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Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Dudley Foulke for his letter and his wife, Mary T. R. Foulke, for the amusing postscript. Roosevelt then invites the couple over to stay the night at Oyster Bay to further discuss the contents of the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-17
President Roosevelt sends love to Mary T. R. Foulke and praises an attack speech by William Dudley Foulke.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-28
President Roosevelt always expects representatives of bank interests to try to discredit him, especially in times of economic depression. He denies Benjamin B. Johnson’s suggestion that Roosevelt secretly supports New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s presidential campaign over Secretary of War William H. Taft’s.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-16
President Roosevelt assures William Dudley Foulke that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt “have known all thru how deep and sincere the sympathy of you and Mrs. Foulke was.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-14
President Roosevelt invites William Dudley Foulke and Mary T. R. Foulke to lunch when they visit Washington, D.C. The president agrees with Foulke’s opinions about the New York Times and the New York Post and their treatment of Roosevelt. The president wants to be able to consult with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about the proposed statue and will send the khaki if she approves.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-17
William Dudley Foulke and his wife, Mary T. R. Foulke, hear gossip and “cock-and-bull stories” about Theodore Roosevelt during their stay in Washington D.C. He believes “one cannot argue with absolute unreason” and advises Roosevelt wait until the tide turns. Foulke finds the new Japanese ambassador, Baron Kōsai Uchida, admirable and sincere in his appreciation of Roosevelt’s friendship for Japan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-12-24
William Dudley Foulke details the conditions which led to a Republican slump in Indiana during the election. Men such as Lucius B. Swift who offered their services to the Republican committee were boycotted. Foulke also believes that editorials and false articles in papers such as the Indianapolis News also contributed to a distrust of President Roosevelt and William H. Taft. He details a telephone conversation he had with editor Delavan Swift about a letter that Roosevelt had written about him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-07