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Theodore Roosevelt regrets that he will be unable to dine with Robert Grant due to previous engagements with Francis A. Lowell and A. Lawrence Lowell, but inquires if he may call upon him on his next visit to Boston.
1910-12-06
Theodore Roosevelt finalizes arrangements for his upcoming visit with Robert Grant, requesting to have William Roscoe Thayer join them for dinner. He also compliments Grant on his recent articles.
1912-01-30
Theodore Roosevelt attempts to arrange an introduction and dinner between Robert Grant and newspaper editor William Allen White prior to his arrival and visit to Grant’s home in Boston.
1912-02-20
Theodore Roosevelt writes to confirm that Anna Roosevelt Cowles does not mind that he has invited Russell J. Coles to have dinner with them on the upcoming Sunday.
1918-06-03
Display case containing a coffee cup, saucer, and spoon reportedly used by Vice President Roosevelt at a dinner given in his honor by Reverend Harry A. Handel at the St. James Rectory in Meeker, Colorado. The cup contains dregs said to have been left by Roosevelt. Case also contains a menu from the dinner and a letter from Handel dated December 25, 1921, explaining and presenting the objects to a friend.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1901-01-11
A menu from a dinner held in 1901 to honor Vice President Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1901-01-11
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about the importance of the upcoming presidential election between Democrat William Jennings Bryan and Republican William McKinley. He feels Bryan’s election would be “a great calamity.” Roosevelt also describes a recent dinner.
1896-07-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about his state by state predictions on the outcome of the Presidential election where William McKinley runs against William Jennings Bryan. He mentions a farewell dinner for cousin Emlen Roosevelt and gives updates on the children.
1896-09-20
Theodore Roosevelt is glad sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles is in England. Roosevelt is busy with his work as Police Commissioner and the political campaign. He mentions inviting Uncle Jim [Roosevelt] to lunch with [Mark] Hanna. Roosevelt says his work will be lighter until the New Year and he cares not if they legislate him out of a job. He also gives updates on the family.
1896-10-11
Due to the “unfortunate occurrence” in the Senate, most likely referring to the assault on Senator McLaurin, it was suggested that Senator Benjamin R. Tillman withdraw his acceptance to the dinner with Prince Heinrich of Prussia. Tillman refused this suggestion and the invitation was withdrawn by President Roosevelt. An invitation has been sent to Senator Thomas S. Martin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-24
Woodbury Kane would be pleased to dine with President Roosevelt this evening.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-04
Invitation to a dinner in honor of Senator Platt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles for the cable and inquires as to why she has stopped writing. He and wife Edith will spend a night at Rutherford Stuyvesant’s and he mentions several political luncheons he has attended.
1896-11-13
Theodore Roosevelt provides his opinion on Bayard’s misunderstanding of British diplomacy for his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles, probably referring to United States Ambassador to Britain Thomas F. Bayard. He comments on the invaders in the Transvaal and lists some recent dinner guests.
1896-01-05
Theodore Roosevelt says he is eager to meet his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s husband William and thinks he should try for sea service. He and Edith are enjoying their first week in town, presumably New York City, and are making congenial friends. Roosevelt was amused to find at a recent dinner he was given precedence because he is Police Commissioner.
1896-01-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles and comments on some of the people he has socialized with. Roosevelt still believes he will be legislated out of the Police Commissioner job and wants to finish the reorganization of the department before that time. He does consider this the best spent year of his life.
1896-01-19
Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about Senator Lodge’s visit and their unhappiness with Speaker of the House Reed. Things are looking up for Roosevelt and the police department despite Thomas Collier Platt’s efforts to remove him from office. The work is hard but he enjoys it and is also editing the fourth edition of Winning of the West.
1896-03-09
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter he wrote to journalist Julian Ralph for his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles to read. The Roosevelt household is quarantined because of son Kermit’s “diphaeretic sore throat.” He describes the guests at a recent dinner.
1896-03-15
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he and the Assistant Secretary of the Navy were guests of honor at a dinner and he feels the United States is gradually building a good “second-class” navy. He plans to spend a lot of time at Sagamore Hill this summer and says there is a drought out in the country.
1896-05-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about petty fights he is having with his colleagues on the Police Board and how difficult the work of reform is. Roosevelt inspected the ship Indiana and describes his recent social activities with Senator Lodge, his wife Anna, and others.
1896-05-17