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Madison Julius Cawein is pleased President Roosevelt appreciates the autographed volumes. In response to Roosevelt’s inquiry, Cawein traces his German ancestry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-25
Richard Wilson Knott asks President Roosevelt to support a federal investigation into charges of voter fraud and voter intimidation in Louisville, Kentucky.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-14
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells S. B. Lynd that the campaign is distributing circulars as Lynd suggests. He encloses a circular in the letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-27
Theodore Roosevelt sends his Louisville, Carnegie Hall, and Chicago speeches. Roosevelt believes the speeches display the difference between him and President Taft, who Roosevelt says has stolen the nomination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-26
Theodore Roosevelt sends a telegram to William A. Groves with his regrets about not attending the celebration and wishes them luck in their efforts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary declines the invitation from the First Kentucky Infantry Regiment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-09
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary expresses Roosevelt’s regret that he is physically unable to accept Davis’ invitation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-08
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Matt J. Holt for the work he did for the campaign in Louisville and Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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1912-11-18
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Leslie Combs for the “fine letter,” and states he made a “wonderful showing” in Louisville, Kentucky. Roosevelt believes their combined showing across the United States has been wonderful, and that they “must not try to reconcile the differences of the past save in those States where we can absolutely absorb the Republican organization.” Roosevelt agrees with Combs that the Progressive Party could not combine with the Republican or Democratic parties in Illinois or in other states.
President Roosevelt thinks that it would carry more weight if Richard Wilson Knott wrote to president-elect William H. Taft directly. He gives Knott permission to refer to him in the letter. Knott should say that Roosevelt will vouch for him “in every way,” and urge the adoption of the policies Knott recommended regarding federal appointments in Louisville, Kentucky.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-18
President Roosevelt thanks Colonel Durrett for sending a publication by the Filson Club and promises to read it at once. Roosevelt also thanks Durrett more broadly for the letter and was touched by what Durrett wrote. Roosevelt fondly recalls his visit to Louisville, Kentucky where he met with Durrett in person.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-27
President Roosevelt sends his greetings to Robert E. Hughes and hopes for the best at the Greater Louisville Exposition.
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1907-03-18
President Roosevelt would like to visit John Breckinridge Castleman and ride on the horse he mentioned, but given that any stop he may make at Louisville, Kentucky, would be very short, Roosevelt does not feel that he can make any plans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-22
Governor Augustus E. Willson announces that he will return to Louisville, Kentucky, to resume practicing law following his term as governor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-07
Charles Neumeyer, the editor of the Louisville Anzeiger, asks Theodore Roosevelt to contribute to a special edition of the newspaper in honor of “German Day.”
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1911-08-15
Former New York Representative Parsons asks Theodore Roosevelt if it would be possible for him to schedule a meeting with W. R. Waters of Louisville, Kentucky. Waters hopes to invite Roosevelt to a charity fundraising event held by the Masons of Louisville. Parsons was introduced to Waters by Representative Joseph S. Sherley of Kentucky, and is sure Roosevelt will be pleased to meet him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-06
Felix Kerrick asks Theodore Roosevelt to lecture in Louisville, Kentucky, for the benefit of the First Kentucky Infantry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-28
Senator Bradley plans to introduce a bill for a monument honoring General George Rogers Clark and asks for help passing it. Due to his interest in Clark, Bradley named Theodore Roosevelt as a commissioner of the bill.
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1911-04-15
John M. Bowers appeals to Theodore Roosevelt for help in securing a military pension, as his application was recently rejected. He fought in the Spanish-American War and experienced illness because of it, but has been denied because the pension office claims there is no record of his sickness. Now Bowers is out of work and looking for ways to feed his family, and hopes Roosevelt may be able to assist him, as he served in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-25
Richard Wilson Knott praises Theodore Roosevelt’s response in The Outlook to criticisms of him in the press. He has heard that Roosevelt is traveling to the South in the spring and hopes that he can stop in Louisville. There are no pressing political issues there at present, so it may or may not be a good time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-04