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President Roosevelt thanks Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada, for the kind New Year’s message, and wishes him and his family a happy New Year as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-02
President Roosevelt thanks Earl Grey for the apples, and asks whether he and his wife, the Countess of Grey, will visit sometime soon.
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1907-04-29
President Roosevelt appreciates Earl and Lady Gray’s concern about his son Archibald. He sends his thanks and informs them that Archibald is recovering.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-14
President Roosevelt thanks Earl Grey and Alice H. Grey for their “kindness.” Archibald B. Roosevelt “seems to be improving.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-10
President Roosevelt tells Earl Grey, Governor General of Canada, that he is welcome to send copies of the correspondence to S. Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia, and asks if Grey would like Roosevelt to make any further announcements of Grey’s gift. Roosevelt enjoyed seeing Earl and Lady Grey, and wished that he had the opportunity to talk to Grey about labor issues, as they “are the most important and most puzzling questions we have to deal with to-day.” Roosevelt was touched by Grey’s description of his reaction to the ceremonies near Mount Vernon, and remarks that as long as the United States respects and admires George Washington, the good character of the country will increase.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-13
President Roosevelt invites Earl and Countess Grey and their daughter to dinner at the White House on April 3. He asks if Grey intends to send the picture to Ambassador Whitelaw Reid in London. If so, Roosevelt will notify him.
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1906-03-13
President Roosevelt cannot accept W. Butler Duncan’s invitation. Earl Grey, his wife, and daughter are invited to spend the night at the White House. Roosevelt appreciates Grey’s “course in this matter, especially with reference to something” that Grey will announce either in Duncan’s dinner or at Philadelphia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-10
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt invite Earl and Lady Grey and their daughter to spend the night at the White House when they are in Washington.
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1906-03-03
Earl Grey thanks President Roosevelt for sending his photographic portrait and is happy to hang it among his portraits of other American politicians. Grey also sends a facsimile of a chair owned by James Wolfe and gifted to George, Prince of Wales, and thanks Roosevelt for sending his sister, Alice Roosevelt Cowles, to Québec’s tercentenary celebration. In the postscript, Grey notes how he has been “haunted” by the illustrations of mountains that Roosevelt appended to his last message.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-13