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President Roosevelt likes the article that Richard Watson Gilder wrote, and asks if it is based on something written by Nicholas Murray Butler.
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1905-03-27
President Roosevelt would like to circulate his essays “Strenuous Life” and “American Ideals” as widely as possible. The campaign will depend on whether the people desire change.
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1904-09-17
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Ankeny for Richard Whately’s edition of Bacon’s Essays.
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1903-12-19
President Roosevelt thanks Nathaniel Shaler for the five volumes of dramatic essays.
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1903-12-10
President Roosevelt thanks Helen Keller for her essay.
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1903-12-05
President Roosevelt was pleased to give Caroline Fatman Einstein’s son the appointment and will read his essay with pleasure.
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1903-06-08
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs G.P. Putnam’s Sons that he will shortly be able to assemble the essays that George Haven Putnam had spoken to him about publishing. He asks that a copy of his previous work, Practical Politics, be sent to him, as he plans for the two essays it contains to be reprinted. Roosevelt calls attention to the fact that, while Putnam had requested specifically political essays, he does not have enough that are narrowly political, and that they often range more broadly, and asks that if G.P. Putnam’s Sons does not wish to publish these, they say so frankly.
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1897-06-10
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks William F. Fullam for the essay he sent. Roosevelt asks him for further information about the men Fullam has warned him about, and will keep the information confidential.
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1897-05-22
A. V. C. P. Huizinga asks Theodore Roosevelt if he received the copy of their treatise which concurs with his arguments against “pernicious peace.”
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1911-11-10
Warren F. Hickernell would like to publish a translation of Ferdinand Lassalle’s “Essay on the Nature of a Political Constitution” and asks Theodore Roosevelt if he would like to advise him on the project. Hickernell is drawn to Lassalle’s work founding the Social Democratic Party of Germany while applying science to social reform. Hickernell believes Lassalle’s work can be applied directly to American history to support Lassalle’s theory.
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1911-10-19
James E. West would like Theodore Roosevelt to write a few paragraphs about how Boy Scouts can show patriotism and be valuable assets to their communities. He sends Roosevelt a proof edition of the Boy Scout Manual, along with various letters, clippings, and other documents that might help him.
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1911-07-14
Virginia L. Fraser sends Theodore Roosevelt some articles about Japan and China that she wrote. She recently returned to the United States after seven years abroad.
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1911-05-06
Mary Prichard Agnetti submits an essay about Antonio Fogazzaro for publication in the Outlook. Theodore Roosevelt may already be familiar with Agnetti for her translations of Fogazzaro’s works.
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1911-05-06
Believing it will interest him, Francis H. E. O’Donnell sends Theodore Roosevelt an opinion piece written by Elizabeth Gregory. Gregory is one of O’Donnell’s students at the State School for the Deaf and Blind, and the piece focuses on the subject of “Ex-President Roosevelt and his Great Work.”
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1911-03-30
Parker H. Sercombe has been asked to send Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his brief essay “Mr. Edison’s Maimed Mind,” which he encloses, as it is thought it may be of interest or use to him.
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1911-02-22
Governor-elect Blease has a friend who is writing an essay on “The New Nationalism,” and asks Theodore Roosevelt on her behalf if he could give his definition of the topic.
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1910-12-09
Ambassador Jusserand forwards a letter from Colonel Olivier Mazel to President Roosevelt concerning Mazel’s opinion of American officers at the French School of Application for Cavalry. Jusserand knew John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton but has not read the essays Roosevelt mentioned and will seek to obtain them. He comments on the Turkish revolution along with Wilbur Wright’s work in Le Mans, France. Jusserand wishes to be kindly remembered by the Roosevelt family.
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1908-08-17
Benjamin B. Hampton asks President Roosevelt if he would be willing to write a variety of articles, either before or after leaving the presidency. Hampton believes that people view Roosevelt as a practical philosopher, and that a series of short essays from him on such topics as divorce or luxury would be very good. He also proposes longer character sketches of figures in American history that would contribute to a new historical view of the United States. These would be published in Broadway Magazine, which Hampton plans to rename Hampton’s soon. If Roosevelt is willing to undertake this work, they can discuss terms of payment, but Hampton wanted to gauge Roosevelt’s interest first.
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1908-07-07
Draft manuscript containing an essay, “The lion,” by Frederick Courteney Selous. Selous recounts many stories of lions attacking people and animals, and of adventures involving lions. He also addresses lions more scientifically, and offers a description of the habits and living conditions of lions.
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1907-06-03
Cy Warman begs President Roosevelt’s forgiveness for an imprudent article that he wrote. Responding to a statement that the railroad produces nothing, Warman wrote an essay defending the railroad, and in doing so borrowed a press dispatch from Panama that reflected poorly on it and Roosevelt. Warman regrets this, and hopes to apologize and try to correct his mistake.
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1905-12-19