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Samuel Leland Powers asks Theodore Roosevelt if he would accept an invitation from the Boston Chamber of Commerce to attend a luncheon and give a speech. Powers believes Roosevelt will be very well received by the businessmen of the city and since Roosevelt often comes to Harvard University as an overseer, the luncheon might not be an inconvenience.
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1911-12-16
President Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit Roosevelt was chosen as captain of the seventh but fears he will fall behind in his studies. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is back home now and has brought Aunt Emily. Today was Quentin’s birthday.
1903-11-19
President Roosevelt reports that while preparing his speech to Congress on Panama, he received the telegram from Kermit and Ted informing him about the football match. He says he, Edith, and Ethel all cheered. Roosevelt says he was pleased with the results of the elections and then describes what is happening in Panama.
1903-11-04
President Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit Roosevelt has been made captain of the third string football team. Roosevelt relates a story of horseback riding with Edith and Ethel and a pillow fight with Archie and Quentin. He also read the boys Uncle Remus.
1903-10-19
President Roosevelt reports that he is having a touch of the “Cuban fever” and is glad to be in the house with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He reports on the family pets and that Quentin is learning to ride a pony. Edith is going to take the three children to Doctor Rixey’s farm. Roosevelt says he is working hard on his address to Congress.
1903-10-24
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit that he is glad Kermit is playing football, but does not want him or Ted to devote more time to sports than studies. Roosevelt is glad to be President but overwhelmed with work, and takes comfort in reading about Abraham Lincoln. Roosevelt also relates news on family pets.
1903-10-02
President Roosevelt is pleased with his son Kermit’s grades and mentions the horses. He says Ethel has been riding with him on Miss Root’s pony.
1902-10-31
President Roosevelt tells his son Archie that he has gotten Captain William Norman appointed Assistant Inspector of Hulls in the Steamboat Service at New Orleans. Next, Roosevelt will inquire about “Wiggie’s” brother. Quentin Roosevelt is still sick but is adjusting to his new school and plays football with the others. Roosevelt took a long ride with Edith in the afternoon.
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1908-10-11
President Roosevelt sends Edward McKay a photograph of him in the Rough Riders, and says he will always think of him as “one of Uncle Sam’s little boys,” and remembers him playing with Roosevelt’s son, Quentin. Roosevelt tells McKay about all the sports and activities his sons Quentin and Archie are involved in, and describes a camping trip where two bold young foxes visited the party.
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1907-07-30
President Roosevelt requests A. J. Cassatt’s opinion on the enclosed materials. Roosevelt enjoyed dinner and reminds Cassatt that they are going to a football game.
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1901-10-19
C. Grant La Farge offers Theodore Roosevelt sympathy for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident, having just learned of it this morning. La Farge shares they receive happy letters from Christopher Grant La Farge, Jr., “Kipper,” at Groton, who is playing football.
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1911-10-02
Depicted as football players, President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, and Uncle Sam, holding the “prosperity” football, charge ahead past the man labeled “panic.”
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1907-11-19
President Roosevelt standing beside a teddy bear watches two men (the “Senate” and the “House”) wrestle for a football: “legislation.”
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1907-02-26
Secretary of War William H. Taft labeled “Full-back,” President Roosevelt labeled “Quarter-back,” and Uncle Sam labeled “Center” holding a ball with the words “Justice for Treason” stand on a football field looking at a group of men with a sign, “25th Infantry.” In the stands beside the group of men is one man holding a pennant labeled “T–Traitor” while the other side has a big “W” with a megaphone shouting, “Rickety Ram, Rickety Ram, Theodore, William, and Uncle Sam.”
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1906-12-21
President Roosevelt holds “the message” football and looks at Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and President Pro Tempore of the Senate William P. Frye, who face one another.
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1906-12-03
President Roosevelt watches as Secretary of War William H. Taft squashes a man with a “revolution” football.
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1906-10-14
President Roosevelt dictates to his secretaries about six different topics: “plan to rejuvenate Republican party in N.Y.,” “plan to force re-organization of insurance companies,” “opinions on sea level canal,” “annual message,” “protest against foul football,” and “Irish translations.”
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1905-11-22
A “railroads” football player jumps on a “small snipper” who holds a “railroad rate regulation” football. President Roosevelt rushes toward them with his “big stick” as the “beef trust” and another trust look on and laugh.
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1905-10-15
President Roosevelt points his finger at a pile of football players on the lawn of “the White House Athletic Field.” A cage with the words “the new mascot—peace” is on the ground while as the wall has a sign that reads “teams coached under the new rules.” German Emperor William II, surrounded by instruments, looks over the wall. Caption: The Kaiser—(enviously)—Just wait until he tries to lead an orchestra.
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1905-10-11
President Roosevelt watches two men, who are standing in front of a football.
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1905-10-16