Dinners and dining--Social aspects

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Sandford Martin

Theodore Roosevelt snidely remarks that a private letter of his to Frank Andrew Munsey has been released, possibly by Missouri Governor Herbert S. Hadley, and that he will send Edward Sandford Martin an enclosed copy of the letter exchange regarding his position on nomination. He states that he has been reading the book Stover at Yale by Owen Johnson, and he met with Johnson recently. Roosevelt reminds Martin that if he and his son George Whitney Martin attend that dinner, they must visit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Grant

Theodore Roosevelt requests that Robert Grant attend dinner with him on February 25th, with no more than two or three guests. He wishes to discuss being grandfathers and Grant’s previous two articles. He wishes he could see Grant for longer than one day, but he is far too busy with his existing arrangements, and he asks if he can have a few days to decide if he can stay at Grant’s home Monday evening.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-30

Capital Area Chapter dinner

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

2004

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1913-05-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Sturgis Bigelow

Theodore Roosevelt admits he laughed at William Sturgis Bigelow’s joke about Cardinal William Henry O’Connell and his snowstorm prayers. Roosevelt asks if Bigelow would allow President of Harvard A. Lawrence Lowell to attend their outing. He explains that he will come straight to Bigelow’s house from Grafton D. Cushing’s house, and asks if Bigelow could host John T. Morse and Barrett Wendell for breakfast.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-02-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Fulton Cutting

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lemuel Ely Quigg

Theodore Roosevelt would prefer to have lunch with Lemuel Ely Quigg in his home.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-06-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John R. Dunlap

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Melville Weston Fuller

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Stephens Clay

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Gurney Cannon

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Ireland

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Keteltas Hackett

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.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry White

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-06

Letter from Charles A. Merritt to Theodore Roosevelt

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. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-23

Letter from James R. Sheffield to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-17

Letter from George L. Record to Theodore Roosevelt

George L. Record thanks Theodore Roosevelt for writing the letter to the Dollar Dinner. It was the highlight of the evening.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-01

Letter from Marcus Alonzo Hanna to Theodore Roosevelt

Mark Hanna asks if President Roosevelt and his wife, Edith, are available to attend a dinner party that he is organizing.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-30