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President Roosevelt welcomes his cousin William Emlen Roosevelt and tells him to show this telegram if he has trouble getting a train ticket.
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1906-11-05
President Roosevelt tells Governor of North Carolina Glenn that if he goes to Panama it will be directly following the upcoming election and he will only be in Washington D.C. for a short time. Roosevelt asks if Glenn could come before October 31st.
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1906-10-17
President Roosevelt asks James B. Connolly to explain to Mr. Riordan his regrets in being unable to attend the banquet for Mr. Cummings. Roosevelt explains that he gets so many invitations and cannot possibly accept them all. Roosevelt also reminds Connolly to bring his wife Elizabeth F. Hurley Connolly for a visit to Washington this year.
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1906-10-18
President Roosevelt was concerned to hear that Arthur Hamilton Lee was ill, and hopes he recovers soon. He does not consider what he wants to say to Lee important enough to warrant Lee coming to the United States. If Lee is already planning to make such a trip, however, he invites him to visit the White House for several nights so they can discuss various topics.
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1906-08-20
President Roosevelt was glad to hear from John Campbell Greenway, and tells him about a couple recent visits he has had from people. Roosevelt tells Greenway that he will not be able to vote for him in 1908, but mentions that he believes that Secretary of War William H. Taft will be the man to vote for. He would like for Greenway to come visit at the White House where he can meet Taft, “as well as many other fellows.”
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1906-08-11
President Roosevelt was just about to order the Life of Hamilton when he received the book and letter from Lucretia Thatcher Osborn, and thanks her for her generosity. He invites Osborn and her husband, Henry Fairfield Osborn, to visit the White House for a couple days sometime in 1907, when they would be able to come to a reception and have lunch with Roosevelt, as he would like to talk with both of them.
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1906-08-02
President Roosevelt tells Captain Albert Gleaves that if his son, Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt wishes, and Gleaves approves, that Archie can stay over on Wednesday.
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1906-08-06
President Roosevelt invites James B. Connolly to visit Sagamore Hill and accompany him to see the naval review and target practice.
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1906-08-06
President Roosevelt looks forward to receiving the statue from Frederic Remington, and says that the statue will be very appropriate, as “undoubtedly paleolithic man feasted on oysters long before he got to the point of hunting the mammoth and woolly rhinoceros.” He hopes Remington and his wife will be able to visit Washington D.C. in October.
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1906-08-06
President Roosevelt is pleased to hear that Baron d’Estournelles de Constant might be able to come to the United States, and urges him to accept the invitation of the Carnegie Institute. When he is in the United States, Roosevelt will invite him to spend a night at the White House.
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1906-07-20
President Roosevelt was glad to hear from Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson, and tells them that his children Kermit Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt both enjoyed seeing them. Roosevelt has no objection to Ferguson’s older brother, Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson speaking with American ambassador Whitelaw Reid, and says that “there are some ticklish things coming up in connection with the Newfoundland fisheries, and there is always the possibility of its being really important to have a good man here.”
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1906-07-20
President Roosevelt was very interested in the letter that Herman Henry Kohlsaat forwarded to him. He invites Kohlsaat to visit him in Washington, D.C., and spend the night so that they may have “a really satisfactory talk.”
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1906-07-27
President Roosevelt asks Arthur Hamilton Lee if he will be coming to the United States in the summer of 1906. Roosevelt thinks “it would be of real advantage to me to have the chance of talking with some one of your people to whom I can speak intimately.”
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1906-07-27
President Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Alexander Lambert soon, and instructs him to show this letter to anyone who tries to stop him from visiting. Roosevelt also asks Lambert to visit a second time, as he has invited Secretary of War William H. Taft and Finley Peter Dunne to come for lunch, and knows that Lambert will be interested in meeting them.
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1906-07-10
President Roosevelt asks Alexander Lambert to bring a scalpel and freezing apparatus when he visits tomorrow, as he has a boil that he may need looked at. Roosevelt mentions that his son Archie is also somewhat unwell, and that he would like Lambert to examine him too. Roosevelt jokingly says, “Now, I guess you will be sorry that you are coming to pay us a visit! I am forcing you to combine business with pleasure.”
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1906-07-11
President Roosevelt appreciated receiving Bert Huffman’s letter, although it did not change his determination in the matter. He would like to have the chance to meet Huffman in person, and asks if there is a chance that he could visit Washington, D.C., next winter.
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1906-07-06
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of War Taft on which train he should use to get to Oyster Bay, and hopes he can stay for lunch.
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1906-07-06
President Roosevelt hopes to see Mrs. John Van Vorst as soon as she comes to America. He protests, however, that she can not ask him to write about another of her books, as he would not be able to oblige.
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1906-06-22
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were delighted by Winthrop Chanler’s letter, and Roosevelt remarks that Chanler wrote many things that he wished to write to Owen Wister, “but had not the heart to.” Wister’s other works have been very good, but Roosevelt was sorry to have him write his recent book. Roosevelt believes the beef business will come out all right, and will add to the large number of things achieved by the current Congress. He would have liked to visit with Chanler longer last Sunday, and hopes that he will come visit the Roosevelts soon. Roosevelt jokes about Chanler “looking as if [he] were under thirty while [Roosevelt] is feeling like a worn-out and crippled old man.”
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1906-06-23
President Roosevelt commends his daughter Ethel Roosevelt on her letter to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, saying that it told them “just what we wanted to know.” He is glad that Archibald B. Roosevelt had a nice visit with William Emlen Roosevelt and Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt. Roosevelt is glad to hear Ethel’s opinion about the changes made to Sagamore Hill, and looks forward to seeing them himself. Edith is feeling better, but Roosevelt’s ankle is not yet fully recovered.
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1906-06-11