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Theodore A. Bingham shares his and his wife’s distress upon hearing about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident. He remembers the thoughtfulness of Edith Roosevelt and the kindness both Edith Roosevelt and Roosevelt at a difficult time. Bingham hopes to hear of Edith Roosevelt’s full recover soon.
Robert E. Carey wishes Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt a speedy recovery.
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt had been thrown from her horse on September 30, 1911, causing her to hit her head and remain unconscious for several days.
William Wingate Sewall, Collector of Customs at Aroostook County, will be sending President Roosevelt some maple sugar. Sewall hopes Roosevelt’s boys can come deer hunting soon, and he describes the camp he has built at Hook Point with his son Fred Sewell. Major General Henry C. Merriam and Civil Service Commissioner Charles Lyman have recently visited. If Roosevelt is too busy to visit Maine, Sewell might be able to come to Oyster Bay.
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1907-09-01
John Callan O’Laughlin encloses a letter he believes is of interest to William Loeb and President Roosevelt regarding Secretary of State Elihu Root and the press. Roosevelt’s goodwill towards Japan intrigues O’Laughlin, and he requests Loeb give him information on the Atlantic Fleet’s movements. On his way to Maine, O’Laughlin plans to stop in New York City and wants Loeb to show him around.
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1907-08-24
Paul Morton forwards President Roosevelt a photographic proof from James Bryant Lindley in South Africa, and expects that it will kindle in Roosevelt the desire to go big game hunting.
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1907-04-18
Paul Morton thinks that President Roosevelt’s Arbor Day proclamation was admirable and an excellent precedent. Morton inquires after Roosevelt since he has been under stress lately and assures him that “the principles and practices you contend for will prevail.”
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1907-04-15
Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, baron d’Estournelles de Constant, informs President Roosevelt that he has “seen a great many things in America,” which he will reflect on once he returns to France. Roosevelt’s family left the best impression on him.
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1907-04-13
Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt about his sister-in-law’s health and comments on dealings among several political figures, including Secretary of War William H. Taft and Senator Joseph Benson Foraker.
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1907-04-13
Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt of a conversation he had recently showing intrigue among a few officers of the United States Navy. The men in question think Rear Admiral Evans should retire and ‘Harry’ be appointed in his place, and have volunteered that information frequently. His sister-in-law Isa’s health is in rapid decline.
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1907-04-12
Senator Lodge thanks President Roosevelt for the note. He remains anxious for his wife, Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge, and reports that his sister-in-law, Louisa Minot Davis Luce, continues to weaken. Lodge wishes he could discuss the situation with Roosevelt, and has too many thoughts to write.
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1907-04-11
Owen Wister laments to President Roosevelt that he did not receive the president’s letter until after Wister sent him a telegram. Wister regrets he cannot fulfill a request the president made, although Wister has many questions he would like to ask and hopes to visit in the spring. Wister hopes to dedicate his new biography of George Washington to Roosevelt because he sees many parallels between the two presidents, especially in their conflicts with Congress over fiscal policy.
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1907-04-10
Senator Penrose assures President Roosevelt that “no misrepresentation” could destroy his faith in Roosevelt’s policies. Penrose also assures Roosevelt that he shares in Roosevelt’s “principles of patriotic and stalwart Americanism and personally could not be found anywhere else except” with him.
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1907-04-07
“Slowly sinking; no hope but may last two or three days. Terrible ordeal for Nannie.”
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1907-04-04
Horace Curzon Plunkett expresses his admiration for President Roosevelt’s patriotism, which he believes will please Roosevelt’s “friends and admirers the world over.” Plunkett also mentions that he is recovering from an operation by the same doctor who attended Roosevelt after “that lunatic” shot him in Milwaukee.
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1917-04-03
William Emlen Roosevelt writes to Theodore Roosevelt that his telegraph company received the license they signed the other day. Roosevelt also writes that nobody has escaped the shrinkage in the value of property and he brings up the idea of a national incorporation of railroads.
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1907-03-28
C. Grant La Farge is grateful for President Roosevelt responding to his letter about the contract. He realized that he worded his letter awkwardly about not wanting competition. He is distressed that Roosevelt felt uncomfortable and assures Roosevelt that their friendship will not be affected by the outcome. He had not known about the severity of Roosevelt’s son’s illness at the time.
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1907-03-09
Lyman Abbott informs President Roosevelt that he will be in Annapolis on April 7, and would like to call on Roosevelt on April 8 or 9, if he has fifteen minutes to spare. Abbott congratulates Roosevelt on his “special message” regarding public lands and is in sympathy with the policy Roosevelt outlined. Abbott also mentions that his daughter is doing well but is still hospitalized.
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1907-02-16
Clara Louise Stone Hay is returning most of the letters written between her late husband, John Hay, and President Roosevelt. She is keeping a few personal letters for her children.
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1907-02-02
William Emlen Roosevelt writes to President Roosevelt arguing the right of the U.S. to control all cable landing rights and the establishment of wireless stations on the coast of Panama.
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1907-02-01
George H. Mifflin says he never expected to see the day that a “Porc Brother” would be the President of the United States. The two were members of Harvard’s Porcellian Club together.
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1907-01-29