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General and Mrs. Brooke are to be in town for about week, and the unknown writer asks whether they ought to be invited to anything.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-28
Harvey W. Scott, editor of The Oregonian, did not seem disappointed at Senator Hoar’s public refusal to shake his hand. Scott met with President Roosevelt who laughed at the idea that there are other people who have come under Hoar’s displeasure.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-23
General Brugère extends wishes for happiness in the coming new year to President Roosevelt. Brugère recalls the friendly welcome he received during his visit to the United States in 1902. He was pleased to be able to see Henry Cabot Lodge and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge in Paris, France over the summer.
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1903-12-22
Yick Nam Quan describes how much his father and his friend value the cane that has President Roosevelt’s name inscribed on it. Quan is disappointed that his gifts to Roosevelt were returned and asks if he can send them to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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1903-12-24
Wood encloses a letter from Mr. Fletcher and asks permission to send President Roosevelt another document.
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1903-12-16
Albertine Randall Wheelan calls herself the secretary of the department of hand-painted crocodiles on her calling card.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04
Judge Ray is pleased to excuse Arthur von Briesen so that he may address public business.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-02
Lincoln Steffens is sending President Roosevelt’s invitation to Joseph Wingate Folk.
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1903-09-30
After meeting with the Delaware senators, President Roosevelt reluctantly met with John Edward Addicks at the White House. Roosevelt believed the visit was in “bad taste” and would have preferred Addicks to stay away. Roosevelt told all Delaware visitors that he would no longer tolerate the state’s factional dispute.
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1903-10-04
Senator Hanna introduces Father Thorpe who would like to pay his respects to President Roosevelt.
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1903-10-05
Henry White spoke with Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour and Balfour expects his new cabinet to be excellent. White encloses Balfour’s famous Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade. The Alaska Tribunal is going well and a satisfactory decision appears to be on the way. Even Senator Lodge, who was previously doubtful of a decision, is hopeful. White and Ambassador Joseph Hodges Choate have provided letters of introduction to General Ian Hamilton, Baron Ribblesdale, and John Poynder. Original and typewritten copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-19
David M. Goodrich writes to Alice Roosevelt to inform her that he is unable to go to Michigan.
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1903-08-25
During a visit by President Roosevelt to Abraham Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield, Governor Richard Yates of Illinois asked for Senator Shelby M. Cullom’s support in the upcoming political campaign. Cullom demurred that this was neither the time nor the place for such a conversation, and Roosevelt signified that he did not intend to enter into a factional fight in state politics.
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1903-06-12
Albert Shaw requests a meeting with President Roosevelt and would also like to introduce Maurice Sheldon Amos, a visiting English lawyer and administrator in Egypt.
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1903-07-08
Senator Platt believes that Lemuel E. Quigg wrote to President Roosevelt after learning that Platt was going to suggest that Roosevelt invite him to call. Platt urges Roosevelt to still extend the invitation.
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1903-07-10
Senator Lodge found President Roosevelt’s Springfield speech admirable and believes it will be helpful within the business community. Lodge sends a speech he made in Greenfield, Massachusetts. He understands that Roosevelt cannot attend the dedication of the McKinley statue in Adams, Massachusetts but warns that others will ask Roosevelt to attend. Finally, Lodge suggests that Roosevelt thank the Boston and Maine Railroad for having an engine ready for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s use when Ted Roosevelt was ill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-10
General Wood introduces Horace Fletcher, whose work with food may be of interest to the government.
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1903-05-12
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock informs Charles Fletcher Lummis that it is inappropriate for him to continue signing letters as Chairman of the Advisory Commission, because the commission no longer exists.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-04-14
Letter to the editor faulting an unnamed Southern governor for visiting William Randolph Hearst and not President Roosevelt. The writer of the letter, “New Yorker,” claims that this displays what the governor believes constitutes a gentleman. In a handwritten note, Richard Watson Gilder indicates that he wrote the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-04
Calling card of John Milliken Parker with the handwritten note, “Ursus Pitorinctum, from our first swamp bear.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-15