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Don Hardy wishes President Roosevelt a merry Christmas. Hardy respects Roosevelt’s decision not to seek renomination and hopes his successor carries on his work.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-01
Edward North Buxton informs President Roosevelt that he is giving some of his best hunting trophies to the Norwich Museum where he feels they will be “finely housed.” One of the items to be donated is a white goat’s head that Roosevelt shot, so Buxton wanted Roosevelt to know of the donation. Buxton wishes the Roosevelts a very happy Christmas and a New Year filled with success in accomplishing the President’s “high ideals.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-16
William G. Miller, member of the New York State Assembly, writes to President Roosevelt to congratulate and wish him Happy Holidays.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-26
John Campbell Greenway wishes President Roosevelt a Merry Christmas and good luck.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-24
Governor Higgins writes to President Roosevelt, thanking him for a congratulatory letter. Higgins states that he is fight for “civic righteousness” which Roosevelt has supported. He also sends holiday greetings to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-21
Ambassador to Italy Henry White thanks President Roosevelt for appointing him to attend the Algeciras Conference on behalf of the United States. An associate wrote him that his coadjutor, Ambassador Samuel R. Gummere, may prefer German to French influence in Morocco. White relates his Thanksgiving experiences hosting Lord and Lady Trevelyan and visiting American Episcopal, Methodist, and Catholic celebrations in Rome. White anticipates a collapse of the ministry in Italy soon, or at least a reorganization, owing to a customs arrangement with Spain which is unfavorable to the Italian wine industry. White wishes Theodore Roosevelt Jr. a speedy recovery from a football injury.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-10
This item notes that the day of its publication is Navy Day, which commemorates Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday. A portrait of Theodore Roosevelt and pictures of the USS Arizona and sailors on the USS California are included.
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Theodore Roosevelt sends New Year’s greetings to Secretary of the Navy Meyer and his wife Marian Alice Appleton Meyer. Roosevelt recently discussed Meyer’s physical test work with Cameron McRae Winslow. Roosevelt believes William Sowden Sims has done more for the marksmanship of the Navy than anyone else, regardless of his indiscretions.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1910-12-30
Theodore Roosevelt has had an extraordinary campaign and continues to recover after being shot. He encourages Robert Harry Munro Ferguson to go on vacation with his wife, Isabella Ferguson.
1912-10-29
Uncle Sam, looking a bit startled, sits in a chair, holding a page from a calendar with “February 22” printed in red, for George Washington’s birthday. Theodore Roosevelt stands next to him with a paint brush full of red paint which he has used to change the color of his birthday, “October 27,” on the calendar, suggesting that he, too, might be considered the “Father of His Country.” A silhouette portrait of George Washington hangs on the wall next to the calendar. Caption: A question of dates.
The subject of L. M. Glackens’s cartoon is Washington’s Birthday — the issue of Puck celebrates it — but the object of the cartoon is to ridicule Theodore Roosevelt. The outgoing president, who would retire in less than three weeks, is dressed in his old Rough Rider uniform and has rudely painted his own birthday on the calendar. It was an ad hominem attack upon Roosevelt; a comment on his supposed ego.
Two older men, a former Confederate soldier and a former Union soldier, walk arm in arm to purchase tickets for a double-header baseball game. A young boy in the foreground tips his hat, and in the background, a line is forming at the ticket booth and the grandstand is already crowded. Caption: One national flag. One national game.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1913-05-28
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Anna Roosevelt Cowles for her Christmas gift of a bowl.
1912-12-26
Theodore Roosevelt speaks in commemoration of Decoration Day in Nassau County, New York.
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President Roosevelt gives an address in commemoration of the Thanksgiving holiday, and calls for appreciation of national and individual liberties.
1906-10-22
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about his health, Christmas Day activities, and grandchildren.
1918-12-28
Theodore Roosevelt describes to his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles how the family spent Christmas. He lists the presents they bought for the children on behalf of Anna. He thinks it is “idiotic” for the Whites to raise their son Jack abroad and criticizes his Police Commissioner colleagues Andrew D. Parker and Frederick Dent Grant.
1896-12-26
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt he turned down New York City Mayor-elect William Lafayette Strong’s offer of becoming Street Cleaning Commissioner. After much thought, Roosevelt wants to complete the work he started as a Civil Service Commissioner. He urges Anna to take care of herself and describes Christmas Day activities.
1894-12-26
Eleven-year-old Theodore Roosevelt continues chronicling his family trip through Europe in this diary. First entry is titled, “The continuation of my Journel [sic] in France December 3rd 1869.” There are entries from across Western Europe including Naples, Rome, and Caserta. Lists at end of volume: “Accounts my money,” “Hotel index,” “Plan of hotels,” and “Letters received.”
1869-1870
Senator Hanna extends Christmas wishes to the Roosevelt family, expressing his envy that President Roosevelt has “little folks that yet believe in Santa Claus.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-25
John C. Black accepts position as President if the U. S. Civil Service Commission. Black extends holiday wishes to President Roosevelt and comments on U. S. Senate and “the Panama business.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-24