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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Alexander B. Duncan for a copy of the Chanty. Roosevelt notes that a few of the verses appear in the current issue of Everybody’s Magazine, which also includes an article on Chanties that Duncan might like to see.
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1915-08-06
Theodore Roosevelt writes a warm note of thanks to accompany a check to John M. Bowers of Bowers & Sands, the firm that represented him when he was sued for libel by Republican political boss William Barnes.
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1915-06-21
Because of the court ruling, President Roosevelt cannot give George von Lengerke Meyer his most vital evidence. Roosevelt is prepared to have a suit brought against him, which he believes will make Barnes happy. He asks if Meyer noticed that Penrose denied what Roosevelt was told by Meyer in 1904, mainly that the National Committee would make Penrose the chairman. Roosevelt is grateful for what Meyer did.
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1915-05-03
Theodore Roosevelt sends his book on the World War to John Milliken Parker and notes that he will also send one to Frank Miller. Roosevelt expresses how much he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed visiting with Parker, Cecile Airey Parker, and their children. The visit to the bird refuge was a particular highlight for Roosevelt.
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1915-06-16
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his appreciation for the work J. W. Crawford has done and will send him a book.
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1915-01-19
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Cornelia B. P. Alvord for a letter she wrote to him about one of his books.
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1914-12-31
Theodore Roosevelt is unsure how to advise J. Passmore Elkinton about his situation, but thanks him for his work and wishes him good luck.
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1914-12-16
Theodore Roosevelt asks William Jay Peck to thank the members of the Long Island Bible Society for the kind and touching resolution passed at their annual meeting.
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1912-12-05
President Roosevelt thanks Chief Justice Kent of Arizona for his letter and clarifies that Kent owes him nothing. Roosevelt thinks highly of Kent and is thankful that someone like him is in that position.
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1909-02-23
President Roosevelt thanks John Allison for his kind letter and his demonstrated kindness during Roosevelt’s tenure.
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1909-02-24
President Roosevelt thanks Speaker Stanton of the California Assembly on behalf of the American people for the stance he has taken, which Roosevelt is sure Stanton’s constituents will support. He is confident Californians understand that the national government must balance its obligations to their state with the need to maintain friendly relations with Japan.
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1909-02-06
President Roosevelt believes that the success of the Conference of the Care of Dependent Children is due to the work of Thomas M. Mulry and that he has performed a “great and notable work” for the United States.
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1909-01-30
President Roosevelt deeply appreciates the address signed by the President of Holland Patent, the trustees, and the citizens. Roosevelt asks Elias M. Jones to relay a message of gratitude and that Roosevelt will not willingly do anything to forsake their trust and confidence.
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1909-01-25
President Roosevelt thanks Solicitor General Hoyt for the high quality of his service during Roosevelt’s administration. If there had been a chance to put a judge from New York or Pennsylvania on the Supreme Court during Roosevelt’s tenure, he would have wished to appoint Hoyt.
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1909-01-06
President Roosevelt is touched and pleased by the position that John Temple Graves, editor of the New York American, has taken. Roosevelt would like to see Graves for lunch or dinner sometime, and asks Graves to let him know when he will be in Washington.
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1908-12-03
President Roosevelt attempts to assuage F. R. Wingate’s embarrassment about previously addressing him by the wrong title, saying that “not one in ten” Americans know his proper title. Roosevelt is touched by the effort so many English people have made to help with preparations for his safari, both his friends and also various officials he is not acquainted with. He sympathizes with Wingate’s feeling about the lack of development in the Sudan, comparing it to American improvements in the Philippines, where ambitions were high, but a lack of funds disrupted the projects. Roosevelt will communicate with Wingate from Nairobi, and relates his plans for traveling and hunting. Roosevelt reflects that he “ought to feel melancholy over leaving the Presidency,” but the excitement of his upcoming safari dwarfs any such feelings.
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1908-11-27
President Roosevelt was touched by a letter from Reverend Epler, a minister in Massachusetts.
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1908-03-27
President Roosevelt thanks John H. Edwards for the work he has done while serving as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Roosevelt has heard nothing but praise for Edwards’s work and wishes him well in his new job.
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1908-03-17
President Roosevelt would like to send copies of his writing to Edward E. Burgee’s children as a way of saying thanks for their help when Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s stirrup leather broke. Roosevelt was pleased to learn that Burgee was a brother Mason.
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1908-02-26
President Roosevelt thanks Chief May-zhuc-ke-ge-shig for the letter, and says that he will prize the pipe and bead-bag.
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1908-02-10