La Farge, C. Grant (Christopher Grant), 1862-1938

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1911-12-15

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge

Theodore Roosevelt asks Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to tell C. Grant La Farge that Roosevelt will be at the Boone and Crockett dinner next week. Roosevelt also asks if he might use Florence La Farge’s house to have a meeting with William L. Ward, who wants to meet somewhere other than The Outlook office.

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Creation Date

1911-12-15

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt says the house feels empty without Kermit and Ted and reports on the activities of the rest of the family. C. Grant La Farge and Owen Wister are coming to visit.

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Creation Date

1903-09-23

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Austin Wadsworth

President Roosevelt tells William Austin Wadsworth he has written to Austrian Ambassador Hengelmüller von Hengervár about the Boone and Crockett Club planning an event with him. He invites Wadsworth to visit Sagamore Hill to see a new room C. Grant La Farge has built.

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Creation Date

1908-08-12

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Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft forwards a letter from C. Grant La Farge to President Roosevelt, along with a memorandum Taft wrote, to which La Farge refers in the letter. Taft says he is “inclined to make a row” about the matter, but since he has to leave for the Philippines, he wanted to ensure Roosevelt was informed.

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Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Creation Date

1905-06-17

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Memorandum from William H. Taft to Charles F. Humphrey

Secretary of War Taft advises the Quartermaster-General to act affirmatively and consult C. Grant La Farge as architect for the building referred to in the letter. It is a matter in which President Roosevelt is personally interested. Taft does not want the office of the Quartermaster-General to lay back on its oars and wait until someone else does something.

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Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Creation Date

1905-06

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt asks his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles if there is room for him Thursday evening and if she would care to have C. Grant and Florence La Farge for breakfast. He also suggests alternate lunch guests.

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Creation Date

1897-09-28

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say Ted Roosevelt is visiting and as soon as Kermit finishes school, they will go to Oyster Bay to practice with the rifles before leaving for their African hunting trip. Ethel is busy with the debutante season and Major William Austin Wadsworth is visiting. Roosevelt says they rode the horses and went to some art exhibitions.

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Creation Date

1908-12-13

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to tell him about his trip to the Jamestown Exposition on Georgia Day, where they built a reproduction of Roosevelt’s grandfather’s house as the Georgia State Building. He also congratulates Kermit on the performance of his crew team at Groton School.

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Creation Date

1907-06-13

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about his distress over the government in Cuba. He then describes his trip aboard the Mayflower to see Admiral Evans’s fleet at Barnstable with cousin William Emlen Roosevelt, C. Grant La Farge, and Archie. They watched a gunnery exercise on the battleship Missouri (BB-11). Roosevelt ends the letter with updates on Ted and Quentin.

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Creation Date

1906-09-30

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit he is happy with Kermit’s marks and is very interested in the books he is reading. Roosevelt wants to know if he would be interested in Flashlights in the Jungle, but adds in a postscript that Edith said Kermit would not enjoy it. He also talks of taking a scramble down Rock Creek with C. Grant La Farge, Douglas Robinson, Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, and the French Ambassador.

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Creation Date

1906-01-21

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry H. Saylor

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Henry H. Saylor, editor of Country Life in America, regarding an issue that featured Roosevelt’s home, Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt requests a photo of his house that was featured in the magazine and describes in detail the building process and interior of the house.

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Creation Date

1915-10-03

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

Vice President Roosevelt asks his sister to invite the La Farges to breakfast.

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Creation Date

1901-03-20

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to F. V. Greene

Theodore Roosevelt discusses arrangements for General F. V. Greene’s visit to Sagamore Hill.

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Creation Date

1911-02-17

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge

Theodore Roosevelt would like Mr. and Mrs. C. Grant La Farge to come on a Saturday and spend all day Sunday with the Roosevelts.

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Creation Date

1914-11-24

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John La Farge

President Roosevelt wonders if John La Farge sent the copy of his book, and thanks him if so. He is sorry that La Farge’s son, C. Grant La Farge, and daughter-in-law, Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge, can not come in the next few weeks. He hopes nothing is wrong.

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Creation Date

1909-02-05

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Glenn Brown

President Roosevelt sends a list of nominations for the Council of Fine Arts and encloses a copy of the executive order he issued to create such a council.

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Creation Date

1909-01-18

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to American Institute of Architects

President Roosevelt agrees with the American Institute of Architects’s suggestion to create a Council of Fine Arts to advise the government in matters relating to architecture, monuments, and the arts. He instructs the American Institute of Architects to compose a list of thirty men from around the country to serve as members of the Council, and expects that they will advocate for legislation to make the Council permanent. President Roosevelt also requests that the Council immediately report and advise on the creation of the Lincoln Memorial.

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Creation Date

1909-01-11

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son, Kermit Roosevelt on a variety of matters. Roosevelt is proud of his elder son, Theodore Roosevelt, for doing well in Harvard after his past “scrapes” with dean Byron S. Hurlbut, but he is also very glad that Kermit does not seem to be getting into those scrapes in the first place and has been spoken of highly by Hurlbut. Roosevelt suggests that they practice shooting at Oyster Bay before leaving on safari, as they will both be out of practice. Roosevelt’s daughter, Ethel is in the middle of debutante season. The Roosevelt family has enjoyed having several visitors recently, including James Wolcott Wadsworth, C. Grant La Farge and Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge.

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Creation Date

1908-12-13

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Austin Wadsworth

President Roosevelt tells William Austin Wadsworth that he believes the Boone and Crockett Club is the right kind of organization to undertake the planning of an international hunting exhibition proposed by Austrian Ambassador Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár in two enclosed letters. Roosevelt believes the United States should be represented by the type of men who belong to the club, and that undertaking such a project would be a good opportunity to justify its existence. Roosevelt suggests a few men to appoint to a committee.

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Creation Date

1908-08-06

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