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J. William White asks Theodore Roosevelt to stay with him while Roosevelt is in Philadelphia for the Periodical Publishers’ Association dinner. White writes hastily for fear someone else might ask Roosevelt to stay with them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Anna about his and Edith’s continued honeymoon. They have been spending time in Paris visiting with friends and he is sore from riding lessons. He asks if Anna read the Rejected Addresses and goes on in detail about it.
1887-02-20
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about his honeymoon through Europe with wife Edith. The couple are currently in France and enjoying themselves. He describes the “Mediterranean lands” and their activities.
1886-12-13
President Roosevelt will miss seeing Laura d’Oremieulx Roosevelt on election day, and hopes that she will be able to take a few days off from caring for her mother to visit Washington, D.C.
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1908-10-06
President Roosevelt thanks William Northrup McMillan for the invitation to stay at the farm in Nairobi, and says he will likely come after staying with Alfred E. Pease and before taking the trip McMillan suggested. Roosevelt will be joined by Kermit Roosevelt and General Edgar Alexander Mearns, and he will be shooting specimens for the National Museum. For further planning Roosevelt asks McMillan to be in contact with Edward North Buxton, Frederick Courteney Selous, and Pease. After going through British East Africa Roosevelt will go on to the Nile and meet Sirdar F. R. Wingate and Leigh S. J. Hunt.
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1908-09-25
President Roosevelt encloses Bishop Charles Henry Brent’s sermon and assures Silas McBee that he will talk to Brent. Unfortunately, Roosevelt must return to Washington, D.C., early, and he asks if it would be possible for McBee to bring Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram to visit in Washington, D.C., rather than Oyster Bay. Roosevelt will play tennis with Ingram on the White House court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-31
President Roosevelt asks Martha Selmes how long she will be in the neighborhood, and invites her to come spend at night at the White House.
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1901-09-28
President Roosevelt expresses his gratitude to Mary Grace Wilcox for her hospitality after the Wilcox home was the site of Roosevelt’s emergency inauguration on September 14, 1901, following the assassination of William McKinley. Roosevelt tells Wilcox he will never forget her kindness.
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1901-09-20
President Roosevelt thanks Alice Sprague for her hospitality in Buffalo, New York.
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1901-09-20
President Roosevelt expresses his deep gratitude for the hospitality of Ansley Wilcox and his wife Mary Grace Wilcox upon the occasion of his emergency inauguration at their house on September 14, 1901, following the death of President William McKinley. Roosevelt appreciates that Wilcox acted naturally and treated him normally on the occasion. Roosevelt regrets that his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, could not have been there also. Roosevelt confirms his receipt of a letter from Wilcox and promises one for Mrs. Wilcox soon.
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1901-09-17
John Jacobs, a buffalo hunter and polo pony trainer, has heard that President Roosevelt may come to San Antonio for a hunting trip. Jacobs has no political intentions but offers to supply Roosevelt with dogs and ponies simply to ensure he has a good time. He encloses letters of reference.
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1907-09-03
William Austin Wadsworth writes to President Roosevelt offering his house as a place for Roosevelt to stay on his upcoming trip to Boston.
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1907-01-24
Acting Secretary of State Loomis was received by French President Emile Loubet with great kindness and interest. Loubet expressed with deep sincerity his admiration of President Roosevelt.
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1905-07-05
E. Cecil thanks President Roosevelt for his autographed Oliver Cromwell. Cecil is thanking Roosevelt as well for his wonderful tour on the Railway Congress and his hospitality and kindness showed to Cecil and his wife in Washington.
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1905-06-17
Senator Knox tells President Roosevelt when he plans to arrive at the White House.
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1904-11-03
Governor Roosevelt thanks Captain Andrews for letting Roosevelt’s son Ted visit him and relates Ted’s arrival information. Ted would like to go on a bicycle but Roosevelt asks that they not travel too far.
1899-05-17
President Roosevelt has been thinking of Cecil Spring Rice, and wishes he could come to the United States to be a guest at the White House.
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1901-10-01
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary asks that Corinne Roosevelt Robinson has Mrs. Parsons to breakfast the following Tuesday.
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1912-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary declines Willard R. Ginder’s invitation to Roosevelt.
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1912-05-15
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary declines Louis J. Keller’s invitation to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-05-15