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Theodore Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Susan Blodgett Lowe and her husband Edward when he visits to Michigan, but says that he believes arrangements have been made for him to stay at a hotel. When he is traveling in “semi-public” fashion he finds it necessary to stay at hotels rather than private residences.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary asks Bernard E. Sunny to update Roosevelt’s hotel arrangements. He feels it best to either have the reception before the banquet or remove it from the schedule.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-23
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary informs Bernard E. Sunny that Roosevelt will arrive in Chicago at four o’clock on February 21 and will address the Union League Club the following day. He asks Sunny to make hotel arrangements.
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1911-01-18
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Moses A. Gunt’s offer, but he has to stay at a hotel when he is in the city to avoid complications. He hopes to see Gunt when he is in San Francisco.
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1915-07-10
Theodore Roosevelt notifies Albert R. Keen that if Mr. Wilson writes to him directly, he will be glad to write a letter acknowledging that he has been at hotels under Keen’s management and he found them to be excellent in every way.
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1915-02-15
President Roosevelt thanks General Chaffee for the congratulations. Roosevelt saw the plans for the log hotel when he was in Yellowstone last year and thinks it must be beautiful.
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1904-08-01
William E. Henderson writes Theodore Roosevelt concerning his faith in the Bible, and his work to place Bibles in hotel rooms across the United States. Currently, Henderson is attempting to place 25,000 Gideon Bibles in the hotel rooms of hotels along the Pacific Coast of the United States. Henderson asks Roosevelt to speak positively on the project.
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1912-04-20
A Kansas Day Club has been formed recently in New York City and is having a banquet on January 29. They have invited Theodore Roosevelt, and Governor Stubbs, who will be in attendance, hopes that Roosevelt can join him.
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1912-01-23
Augusta Saint-Gaudens tells Theodore Roosevelt that after doing as he suggested and writing to Thomas J. O’Brien, and Mr. Fox, the secretary of the American Art Department, she received the enclosed letter. Saint-Gaudens would prefer Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy have the medal made by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, which he first selected, and would appreciate any suggestions Roosevelt may have to help her accomplish this.
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1911-11-24
Leslie C. Disbrow and Robert W. Duvall send Theodore Roosevelt a ticket to the Matinecock Lodge’s second annual banquet.
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1911-10-17
Mark L. H. Odea shares with Theodore Roosevelt the plans of the newly formed See America First Association, which intends to bolster American tourism education and revenue. Odea asks Roosevelt for his views on the subject, in addition to any suggestions he might have.
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1911-09-06
Benjamin L. M. Bates, writing on behalf of the Hotel Belmont, is pleased to hear that Theodore Roosevelt will be staying at the hotel starting on Tuesday, June 6, 1911, and has reserved a room for his use.
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1911-06-01
DeLorme B. Harbaugh was the manager of the hotel that Theodore Roosevelt stayed at during his last visit to Seattle, Washington, and invites Roosevelt to stay at the new hotel he now manages during his upcoming trip.
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1911-03-24
Meyer Lissner asks Theodore Roosevelt if he wishes to make any changes to his hotel arrangements given Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s wish to return to Los Angeles on the night of the twenty first rather than remain in Pasadena for the night.
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1911-03-11
James A. B. Scherer confirms receipt of Frank Harper’s message, and says that all his suggestions will be taken. Many of Harper’s points were already anticipated by himself and Meyer Lissner apart from the hotel lodgings for the women of Roosevelt’s party. He asks Harper to confirm that they would rather go to a hotel in Los Angeles rather than in Pasadena, which Scherer considers would be more private.
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1911-03-04
Meyer Lissner confirms to Frank Harper that the arrangements have been made for hotel accommodations for Theodore Roosevelt’s party while he is staying in Pasadena and Los Angeles, California.
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1911-02-26
John C. Callahan, who has had Theodore Roosevelt as a guest in his hotels twice before, and also stayed with him during round-ups, would like him to stay at his hotel when he is in Spokane, Washington.
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1911-02-10
After hearing that Theodore Roosevelt intends to visit England following his African safari, Joseph Cowperthwaite would like him to stay at his hotel in the Lake District. He asks Lyman Abbott to further his cause.
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1909-12-01
Charles Tuchmann invites President Roosevelt and his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, to stay at the Grand Hotel in Khartum when they visit the city. Tuchmann owns the hotel, which has hosted many Americans and members of the British aristocracy, and its manager is an American naturalized citizen. They would be honored to have the Roosevelts visit, and the price would be “very moderate.” He also requests an autograph for his daughter, a sportswoman who admires Roosevelt’s athleticism.
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1909-02-05
Surgeon General of the Navy, Presley Marion Rixey, writes to President Roosevelt while he is in transit to Honolulu with Governor Carter. The ship is half full because of the recent earthquake and fire in San Francisco, but Rixey is confident that the city will soon recover. Rixey also informs Roosevelt that he has studied the naval station at Yerba Buena and will be making a full report on needed sanitary reforms shortly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-29