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Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt about beginning to write the fourth volume of Winning of the West before he gets involved in the presidential campaign. Wife Edith is improving and daughter Alice’s feet hurt. He has been riding with Senator Lodge.
1894-12-30
President Roosevelt informs journalist Lincoln Steffens that he sent Steffens’s letter to Secretary of War William H. Taft as that is the best way to get at the matter and Francis J. Heney will be coming to lunch tomorrow.
1908-12-22
Governor Theodore Roosevelt asks writer Edward Sandford Martin to wait a little while and invites him to Oyster Bay for lunch if he does not mind “shoals of people.”
1898-11-24
Theodore Roosevelt expects writer Edward Sanford Martin to meet him at 1:15 to take him to lunch.
1911-11-13
Theodore Roosevelt asks writer Edward Sandford Martin if January 19 is okay for lunch and if he suggested too many names. He asks if Martin would care to ask Professor Lounsbury of Yale, perhaps referring to Thomas Lounsbury.
1911-12-23
Theodore Roosevelt asks writer Edward Sandford Martin if he is willing to include someone else could it be Bob Perkins. He gives Alexander Cochran’s address and how to contact Connolly, a writer of sea stories. Roosevelt is looking forward to the lunch.
1911-12-29
Theodore Roosevelt tells writer Edward Sandford Martin it will be fine to have Cotton. Mrs. Roosevelt is on the mend but not yet strong. Roosevelt provides W. R. Thayer’s address if Martin would like him “on for that lunch.”
1912-01-12
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister-in-law Emily Tyler Carow. He is pleased the Fergusons have been so kind. Edith is very happy and they have been going out a lot and he lists couples they enjoy being with. Roosevelt romps with the children in the afternoon when he goes home for tea and updates her on each, especially eldest son Ted’s antics.
1890-02-10
Assemblyman Roosevelt wishes he could be with his pregnant wife Alice when she gets ‘crampy.’ He dined with the Rathbones last night and went to the Governor’s reception. He does not anticipate much fun in the Legislature. Date on the letter states “Feb. 6th,” but the original cataloger suggests it was actually written on the 7th.
1884-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt writes his mother from his honeymoon in Switzerland and describes the “spree” he and Alice had with Charley Alexander. They gave a dinner for some of Alice’s Boston friends and met some other Americans. The only useless purchase made the whole trip was a gondola pole he finally sent ahead of them to Liverpool.
1881-08-02
A menu for a dinner at the Porcellian Club at Harvard with “Miss F. [Fannie] Peabody” handwritten on the front. On the back of the menu is a seating plan with Theodore Roosevelt at the head of the table and various friends and family members listed.
1879-11-22
Theodore Roosevelt writes his daughter Ethel to say how happy he is about her recent marriage and thinks she and Richard Derby will be the happiest married couple ever, excepting himself and Edith. He says everyone loved the wedding and then details what he and the rest of the family are doing. Archie went with him to Andover, Mother is going to the opera and Quentin leaves for school soon.
1913-04-07
President Roosevelt writes his wife Edith about their daughter Ethel Roosevelt acting as the “mistress of the White House” and how close he has grown to her. Quentin Roosevelt has been a “dear” as well. He encloses a letter from Ted Roosevelt and one from Kermit Roosevelt. Roosevelt has dined with Seth Low and the Lodges.
1908-03-17
President Roosevelt writes his son-in-law Representative Nicholas Longworth that Senator Foraker is doing all the damage he can with “negroes” and that the Democrats on the committee will take such an extreme position the “negroes” will realize where their “real friends are.” Roosevelt asks Longworth to write to Julius Fleischmann to invite the Fleischmanns to dinner on Roosevelt’s behalf.
1907-06-26
Theodore Roosevelt asks his son-in-law Representative Nicholas Longworth to host a dinner and invite Henry Cabot Lodge, William Loeb, George E. Chamberlain, and King. Roosevelt does not want it to seem that he is trying to make up to “the bosses,” so he wants to see Senator Chamberlain first since he is fighting for his bill. He thanks Longworth for the criticism of his article.
1918-01-01
Theodore Roosevelt informs his fiancee Alice Hathaway Lee that he must host a Porcellian Club supper and cannot dine with her next Saturday. The ring has come and he cannot wait to put it on her finger and announce their engagement in a week. He expresses how much he loves her.
1880-02-05
Theodore Roosevelt writes his fiancee Alice Hathaway Lee to confirm dinner engagements, he chose Rose Saltonstall’s (Alice’s cousin) birthday present and had a hideous time at the dentist. He goes on to describe his love for Alice.
1880-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt expresses how happy he is to get letters from his wife Alice and says he misses her, though he has been so busy writing his naval history and studying law, he would not be good company anyway. He is happy she approves of him going to the Porcellian Club dinner and he says he will be at Chestnut Hill for breakfast.
1881-10-14
New York State Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt tells his wife Alice that all the “small curs” on the floor of the House and in the newspapers are “howling” at him, but no one has dared say anything to his face. He dined with the Howes last evening, presumably referring to his colleague in the Assembly, Walter Howe.
1883-03-06
Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt’s place card for a dinner given by the Boston and Cambridge Civil Service Reform Associations.
1889-11-22