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President Roosevelt tells Chief Justice Fuller that it will be his pleasure to attend the scheduled dinner reception for Justice William Henry Moody on January 9, 1907.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-18
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Clay for his recent letter, and notes that he would have invited the senator to a recent dinner if fewer gentlemen than ladies had been invited. He thanks Clay for his friendship and association.
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1906-12-14
President Roosevelt, addressing Speaker of the House Cannon as “Uncle Joe,” asks him to give a speech for the Republican Club at their upcoming Lincoln Birthday banquet, noting that Cannon is “one of the few big men who can still speak at first hand of Lincoln.” Roosevelt also makes light of the recent controversy regarding Maria Longworth Storer.
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1906-12-14
President Roosevelt asks to schedule a meal with Archbishop Ireland when he next comes to Washington. Roosevelt adds that he would also like to eat with Archbishop John J. Keane and Bishop Thomas O’Gorman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-11
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit advising Kermit to use some of the money Roosevelt sends him to take meals alone in his room and reminds him to always write to him as fully as possible. He also tells him to not let on to his new supervisor that he misses his old supervisor.
1913-05-11
Theodore Roosevelt finds it necessary to abstain from coming in to dinner, as accepting one invitation would necessitate accepting many others. Roosevelt asks Cutting if he could bring Comptroller Prendergast and the men from the Municipal Bureau of Research to Oyster Bay next Wednesday instead.
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1911-04-21
Theodore Roosevelt would prefer to have lunch with Lemuel Ely Quigg in his home.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-06-29
President Roosevelt apologizes that he is unable to write the letter John R. Dunlap requested, but asks that Dunlap extend Roosevelt’s good wishes to the attendants of Dunlap’s dinner and convey his respect for Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-30
President Roosevelt regrets to tell James Keteltas Hackett that he cannot write a telegram to his dinner, because he receives far too many requests like these to fill them all. Hackett is a well-known actor, as was his father James Henry Hackett, and even though Roosevelt regards him as a “the son of a great man, it is not always wise to do what one would have been glad to do for the great man himself.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-06
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador White for the letter, and asks if reports that he dined with Francis Augustus MacNutt, a private chamberlain to the pope, are true.
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1905-12-06
On behalf of the House of Merritt, a restaurant offering English and Southern cooking, Charles A. Merritt invites Theodore Roosevelt to a private chicken dinner on June 1.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-23
James R. Sheffield invites Theodore Roosevelt to a private dinner, which he knows Roosevelt does not normally accept, but urges him to make an exception as he and many others “have set their hearts on” Roosevelt’s attendance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-17
George L. Record thanks Theodore Roosevelt for writing the letter to the Dollar Dinner. It was the highlight of the evening.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-01
Report on a dinner held by the Washington, D.C. area chapter of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) on April 24, 2004. The report notes the presence of members of other TRA chapters, discusses its plans for a TRA police award, and highlights the address given by Edward Renehan.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2004
Mark Hanna asks if President Roosevelt and his wife, Edith, are available to attend a dinner party that he is organizing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-30