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Theodore Roosevelt is pleased with James P. Goodrich’s letter, but will not be passing through Indiana in the near future and will be unable to see him. He congratulates Goodrich on his handling of affairs and invites him to dinner if he is ever in New York.
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1917-06-05
President Roosevelt asks if Edgar Huidekoper Wells can stop in Washington for lunch or dinner on his way west.
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1908-10-10
President Roosevelt inquires if Theodore Lyman can come for dinner on November 14. William Phillips was meant to write Lyman, and Roosevelt will try to get him to come to dinner also. Roosevelt also asks if Lyman could come to lunch on Saturday.
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1908-10-10
President Roosevelt thanks Edgar Huidekoper Wells for what he is doing for his son Kermit Roosevelt. Roosevelt is impressed with the “extraordinary bag” Theodore Lyman got. He would like to have lunch or dinner with Lyman to discuss it and asks Wells to inquire if Lyman can come.
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1908-10-07
December 12 will be a good date for the Boone and Crockett Club dinner. President Roosevelt encloses a letter for First Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon.
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1908-10-02
President Roosevelt hopes Secretary of State Elihu Root can attend the dinner, but can not suggest anyone who could replace Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon. Roosevelt asks Colonel Robert Means Thompson to give his regards to Shogu Nagasaki, and to assure him of Roosevelt’s feelings of respect for Emperor Meiji of Japan.
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1908-09-10
President Roosevelt is interested in what Maurice Francis Egan, minister to Denmark, says about the socialists and British diplomat Rennell Rodd. He has requested the British Embassy notify him when Rodd arrives so they can dine at the White House.
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1908-09-07
President Roosevelt asks if Lyman Abbott or his son, Lawrence F. Abbott, can come for lunch and talk about Representative J. S. Sherman.
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1908-09-04
President Roosevelt inquires if Grace Wilson Vanderbilt and her husband, Cornelius Vanderbilt, can stop for lunch on their way back to Newport.
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1908-08-24
President Roosevelt will arrange lunch or dinner with Jacob A. Riis and his wife Mary Phillips Riis while they are in Washington, D.C., for the tuberculosis congress. He will schedule a later appointment with Riis to review another matter. Riis’ evaluation of William H. Taft concerns Roosevelt, who does not understand how people do not recognize Taft’s character. He will write to Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, to rectify the issue.
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1908-08-22
President Roosevelt congratulates W. Sloan Simpson’s father, John Nicholas Simpson, and has invited him to lunch. Despite not being able to elect his ticket, Roosevelt is certain Sloan Simpson will make a good showing and looks forward to it.
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1908-08-21
President Roosevelt expects Homer Davenport and his son to come for lunch along with Luther Daniels Bradley, Charles I. DeBevoise, and George Bell on August 28.
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1908-08-14
President Roosevelt invites Brander Matthews and his wife to dinner at the White House on December 5. He thanks Matthews for sending him a magazine.
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1907-09-23
President Roosevelt invites Bishop Satterlee and his wife, Jane Lawrence Satterlee, to dine at the White House to meet the Bishop of London, Arthur F. Winnington Ingram. Roosevelt also informs the bishop about his plans to attend early Sunday services. If the president does attend the early services, he can say a word of greeting to the Bishop of London, but it would not be a speech and would only be “two minutes’ greeting.”
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1907-09-18
President Roosevelt invites Joseph Wilmer to spend the night at the White House on September 27, when Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram is visiting.
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1907-09-10
President Roosevelt tells Judge Jones that he received the copy of The Montgomery Advertiser. He was just speaking with a “high-minded man” who was surprised the New York papers had declined to support Jones because they only wanted to show what the administration was doing wrong. Roosevelt wants to schedule a meal with Jones.
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1907-09-09
President Roosevelt describes his recent trip to Provincetown to his son Kermit Roosevelt, including his speech, a banquet, and meeting “five hundred Gloucester fishermen.” Roosevelt feels Kermit’s trip with the cavalry “was such a fine thing.”
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1907-08-21
President Roosevelt directs Attorney General Bonaparte to release United States District Attorney Asa. P. French’s letter publicly. He asks if Bonaparte can visit to discuss Senator William Edgar Borah’s case. Roosevelt needs time and information to make a decision, and requests copies of communications from United States District Attorney N. M. Ruick.
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1907-08-23
President Roosevelt is sorry Alexander Lambert will not be able to attend a dinner at Oyster Bay due to the illness of his father in law. Roosevelt asks Lambert to come the first night he gets a chance.
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1907-07-30
President Roosevelt informs George B. Cortelyou that he will be unable to attend the University Club dinner and sends his best wishes to the hosts and guests.
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1907-01-28