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President Roosevelt knew Endicott Peabody would like to hear about the Romanes lecture, and he encloses the related letters from George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. Although Roosevelt agrees with Peabody about the difficulty of frequent travel, he feels Archie Roosevelt should continue on with his current dentist in New York.
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1908-09-16
President Roosevelt encloses a letter for Endicott Peabody, explaining that he had hoped to let Archie Roosevelt “be free” this summer, but an emergency dental situation has thwarted the plan. He asks that the doctor’s suggestion be heeded. Peabody might like to know that Roosevelt has been invited to give the Romanes Lecture at Oxford.
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1908-09-12
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Reid for the interesting letter, especially for the insight on Newfoundland. He is interested in what Secretary of State of India John Morley says about India, and discusses the intricacies surrounding “the control of thickly peopled tropical regions by self-governing northern democracies.” Roosevelt hopes to speak with Morley after presenting the Romanes lecture at Oxford. He asks Reid to inquire of the British statesman, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, about conditional hunting on the reserves. The Vermont elections went well.
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1908-09-03
President Roosevelt details to Senator Lodge the difficulties in renominating New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes. Roosevelt has accepted George Nathaniel Curzon’s invitation to present the Romanes Lecture at the University of Oxford upon returning from Africa. He sends his regards to Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge.
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1908-09-02
President Roosevelt inquires if Edward North Buxton can go to Lawn and Alder and add additional supplies to his list as Buxton sees fit. Roosevelt describes his preferences for hunting rifles. He looks forward to visiting Buxton after his trip to Africa. There are several men he wants to meet when he travels to England to present the Romanes Lecture at the University of Oxford.
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1908-08-31
President Roosevelt requests that Ambassador Reid explain to Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes that his African trip is a scientific expedition to collect specimens for the National Museum, not “a game butchering trip.” However, if given the opportunity, Roosevelt may collect some trophies. The invitation from the chancellor of Oxford, George Nathaniel Curzon, to present the Romanes lecture gives Roosevelt a genuine reason to visit England on his return from Africa. He details his travel itinerary, plans for appropriate formal attire, and people to call upon. Roosevelt is interested in what the Japanese minister for foreign affairs Jutarō Komura says and includes his letter to Japanese ambassador Kogoro Takahira and the reply. Reid’s full statement on the incidents of the Olympics pleases Roosevelt, who believes intense international matches inevitably result in misunderstandings.
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1908-08-20
President Roosevelt encloses the revised lists of supplies for Frederick Courteney Selous. He discusses his reasoning behind the revisions and provides Selous with his travel itinerary. Gerrit Forbes recently visited Roosevelt and recounted his recent hunt in Africa. Roosevelt is reluctant to hire a white man for the trip but will do so if Selous suggests it.
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1908-08-19
With delight, President Roosevelt shares with Senator Lodge the newspaper account of a riot in Brownfield, Texas, over the erection of a Roosevelt statue. He is glad for the invitation from George Nathaniel Curzon, the Chancellor of Oxford, to present the Romanes lecture on his return from Africa. It is an honor, and it gives him a legitimate reason for visiting England. The matter of renominating Governor Charles Evans Hughes grows worse, and Roosevelt worries about the impact it may have on William H. Taft’s election.
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1908-08-18
President Roosevelt encloses a letter to Lyman Abbott, which he received from Chancellor of Oxford, George Nathaniel Curzon, inviting him to present the Romanes lecture in 1910. Roosevelt is frustrated over the issue of renominating Governor Charles Evans Hughes.
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1908-08-18
President Roosevelt returns the Royal Natural History to Henry Fairfield Osborn, President of the American Museum of Natural History. He likes Osborn’s bookplate and will send his. George Nathaniel Curzon, Chancellor of Oxford, has invited Roosevelt to give the Romanes lecture, which he plans to give in the spring of 1910.
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1908-08-17
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Henry Holt & Co. for the copy of Lovat’s Fraser’s book India Under Curzon and After, especially as the copy from Sir George Nathaniel Curzon never arrived.
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1911-12-07
President Roosevelt clarifies for Ambassador Reid that on his African safari, he intends only to shoot specimens for the National Museum, with the exception of half a dozen trophies for himself, if he is able to shoot extras under his license. He discusses at length is plans for traveling through Europe following the safari. He accepts that he will have to see various heads of state in the countries he visits, and informs Reid that he will be delivering the Romanes lecture at Oxford. Roosevelt approves of the Japanese plan to postpone their international exposition until 1917 and wants to help them “put a good face” on the situation. He agrees with Reid’s assessment of various incidents at the Olympic games. However, Roosevelt stresses that all public statements about the Olympics should be positive.
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1908-08-20
President Roosevelt tells Vice Chancellor T. Herbert Warren, of Oxford University, that whatever he decides shall be done, and that Oxford University’s press will publish his Romanes lecture in lecture form on both sides of the Atlantic. He understands that he will be able to publish his lecture later in a volume of essays, similar to John Morley’s recent volume. Roosevelt sends Warren a copy of his lecture to look over and keep for him until he arrives in England in 1910.
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1908-12-30
President Roosevelt thanks Henry Fairfield Osborn for the efforts he took to help Roosevelt edit his Romanes lecture. He comments on the topic of races and racial mixing, raised by several prominent anthropologists, as well as Osborn himself. Roosevelt is somewhat intimidated by the importance that Osborn has said that his lecture will carry.
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1908-12-21
President Roosevelt thanks Harriet Douglas Robinson Wolryche-Whitmore for her letter, and wishes that she and her husband Henry could have attended the dedication. Roosevelt looks forward to seeing them when he is in England in a year, but notes that he has had to decline a number of invitations.
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1908-10-31
President Roosevelt delightedly thanks Arthur Hamilton Lee for the gift of Pinckney Marcius-Simons’s painting, “Seats of the Mighty.” Roosevelt has been trying to find the perfect place worthy of the piece. George Nathaniel Curzon, Chancellor of Oxford, invited Roosevelt to deliver the Romanes lecture upon returning from Africa. While in England, Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Lee and his wife, Ruth Moore Lee. Everything is going well politically, and Roosevelt believes William H. Taft will be elected.
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1908-09-02
Edward North Buxton has read that President Roosevelt does not intend for his words to be published in the future, and hopes that that does not prevent him from agreeing to Buxton’s recent request, as the journal only goes out to a small group and “is not published in the full sense.” Buxton will speak to Lord Elgin, British Colonial Secretary, alongside Lord Curzon of Kedleston soon. He hopes to host Roosevelt’s daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth at his home in the future.
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1906-06-08
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1910-04
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Ambassador Reid explains a dispatch he sent to President Roosevelt several days ago, regarding J. Henniker Heaton’s wish for Roosevelt or Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer to issue a statement in favor of a government-owned telegraph cable between Great Britain and Canada. Reid felt that he was obligated to forward the message, but was sure that neither Roosevelt nor Meyer would respond. Reid thinks that Roosevelt might nevertheless be interested in the discussion surrounding the issue, and sends some further news on the matter.
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1908-12-14
Oxford University Vice-Chancellor Warren expresses his pleasure that President Roosevelt has agreed to give the 1910 Romanes Lecture. He discusses the conditions under which the lecture will be published by the Oxford University Press, both in England and the United States.
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1908-10-21