Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt reports to his son Kermit how he spent Election Day at Sagamore Hill with family and all six dogs.
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1902-11-06
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Election Day
Letter from Hugh N. Johnston to Theodore Roosevelt
Hugh N. Johnston, candidate for Country Treasurer in Cedarville, Virginia, asks if Theodore Roosevelt can speak at a barbecue around the time of the election. He is also writing to President William H. Taft and William Jennings Brian and hopes someone will respond.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-09
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles
President Roosevelt is pleased that his brother-in-law William S. Cowles is returning to vote for Roosevelt. Roosevelt notes that his son Quentin Roosevelt and nephew “Sheffield”, William Sheffield Cowles, are quite cunning. The Roosevelt family eats breakfast together daily, barring guests, which is the main time he has with his family. Roosevelt writes that while no one knows about the upcoming presidential election, things look favorable for his reelection. First lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is planning a feast for Cabinet members on election night that could evolve into a celebration party.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1904-10-18
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Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson wishes President Roosevelt a happy birthday and encloses poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as a birthday present. Robinson wishes to see Roosevelt before he leaves for Panama and suggests boarding the train he will be riding on Election Day.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-10-26
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Letter from Laura d’Oremieulx Roosevelt to William Loeb
Laura d’Oremieulx Roosevelt asks William Loeb to ask Theodore Roosevelt if she can see him on Election Day and drive him to the polls.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1906-10-15
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles
President Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt have designated breakfast as their private family meal, and he enjoys spending this time with his children. He looks forward to a favorable result in the upcoming election; Edith has invited the members of the cabinet over on election day to celebrate or mourn the outcome as it happens.
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1904-10-18
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Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the recent mayoral election in New York. Butler conveys the public’s positive reaction to President Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington, and the public’s negative reaction to George B. McClellan, Mr. Murphy, and Seth Low. In regard to his recent conversation with Cornelius Newton Bliss concerning campaign tactics, Butler suggests that Roosevelt invite Mr. Kennedy, James Speyer, and James Stillman for lunch or dinner. Butler writes about the Panama Rebellion and editorials on the topic running in The Evening Post and The Times. Butler also discusses the involvement of Marcus Alonzo Hanna, John Edward Addicks, General James Harrison Wilson, and Wayne MacVeagh in the Maryland and Ohio elections. Butler suggests Roosevelt become a professor of American History and Politics in Morningside Heights.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-09
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Letter from John Carter Rose to Theodore Roosevelt
John Carter Rose praises Maryland’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Stevenson Archer Williams.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1903-11-03