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Theodore Roosevelt thanks William S. Cowles for the letter and hopes to visit him soon to discuss politics. He inquires if Cowles is spending Thanksgiving at Groton. Roosevelt is having lunch with his nephew, Theodore Douglas Robinson, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
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1911-11-21
Theodore Roosevelt was relieved to receive Alford Warriner Cooley’s letter since he was upset to hear of Cooley’s relapse. He is interested in Cooley’s report of New Mexico and comments on the recent elections in New York, Massachusetts, and several other states. Roosevelt is staying neutral in presidential nominations and asserts he does not want the nomination.
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1911-11-14
Theodore Roosevelt shares with Joseph Bucklin Bishop that his letter is the first long one that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has been able to enjoy. He is glad Bishop likes John Avery McIlhenny and is interested in Bishop’s inside information about the political situation. Roosevelt comments on the recent elections, which were unfavorable for the Republican Party overall. His nephew, Theodore Douglas Robinson, won despite fraud by the J. S. Sherman machine.
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1911-11-11
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is herself again, although she remains weak. Theodore Roosevelt was disappointed with Louis Adams Frothingham’s defeat and reflects on the recent elections in New Jersey, Ohio, and New York, including Theodore Douglas Robinson’s election as a New York assemblyman.
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1911-11-09
Theodore Roosevelt will reschedule lunch with Charles G. Washburn. He earnestly hopes Louis Adams Frothingham will be successful. He comments on the Progressives’ selection of Eugene Foss.
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1911-10-27
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Frank Basil Tracy for what he did on the “Roosevelt Paid the Duties” letter and is amused at the mention of his supposed “enormous quantity of baggage.” He is concerned about Tracy’s report on the Massachusetts campaign and suggests he write Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Roosevelt hopes Eugene Foss will be beaten and is disappointed that Louis Adams Frothingham is not doing better on the stump.
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1911-10-27
President Roosevelt writes Richard Watson Gilder a lengthy refutation of an article in the Evening Post in which William Garrott Brown misconstrues his actions in the Republican Party. Namely, Brown accuses Roosevelt of neglecting Republicans in the South and of doing a poor job of making nominations to local offices and positions. Roosevelt asserts that where the Republican party is not strong in the South, he has had to appoint Democrats who were quality men, rather than incapable men who are Republicans. Where he believes the party has a chance to compete with Democrats, he does all he can to support it. Roosevelt also writes that he did not use his influence on officers to get William H. Taft the nomination, but rather Taft was nominated because Roosevelt’s policies were popular, and Taft is the man who will continue those policies. Roosevelt believes that Brown is either ignorant or willfully ignorant of a number of facts.
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1908-11-16
President Roosevelt introduces to Lieutenant General S. B. M. Young his close friend Louis Adams Frothingham.
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1907-06-28
President Roosevelt describes his jumping Roswell over a big hurdle to his son, Theodore Roosevelt. He is glad that Theodore is assistant manager of the crew team. He notes that Louis Adams Frothingham visited yesterday. Archibald B. Roosevelt caught tadpoles, turtles, and a small alligator that he put in the bathroom.
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1907-05-12
President Roosevelt thanks Harvard Dean Edgar Huidekoper Wells for taking an interest in his son Ted’s education, but feels that the standards that Wells has set out in a recent letter “put an altogether impossible ideal before him.” Roosevelt feels that he cannot ask his son to do more than he himself did, and explains how he found himself ranked at Harvard. Roosevelt hopes that Ted will be able to join the Porcellian club, and that he will do some philanthropic work while at Harvard.
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1906-04-20
President Roosevelt introduces Charles E. Magoon, Minister to Panama, to his personal friend Louis Adams Frothingham. Roosevelt would like Frothingham to be introduced to Manuel Amador Guerrero, the President of Panama.
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1906-02-19
President Roosevelt agrees with Stephen V. R. Crosby’s statement about the football game, especially with what he says about the rules. He does not want the sport to be stopped at Harvard and believes that Louis Adams Frothingham is “just the type of man” who should be promoted in American public life.
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1905-11-25
President Roosevelt will be dining with Louis Adams Frothingham next Saturday and would be pleased to have Senator Hoar join them.
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1904-03-01
Senator Lodge sends a positive report on C. S. Baxter who may visit Theodore Roosevelt on Monday.
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1912-02-10
Senator Lodge was disappointed with the Massachusetts gubernatorial election, not just by Louis Adams Frothingham’s defeat but by the election of Governor Foss. Business and financial concerns led to many votes for Foss. The recent elections damaged Governor Wilson’s and Governor Harmon’s chances of being the Democratic nominee for president. Lodge expects the Democrats to nominate William Jennings Bryan or Champ Clark with Governor Foss as vice president. Lodge was pleased to hear of Theodore Douglas Robinson’s election victory.
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1911-11-13
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1918-01-29
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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President Roosevelt introduces William Lawrence Merry, the United States Minister to Costa Rica, to his friend Louis Adams Frothingham. Roosevelt would like Frothingham to be introduced to the Costa Rican president, and asks Merry to show him attention and courtesy.
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1906-02-19
Senator Lodge regrets that he cannot accept President Roosevelt’s dinner invitation for March 12. He has a dinner scheduled at his home that evening, with guests who were already rescheduled once because of Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna’s death. As the guests include the ambassadors from Germany and Russia, he does not feel he can reschedule again. If the dinner Roosevelt is hosting is for Louis Adams Frothingham, Lodge had particularly wanted to be present.
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1904-03
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop, saying Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed his letter. Roosevelt discusses the results of the recent elections in the United States. He comments on the elections in New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, New Jersey, and New Mexico and the implications for the entire country.
1911-11-11