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Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to say he is glad that Bishop clarified some issues regarding an article in The Outlook and makes plans to have lunch with him.
1911-07-21
Trustee Seth Low of the Tuskegee Institute writes to the editor of the Atlanta Constitution, expressing his distress over recent criticism of Booker T. Washington that he has observed spreading in the South. The criticism surrounds Washington’s attendance at a luncheon in a Saratoga Hotel. Low clarifies that while Washington entered and left with John Wanamaker, he was not the escort of anyone in Wanamaker’s party. That said, Low points out that the newspaper reports of the Saratoga incident do not account for differences in race relations between the North and the South.
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1905-08-30
Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister Anna on the status of the family. Three of the children now have the measles. Despite the sick children, they have still managed to do a fair amount of socializing. Henry Cabot Lodge has been a “comfort” to wife Edith.
1893-02-12
Theodore Roosevelt asks his sister Anna to send him some paperwork. The children are doing better, but are still not allowed out of the house.
1893-02-25
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt updating her on the status of things in Washington. The children are now well and he and wife Edith have been doing quite a bit of socializing. Roosevelt’s writing is making “laboriously painful progress” and he had to go to Philadelphia on an investigation. He describes Rudyard Kipling who dined with them.
1893-04-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt updating her on the status of things in Washington. Roosevelt and wife Edith continue to do a great deal of socializing, despite financial constraints. Roosevelt is deciding whether to continue in his position as Civil Service Commissioner because his finances are in “fearful shape.”
1893-04-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about plans for their upcoming trip to the World’s Fair. Because President Grover Cleveland asked him to do so, Roosevelt thinks that he will stay in his position as Civil Service Commissioner for at least another year though he has not gotten along with his colleagues.
1893-04-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt inquiring if she received his last letter. He updates her on the status of their travel plans. Roosevelt has been dining out, riding horses with Henry Cabot Lodge and hiking.
1893-05-01
G. Gorham Peters thanks President Roosevelt for dinner.
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1904-02-05
Henry Martyn Hoyt encloses a draft of remarks he plans to make at a Yale Dinner concerning President Roosevelt.
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1904-02-01
Former Rough Rider Gordon Johnston thanks President Roosevelt for writing to his fiance Anna Julia Johnson. Johnston accepts an invitation to a reception and supper with Roosevelt.
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1904-02-02
Brander Matthews declines an invitation to the White House due to the recent death of his mother. Matthews discusses the French translation of President Roosevelt’s book, New York, and the views of French writer and thinker Jules Lemaitre about Roosevelt.
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1904-01-25
Henry Bainbridge Chapin accepts, on behalf of other Harvard alumni, President Roosevelt’s invitation to dine with him. Chapin lists the attendees to Roosevelt’s dinner party and explains why Brooks and Hooper are unable to attend.
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1904-01-26
William C. Wilson asks Theodore Roosevelt to encourage Senator John C. Spooner to speak at the 27th Assembly District Republican Club’s dinner. He hopes that Roosevelt will send a letter to be read at the dinner.
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1904-01-26
Arthur von Briesen requests President Roosevelt’s opinion regarding Representative Bartholdt. Von Briesen has been asked to a dinner party honoring Bartholdt and he is unsure if he should attend.
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1903-12-26
Pages 535 and 536 of the December 3, 1903, edition of Leslie’s Weekly. Several Montana labor leaders will be dining with President Roosevelt at the White House. Roosevelt is returning the hospitality he received during a recent tour of Montana.
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1903-12-03
T. E. Byrnes relays that Charles S. Mellen wishes to postpone sending an invitation to Lucius Tuttle to the Cabinet dinner. Byrnes requests that the recipient send a telegram indicating they fulfilled Mellen’s directions.
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1903-11-27
After meeting with Lieutenant Governor Higgins and Senator Ellsworth, Collector Stranahan called to suggest that Colonel Dunn stay until Tuesday in order to be present at the dinner with President Roosevelt, Senator Platt, and Governor Odell. Stranahan believes that the situation is serious.
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1903-11-21
Arthur von Briesen cannot attend lunch tomorrow. He will be in Washington, D.C., on Sunday.
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1903-10-05
Arthur von Briesen cannot lunch with President Roosevelt tomorrow as he must be present for the Ellis Island hearings. He will be in Washington, D.C., on October 11. Briesen took special note of Roosevelt’s suggestion that charges should not receive publicity unless they have been thoroughly investigated.
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1903-10-05