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Franklin Matthews writes to William Loeb asking that an enclosed letter be passed on to President Roosevelt. Matthews hopes that giving Roosevelt the letter will save him from an awkward situation with the president.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-22
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt gladly encloses the letter for Mary H. Krout.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-03
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt is touched that John W. McCabe wants to name his son after him, but believes McCabe should give the boy a family name instead.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt would like to see Grace Sanderson Thacher Putnam and her son, Worcester Putnam, in Newport, but requests they meet him at the Naval War College due to his busy schedule.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks George B. Edwards for his letter and promises to speak to Congressman William Elliott about the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-06-07
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks G. P. Putnam’s Sons to send Emily Tyler Carow a copy of the recently published pamphlet on big game.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-09
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt will do all he can for French Ensor Chadwick. He is glad Chadwick has Aniceto García Menocal y Martín to consult with the board. Roosevelt told President William McKinley what Chadwick said and does not anticipate any trouble.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-22
Wilbur S. Hinman will bring Philip Whelan’s letter to the attention of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt once he returns.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-10-12
Colorized postcard showing a closeup of a bunch of lemons on a tree. On the reverse Myrtle O’Dell updates Charles C. Myers that everyone is well and the weather is fine. She plans to write a letter tomorrow. While she likes the new picture of Myers, she prefers the other one.
1912-03-27
Elbert E. Martin writes on behalf of Theodore Roosevelt to thank Marion E. Griffith for her kind letter and good wishes.
Theodore Roosevelt had recently survived an assassination attempt by John Flammang Schrank on October 14, 1912.
Seating chart for a dinner planned in Theodore Roosevelt’s honor for May 19, 1910, at Buckingham Palace. The dinner was never held due to the death of King Edward VII of Great Britain on May 6, 1910. The chart shows the arrangement of all sixty guests, including many crowned heads of European states, around a large table.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1910
Calling card of George LeRoy Brown. Brown wishes the recipient a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-18
Invitation for the Boone and Crockett Club special meeting and annual dinner taking place on December 20th, 1911. An reservation confirmation for the dinner addressed to the treasurer is also included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09
Charles Scribner accepts Theodore Roosevelt’s invitation for the following Thursday. Scribner will drive and bring the Burlingames.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-25
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb thanks Gertrude Amnér for the letter and courtesy she extended.
1904-05-26
Mark Sullivan accepts Theodore Roosevelt’s proposed date of the 28th as a good day for their luncheon meetup.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09
Author Ernest Hugh Fitzpatrick sends his best wishes to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-09
Stewart L. Woodford relays a letter he received from Japanese Consul-General Kōkichi Mizuno regarding Admiral Heihachirō Tōgō’s anticipation of lunching with Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt had previously invited Tōgō to visit him at the White House, but Tōgō was prevented from doing so because of his duties as Chief of Naval Staff. He hopes to finally be able to have the honor of visiting Roosevelt, and Woodford hopes that Roosevelt will be able to make one of the suggested times work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-06
Calling card of Elizabeth Botimer, wife of William G. Botimer, and an address.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-23
Theodor Körner expresses his support of Theodore Roosevelt and reminds him that he was his military attaché the previous May. Körner sends military literature to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-14