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President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that he is having dinner with Eugene F. Ware, the new Pension Commissioner, and asks Lodge if he would be able to join them.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-05-07
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter for John Appleton Stewart and asks William Loeb to read it as well. Roosevelt does not want a large scale reception and will not attend a dinner. The reception should be nonpolitical with only a short speech by Roosevelt.
1910-03-19
Theodore Roosevelt expresses concerns over a reception that is being planned for his return to the United States, an event he has not fully committed to attending. He wants the reception to be nonpartisan and does not think it is appropriate for President Taft to attend a reception for a “purely private citizen.” Roosevelt also wants John Appleton Stewart to be cautious in his public statements regarding the potential reception and Roosevelt’s future plans.
1910-03-19
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-26