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Thomas H. Shevlin reviews the schedule for Vice President Roosevelt’s visit to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Minnesota State Fair.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-24
Frederick William Holls asked two things of Governor Roosevelt. First, he wants Roosevelt to attend a lunch in honor of Lord Pauncefote at Columbia University. Second, to meet him privately to discuss the upcoming party convention in Philadelphia and the nomination process. Several names have been presented and Holls thinks that although John Long is the best candidate, he would lose Maryland for the Republicans, and repel Germans because of his views on temperance.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-06-02
Receipt from a meal at the Metropolitan Club Restaurant in which Assistant Secretary Roosevelt ordered pork chops, toast, and a glass of milk.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-26
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club restaurant for which Theodore Roosevelt spent thirty eight dollars and fifty cents.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-05-01
Jessie Benton Frémont writes to Governor Roosevelt regarding a discussion she had had the previous evening about a letter which Judge Charles Silent had written to Roosevelt regarding the raising of an arch for Admiral George Dewey. Frémont describes Judge Silent in order to introduce him to Roosevelt. She also writes that she is glad whenever her son interacts with Roosevelt and says that her son had written to her regarding a dinner that he had had with Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Frémont closes by calling Roosevelt an inspiration and says that he is her typical American.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-08-21
Admiral Evans informs Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt that he has turned his ankle and must take care of himself to be able to work when he arrives in Key West, Florida. He encloses requests for command of a large ship and movement of guard boats. He writes that the “safety of our fleet will depend on the promptness with which the guard boats are sent to Key West.” Evans regrets not being able to have lunch together as planned.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-03-25
Receipt from a meal at the Metropolitan Club Restaurant in which Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt ordered two pork chops, two orders of potatoes, four orders of strawberries, two glasses of milk, and one beer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-04-16
Allyn F. Hanks writes to Howard Baker regarding a recent trip to New York City and Washington, D.C., and attending the Boone and Crockett Club dinner with Archibald B. Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1952-01-12
Bettie Wingert tells her mother about Colonel Theodore Roosevelt’s visit to Helena, Montana, including dinner at the Kohrs’s home and the speech Roosevelt gave on “good citizenship and high thinking.”
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1911-04-13