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President Roosevelt has been reading Jacob A. Riis’s book and would be proud to have it dedicated to him. Roosevelt does not believe it is possible for them to investigate the slums like they used to when Roosevelt was Governor of New York, primarily because wherever the President goes a large crowd follows.
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1902-11-12
President Roosevelt thanks Winthrop L. Marvin for dedicating the book to him and he looks forward to reading it.
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1902-10-22
George B. Cortelyou informs Caroline Livingstone Bagaley that, due to the large number of similar requests, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has felt obliged to discourage musical and literary productions being dedicated to her. He assures Bagaley that Roosevelt appreciates the sentiment nonetheless.
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1902-08-11
President Roosevelt has received the book and was pleased with the dedication.
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1902-05-29
President Roosevelt thanks Alfred Austin for the dedication.
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1902-05-11
Frank Thomas Bullen would like to dedicate his next book to President Roosevelt and Roosevelt would be pleased if he did so. Roosevelt has read Bullen’s Cruise of the Cachalot and compares it favorably to Herman Melville’s writings.
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1902-02-17
William Loeb tells George W. Robb that Alice Roosevelt receives a large number of works dedicated to her, and does not make suggestions about any of them. He did not mean to imply by his previous letter that she granted permission to Robb to publish her consent to have a work dedicated to her.
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1902-01-09
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt greatly admires William P. Trent’s book and appreciates that it is dedicated to him. Roosevelt is converted to Trent’s views on Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson Davis, even though he does not entirely accept them. His main objection to Jefferson is “his utter inefficiency as an executive officer in the face of a foreign foe.”
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1897-04-20
Paul A. Zuber wants to dedicate his French language book about his adventures in the Western United States to Theodore Roosevelt, and for him to write a letter. He wrote the book while recovering from a knee injury, during which time he read Roosevelt’s articles about hunting in Africa.
Paul A. Zuber published Dans les Mines du Far-West: Recits et aventures in 1912.
On behalf of the Board of Education of the Lower Merion School District, William J. Byrnes invites Theodore Roosevelt to be speaker at the dedication ceremony at the new Ardmore high school.
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1911-09-04
Bishop Herbert Bury is grateful Theodore Roosevelt accepts the dedication of his book. He drafts a proposal of Roosevelt’s acceptance and hopes he agrees with it. Bury shares his experience visiting William II, Emperor of Germany.
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1911-08-27
Francis Walsh Reid asks Frank Harper if he has permission to say, “dedicated to Colonel Roosevelt.”
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1911-08-16
Francis Walsh Reid sends Theodore Roosevelt a proof for his song “Heroes of To-day.” He asks Roosevelt for permission to dedicate it to him.
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1911-08-07
Francis Walsh Reid sends Theodore Roosevelt a printer’s proof of the song he wants to dedicate to Roosevelt and Admiral George Dewey.
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1911-08-10
Bishop Herbert Bury asks Theodore Roosevelt to accept the dedication of the American edition of his new book and includes a proposed version of the text. He is dedicating the English edition to Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram. Bury wants to his book to draw attention to the religious needs of Central America, “that important part of America’s sphere of influence.”
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1911-07-31
James Van Horn is glad Theodore Roosevelt accepted the invitation from the executors of his brother’s will to speak at the dedication of a monument of Abraham Lincoln. Van Horn tells Roosevelt a brief family history and he and his brothers’ service in the Civil War.
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1911-05-16
Elizabeth Coit Gilman tells Theodore Roosevelt more about the Gilman Country School in hopes that he will accept their invitation to speak at the dedication of their new building.
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1911-05-02
William Barnes expresses a wish to be present at the upcoming dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam, and explains his reasons.
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1911-03-17
Albert S. Stewart has dedicated a book he wrote to Theodore Roosevelt, and informs Roosevelt’s secretary, Frank Harper, that he has sent Roosevelt a copy, along with references to the chapters that suggested such a dedication.
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1911-03-10
James H. McClintock is glad that Theodore Roosevelt will be able to come dedicate the dam in Maricopa County, as he helped make its construction possible. McClintock shares his memory of the beginning of the construction of the dam, and how he and several others were involved with surveying locations and providing a recommendation. While the remaining members of the “Arizona squadron” of the Rough Riders will be in attendance, McClintock laments how their numbers have dwindled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-01