Fortescue, Granville, 1875-1952

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1908-08-12

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles E. Magoon

President Roosevelt appeals to Charles E. Magoon, Provisional Governor of Cuba, on behalf of Granville Fortescue and encloses a letter from him. He asks Magoon if Major Herbert J. Slocum might be convinced to give Fortescue a trial on his merits. Fortescue served alongside Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War, and also served with distinction in the Philippines. The President believes he is a good man who has learned from his mistakes and will not repeat them.

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Creation Date

1907-09-20

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Letter from Adna Romanza Chaffee to William Loeb

Lieutenant-General Chaffee forwards a report from Lieutenant Fortescue on his observations of the defenses near Port Arthur (Manchuria).

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Chaffee, Adna Romanza, 1842-1914

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1905-01-17

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to describe his trip through Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Texas, including a Rough Riders Reunion in San Antonio. He also details his five day wolf hunt in Oklahoma with General Young, Alexander Lambert, and Granville Fortescue.

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Creation Date

1905-04-14

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt talks of riding horses with Dan Moore and Ted. Ted has a boil on his neck but is still teaching his Sunday school class. Roosevelt has also been boxing with Granville Fortescue. Ethel has been sick, but Alice, Archie, and Quentin are fine. Edith feels the strain of the social season and Roosevelt is driven nearly mad by the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives Joseph Gurney Cannon.

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Creation Date

1905-02-05

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt realizes that boxing is not for him after he wrenched his thigh again while trying it with Ted, Church, Granville Fortescue, and Dan Moore. He went for a ride with Edith, Ted, and Senator Lodge and cousin Christine is visiting.

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Creation Date

1904-12-11

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt has arranged for Kermit to come to the March 4 inauguration. Roosevelt has been playing tennis, riding, and scrambling with Ted, Matt and Granville Fortescue, then reading to Archie and Quentin in the evenings. Senator Lodge is staying at the White House now, and Corinne and Douglas Robinson will come down for Thanksgiving.

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Creation Date

1904-11-22

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt’s horses are still ill. John Willis and Buffalo Bill visited. Roosevelt walks with Granville Fortescue but admits he needs to get more exercise. He relates a story about Archie and Quentin reciting poems.

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Creation Date

1904-02-19

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

The weather in Washington has been bad and President Roosevelt has not been able to go riding. Roosevelt played single stick with Granville Fortescue and is very busy.

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Creation Date

1904-01-13

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt talks about his favorite horse, and mentions Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s sickness, which leaves Ethel to read to Archie and Quentin. Granville Fortescue is at the White House as aide. Mrs. Wood is coming to dinner and there is quite a furor over General Wood’s confirmation. The situation in Panama is getting along alright.

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Creation Date

1903-12-05

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Clarence Ransom Edwards

Theodore Roosevelt asks Chief of Insular Affairs Clarence Ransom Edwards for suggestions about where he should appoint Granville Fortescue. He would like to appoint him to a position in either the Philippines or Panama.

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Creation Date

1909-03-05

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt he has been out horse-riding, despite the cold weather. He details a recent ride with Dan Moore, whose horse ran away, and it took time to find him. The family is well overall. Although, his cousin Granville “Roly” Fortescue acquired “a most gorgeous pair of black eyes” after boxing with Roosevelt. The Senate continues to frustrate Roosevelt.

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Creation Date

1905-02-05

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt updates Kermit Roosevelt on various happenings in the family. The president tells Kermit he is “reluctantly” realizing that boxing and wrestling are “too violent” for him as sports. Roosevelt is just glad he was elected president, whether or not his physical fitness is declining.

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Creation Date

1904-12-11

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

President Roosevelt thanks his uncle, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, for his attitude during the campaign. Roosevelt remarks that Robert Barnwell Roosevelt’s son Granville Fortescue is visiting, and that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt “feel just as if he was one of our own boys.”

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Creation Date

1904-11-10

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

President Roosevelt was pleased with Robert Barnwell Roosevelt’s letter and agrees that whatever else happens he has done “substantive work.” Roosevelt was able to secure leave from the War Department for Granville Fortescue and he will be leaving for the east soon.

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Creation Date

1904-02-27

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom

President Roosevelt introduces Granville Fortescue, a former Rough Rider and relative of the Roosevelt family. Fortescue has acquired leave to visit the front of the Russo-Japanese War and Roosevelt requests that Ambassador Griscom help him secure permission to travel with the Japanese army.

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Creation Date

1904-02-22

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s death was a tragedy. He had many “large and generous traits.” Near the end, Hanna sent Roosevelt a note that showed him at his best. Roosevelt recently had lunch with Buffalo Bill. Granville Fortescue is working to get sent to Korea in order to see the fighting of the Russo-Japanese War. Roosevelt agrees that a West Point education would be good for Ted Roosevelt, just like it would be good for anyone, but he believes that Ted has too much potential to enter the army.

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Creation Date

1904-02-19

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt has been very busy and unable to exercise. The Panama and Wood fights are dragging on but Roosevelt believes he will win both. Regardless of what lays ahead in the party nomination and presidential election, Roosevelt is proud of his achievements in office. He has had some good rides and walks and also fought “broadsword” against Granville Fortescue.

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Creation Date

1904-01-18

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Augustus Peabody Gardner

President Roosevelt asks if Representative Gardner has written the Metropolitan Club membership letter for Granville Fortescue.

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Creation Date

1904-01-04

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Augustus Peabody Gardner

President Roosevelt asks if Augustus Peabody Gardner would be willing to put Granville Fortescue up for membership in the Metropolitan Club and would like to go walking with him one day.

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Creation Date

1903-12-07

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