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Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna how he has been spending his time on the ranch. His home is comfortable and the walking is awful due to the mud. He has been hunting and will travel to Mandan, North Dakota, when the weather gets milder. Roosevelt truly enjoys being with the men out there.
1886-03-28
President Roosevelt is glad to see Secretary of State Root returning to his old self. Roosevelt feels he should accept the appointment of Tingfang Wu as China’s Ambassador to the United States as they are unlikely to get an ambassador like the one who has just left. He has received a report that the Chinese Army has stopped reforming itself and cannot compare to leading military powers. Roosevelt asks Root to give his good wishes to Mexican President Porfirio Díaz.
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1907-09-26
President Roosevelt thanks Waldo D. Parker for his two letters, for tutoring Archibald B. Roosevelt, and for being “a close and valued friend.”
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1907-09-13
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from John Riis, son of his dear friend Jacob A. Riis.
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1907-08-29
President Roosevelt asks if C. Grant La Farge and his wife can visit before October first and discuss “everything, from politics to nature faking.”
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1907-08-19
President Roosevelt thanks Donald McDonald Dickinson for remembering him on Christmas, and says how much Dickinson’s friendship and confidence means to him.
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1906-12-26
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Clay for his recent letter, and notes that he would have invited the senator to a recent dinner if fewer gentlemen than ladies had been invited. He thanks Clay for his friendship and association.
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1906-12-14
President Roosevelt did not know J. Henderson Macauley’s location. Joseph A. Ferris is still at Medora, North Dakota. Roosevelt wonders if MacAuley ever thinks of their buffalo hunt.
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1901-10-21
In confidence, President Roosevelt shares that he would be delighted if Philip Battell Stewart was elected to Congress from Colorado as it would strengthen his position.
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1901-10-12
President Roosevelt had been intending to call upon Abram S. Hewitt and express his respect for Hewitt’s model citizenship.
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1901-10-10
President Roosevelt hopes that Hermann Speck von Sternburg and Lillian Langham von Sternburg can visit the White House during the Roosevelt administration.
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1901-10-01
President Roosevelt has been thinking of Cecil Spring Rice and would like him to visit the White House.
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1901-10-01
President Roosevelt has appreciated Frederick Getman Fincke’s support and would like him to spend a night at the White House.
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1901-10-01
President Roosevelt wishes William Sturgis Bigelow good luck.
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1901-10-01
President Roosevelt re-encloses Karl Bünz’s letter and returns it to Laura d’Oremieulx, and thinks that it is admirable. He feels fortunate for being so closely acquainted with Bünz, and hopes to have him visit the White House soon.
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1901-09-28
President Roosevelt thanks Louis Stern for his friendship and for the letter he wrote.
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1901-09-21
Newly appointed President Roosevelt writes that St. Clair McKelway’s words have strengthened him, particularly what McKelway said about Roosevelt’s time as Governor. Roosevelt invites McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, to the White House to discuss his plans for policy. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt can spend time with Virginia Brooks Thompson McKelway.
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1901-09-16
George B. Cortelyou thanks Philip Battell Stewart for the letter and invites him and his wife to stay at the White House when they come east. Cortelyou intends to take the bear and cougar hunt a year from next spring and hopes to get Secretary of War Elihu Root to join their party.
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1901-09-14
President Roosevelt values Nicholas Murray Butler’s letter and would like him to come and stay with him at the White House.
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1901-09-14
Joseph Wilmer tells Theodore Roosevelt he is very sorry to hear of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s pain. He is grateful for his friendship with Roosevelt’s family.
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1911-10-14