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President Roosevelt congratulates Vice President Fairbanks on his attendance and speech at the Québec Tercenteniary celebrations, noting that his sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, reported how well Fairbanks did.
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1908-08-07
President Roosevelt informs Captain William S. Cowles that he arranged for Cowles to continue as Chief of the Bureau of Equipment until the end of Roosevelt’s term. Roosevelt is happy to hear that Cowles was one of those invited to represent the United States Navy at the Québec celebration, and hopes he will attend. Roosevelt adds the he spoke to Secretary of War William H. Taft about Cowles’ career after Roosevelt leaves office.
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1908-06-10
President Roosevelt updates Kermit Roosevelt on his trip to Georgia, where the Georgians received him well. They built a reproduction of his grandfather’s house and a naval review which was a “great sight.”
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1907-06-13
President Roosevelt promises his cousin William Emlen Roosevelt that he will look over the survey so they can discuss it. He sincerely thanks Emlen for taking Archibald B. Roosevelt out boating.
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1906-09-24
President Roosevelt invites his brother-in-law, Rear Admiral Cowles, to join him on the presidential yacht for an upcoming naval review. He apologizes that he cannot invite Cowles to stay with him at his house because the do not have any vacant rooms at the moment, and so proposes that Cowles could come up on a night train, stay the day, and then return on another night train.
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1906-08-21
President Roosevelt asks Douglas Robinson, his brother-in-law, to look up a particular deed from him to his sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, so that he can know exactly what his rights are regarding a plot of land. Roosevelt’s cousin, William Emlen Roosevelt, is interested in purchasing some of Roosevelt’s property, and while he is not sure if he wishes to sell, he would like to know his rights.
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1906-04-10
President Roosevelt feels very badly being away after hearing about the operation his nephew, William Sheffield Cowles, had. He is thinking of his nephew, as well as Anna Roosevelt Cowles. He reports to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson that his trip has been very enjoyable.
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1905-04-14
President Roosevelt thanks Corinne Roosevelt Robinson for the French version of the Song of Roland and updates her on Christmas with his immediate family. All six of his children were able to attend the Christmas celebration and were delighted by their gifts. Kermit Roosevelt has been doing better in school and has even grown some. Roosevelt has heard his niece, Corinne Robinson, was the “most interesting and attractive girl that has come out this year.”
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1904-12-25
President Roosevelt does not support Henry Mottet’s plan of a memorial at the Church of the Holy Communion to Roosevelt’s uncle, James King Gracie, and supporting the orthopedic doctor. Rather, Roosevelt tells Douglas Robinson he would like to give some inheritance money to Margaret Gracie Higginson Fiske. The president is glad he was able to see Robinson and his wife, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, in St. Louis, Missouri.
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1904-12-15
President Roosevelt thanks Countess Hilda Francesetti for the copy of her Italian translation of his book The Strenuous Life and promises to forward Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s copy to her. The president is pleased Francesetti made the translation.
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1904-11-18
President Roosevelt writes to Mary Elizabeth Blampey Trautmann and encloses fifty dollars which she is to give to Clara A. Cooper for her “immediate necessities.” President Roosevelt asks Trautmann to follow up with him concerning an employment position with Dr. Darlington, and if that is not successful, then he will try to get a position for her at the Immigration Bureau.
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1904-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt writes William S. Cowles that they both must be on their watch until after the election is over. Cowles must specifically focus on making sure that he does not lead people to think that he is entertaining on board ship too much.
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1904-04-01
President Roosevelt wanted to do something for Captain Cowles’s ship and is pleased that he approves. He sends his love to Anna Roosevelt Cowles.
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1903-12-30
Anna Roosevelt Cowles mentioned Father Gleeson’s plans for a piano for officers and enlisted men. President Roosevelt encloses $100 toward the purchase of the piano.
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1903-12-26
President Roosevelt thanks James Abram Garfield, a grandson of President Garfield, for the gift and then relates the Roosevelt family’s Christmas activities.
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1902-12-26
President Roosevelt is concerned about Anna, Roosevelt’s sister and Cowles’s wife, who is ill. Roosevelt also suggests that “gun pointer” experiments could be held aboard the Mayflower, a naval vessel that also serves as a presidential yacht.
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1902-08-08
President Roosevelt asks Ambassador Choate to ensure that his sister Corinne Robinson and her husband are afforded every opportunity to view the coronation (Edward VII) as they will happen to be in London at that time.
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1902-02-03
Governor Roosevelt thanks William Bayard Cutting for the letter and the box. He will make sure that it is used by his sisters.
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1899-03-27
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt was pleased with Bryce’s letter. He discusses the lunch for October 1. Roosevelt wants to see Bryce and his wife, Elizabeth Marion Ashton Bryce before they leave. For the last two months, he has had complete control of the Navy Department and has done some things he long wanted to.
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1897-09-20
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends W. Laird Clowes his work and hopes he can have it proofed within the next few months. Roosevelt is worried A. T. Mahan’s book will be published before the volume containing his work. He, Wm. S. Cowles, and Anna Roosevelt Cowles all look forward to Clowes’ upcoming trip to the United States following his improved health and the success of his latest book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-24