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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Raoul Dandurand appreciation for sending him the book History of Canada through Mr. Stewart.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-19
President Roosevelt thanks William Sturgis Bigelow for his service in making models for the historic initial five dollar gold piece. He sends along the first coin struck, with compliments of Director of the United States Mint Frank Aleamon Leach.
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1908-09-26
President Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Humphry Ward for the book Diana Mallory, although he has already read it.
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1908-09-24
President Roosevelt thanks Mary Sheffield Moriarty for the basket of fruit.
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1908-07-23
President Roosevelt thanks Francis Davis Millet for the book by Gustave Le Bon, a talented but depressing writer.
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1908-09-14
President Roosevelt would like to frame the picture that Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands Worcester sent to him.
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1908-09-12
President Roosevelt thanks Charles F. Swan for the peaches.
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1908-09-10
President Roosevelt is interested in what Maurice Francis Egan, minister to Denmark, says about the socialists and British diplomat Rennell Rodd. He has requested the British Embassy notify him when Rodd arrives so they can dine at the White House.
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1908-09-07
President Roosevelt thanks Anna Bartlett Warner for her and Margaret Olivia Sage’s generosity of making a gift to the nation. Speaking for the country, he appreciates their “real and patriotic service.”
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1908-09-05
President Roosevelt thanks Margaret Olivia Sage for her generous gift to the nation. He sent her letter to Secretary of War Luke E. Wright to take whatever action is necessary “in order to consummate the gift.”
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1908-09-05
President Roosevelt thanks Therese, Arline, Florence Falkenau and their father Victor Falkenau for the melons.
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1908-09-02
President Roosevelt thanks P. J. Croghan for offering him some shorthorn cattle. He would accept them if he still owned a ranch. At present, however, he only has room for three to four dairy cows, and must decline.
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1908-08-31
President Roosevelt deeply appreciates Anna C. Alger’s courtesy. He will doubly value the plate and wishes he could have had the sponge cake.
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1908-08-31
President Roosevelt thanks Harper Pennington for remembering him and will delightedly accept the sketches.
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1908-08-27
President Roosevelt thanks Yick Nam Quan for the birthday gift he sent to his daughter, Ethel Roosevelt.
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1908-08-11
President Roosevelt is very grateful to Alice Robertson for the cup and accompanying letter.
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1908-04-24
President Roosevelt thanks John G. Worth for the gift of a Navajo saddle blanket.
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1907-09-23
President Roosevelt asks Customs Collector Sewall to wait until next winter to come to Washington, D.C. Although Roosevelt would enjoy a hunting trip, it will likely not happen soon, and the boys are now at school during the year. The maple sugar Sewall sent has been appreciated by the Roosevelt family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-03
William Loeb sends President Roosevelt’s check to William Archer Rotherfoord Goodwin. Roosevelt will not be in Washington on October 5 because he will be on his trip down the Mississippi River. Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee will represent him at the presentation of the lectern.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-29
President Roosevelt sincerely appreciates florist William Penn’s gift of a bouquet of roses after his Provincetown speech. On Roosevelt’s behalf, Massachusetts Governor Curtis Guild distributed the roses to local school children. Roosevelt hears from Guild that Penn is “the kind of American citizen whose career gives us cause for genuine hopefulness in this country.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-26