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President Roosevelt understands Charles A. Moore’s goal, and sympathizes with it. He believes that the “epic feat” that Moore wishes to undertake in Western Asia will interest President-Elect William H. Taft just as much.
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1908-12-16
President Roosevelt congratulates George Rumsey Sheldon, and is especially pleased to hear that there are upwards of ten thousand contributions to the campaign fund. He praises Sheldon’s work as treasurer of the New York Republican State Committee.
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1908-10-25
President Roosevelt writes to Henry Clay Frick to introduce Robert E. Peary, the arctic explorer. Roosevelt apologizes for taking advantage of Frick’s good nature, but Roosevelt feels that Peary’s work is important and, as one of his benefactors recently died, his next expedition does not have the funding that it needs.
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1908-02-22
President Roosevelt tells Representative Cole that it is not possible for Roosevelt to endorse any movement in which the purpose it to raise money, no matter how worthy the cause may be. Roosevelt would be glad to see any “worthy and patriotic movement for a permanent memorial of the Spanish War” be successful.
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1906-10-26
President Roosevelt sends his greetings to, and best wishes for the success of, the Earthquake Sufferers’ Relief Fund Benefit.
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1906-04-26
President Roosevelt informs Raymond H. Oveson that he cannot make appeals for local missions or efforts, and that he has issued an appeal for the Red Cross fund in its entirety.
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1906-03-25
In a telegram to New Orleans Mayor Martin Behrman, President Roosevelt opens the Diamond Festival to benefit the yellow fever fund. On behalf of the American people, Roosevelt offers prayer and good wishes that New Orleans and Louisiana will “fight the plague from which they are suffering,” and assures Behrman that the Federal authorities will help in whatever way they can.
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1905-09-16
President Roosevelt has received William R. Corwine’s report on the National Martinique and West Indies Relief Committee and thanks its members for their support to the cause, financial and otherwise. It is the kind of spirit that is upheld in good citizenship.
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1904-10-15
Theodore Roosevelt has received Thomas Nelson Page’s letter about raising a Thomas Jefferson Memorial Fund as an endowment for the University of Virginia. Roosevelt believes fundraising efforts should reach people all across the country who care about higher education. Roosevelt believes the American people can carry out Jefferson’s work in the most gratifying way.
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1904-07-05
President Roosevelt thanks William Emlen Roosevelt for considering a contribution of $3,000 to an unknown requester.
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1904-05-17
Minnie Jones has fought so hard and so successfully for Edith Wharton’s war charities, and Wharton thanks Theodore Roosevelt for supporting the charities on her own and Minnie’s behalf. Roosevelt’s gift of $500 will be devoted to the convalescent home for refugee women and children. Wharton saw Ted Roosevelt in Paris, France, and he looked well. She wishes the Roosevelts could have seen the great outpouring of sympathy in France after the death of Quentin Roosevelt.
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1918-09-02
William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the letter which was sent to William Beebe. Hornaday believes Beebe is the world’s greatest ornithologist in part because, like Hornaday, he is committed to “making interesting zoological knowledge available to the millions who are interested in birds.” Hornaday would like Roosevelt to attend the opening of the Heads and Horns Collection in the Spring of 1918.
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1916-10-10
If Theodore Roosevelt wishes to donate funds to a public cause, William T. Hornaday recommends the Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund.
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1915-01-21
Edith Wharton thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the book and for his work during these “unbelievable days.” Ethel Roosevelt Derby has been helping raise funds for the refugee hostels and is doing good work. Wharton has just returned from the front where she was trying to get information on the state of the ambulances. She was surprised that she was able to acquire the necessary permit and witnessed some fighting during the battle of Vauquois from a distance of five miles. Wharton witnessed many “moving and sad and thrilling things.”
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1915-03-15
H. Gragg asks Theodore Roosevelt if he can give a lecture in Jackson, Ohio, before the end of the year to help raise money for the city’s First Baptist Church.
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1911-12-07
H. M. Wharton discusses the plan to raise money and buy Robert E. Lee’s home in Baltimore, Maryland, as a memorial to him and the women of the South. He asks Theodore Roosevelt to endorse and possibly contribute to the cause.
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1911-12-05
On behalf of the Student Bible Class of the First Methodist Protestant Church, Henry A. Middleton asks Theodore Roosevelt to give a lecture to benefit the church.
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1911-12-06
John W. Pontius encloses a letter of introduction from John M. Schick. He explains that he is the pastor of a mission in Butler, Pennsylvania, which is financially weak. To raise money, Pontius asks Theodore Roosevelt to lecture in the city.
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1911-12-06
Clifford Richardson is part of a committee working to collect funds for buildings for Harvard’s Chemical Department. He sends Theodore Roosevelt a pamphlet with more information and hopes he can help.
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1911-11-13
Gus Thompson discusses his congregation’s need to raise two thousand dollars to pay the church’s mortgage. They are holding a fair to raise money and hope Theodore Roosevelt can help in some way.
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1911-11-10