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Frederic T. Bowers includes his personal details, business and general experience, education, and the type of position he is hoping to secure on this resume. Bowers is willing to provide unusual references for all the work listed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-24
Superintendent Maxwell informs Dr. Butler that Paul M. Guttin, after producing more documentation of his qualifications, has been granted a license to teach French in evening high schools.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-15
Theodore Roosevelt celebrates Archibald B. Roosevelt’s educational accomplishments after he passes two more subjects, French and History. Roosevelt thinks it would be a joke on Groton School if Archie Roosevelt is able to get into Harvard University two years early because of his studies at the Evans School, where he had to go because of his poor health. He credits Evans for the good work he has done for Archie Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-02
Theodore Roosevelt thanks D. W. Griffiths for tutoring Archibald B. Roosevelt (Archie Roosevelt) in Latin, French, and Geometry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-19
Theodore Roosevelt wishes that he could respond to Auguste Rodin in French, and sends a copy of his book, America and the World War.
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1915-02-18
Ambassador Meyer tells Acting Secretary of State Adee that Sergei Vitte called on him recently. Meyer was impressed with Vitte’s character and direct way of speaking. Vitte told Meyer that he regrets Ito Hirobumi is not coming as plenipotentiary, as Vitte feels they could have come to an immediate understanding. Vitte will do the utmost within his instructions in order to bring about an agreement.
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1905-07-16
Louis W. Olms is sending President Roosevelt a cigarette case that belonged to Elliott Roosevelt which was once given to Olms for safe-keeping. Olms shares that he and Elliott Roosevelt used to chat in French about the Franco-Prussian War. Olms asks Theodore Roosevelt to give the case to Elliott Roosevelt’s daughter, the president’s niece, Eleanor, whom the President is giving away at her wedding to her cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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1905-03-13
Senator Levi Ankeny writes to President Roosevelt to accompany his gift of some volumes of Alphonse de Lamartine’s work. Ankeny confesses that his French is not sufficient to be able to compare these translations with the original texts, as he had hoped to do.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-26
Brander Matthews has obtained a copy of President Roosevelt’s New York in French, and he is sending President Roosevelt a copy of a book he has obtained from an “anti-Dreyfus-ard.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-29
The Century Company is working with Izoulet to complete arrangements for publication of his French translation of The Strenuous Life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-15