-20
President Roosevelt was sorry to hear about his son Ted’s accident from Anna Roosevelt Cowles. He hopes the injury is not too serious. Kermit Roosevelt is home from Harvard and seems to be doing well there. Yesterday Roosevelt took a “scramble down Rock Creek” with the General Staff and War College. Some of the “elderly and out-of-condition persons” had their work cut out for them.
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1908-11-08
President Roosevelt tells Harriet Taylor Upton that he will not speak about women’s suffrage in his Annual Message to Congress. He explains that although he supports women’s suffrage, he does not feel that it is an important matter that should be addressed at present. He believes that women’s suffrage will be achieved when the majority of women strongly support it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-10