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President Roosevelt informs C. Grant La Farge that he will leave the picture as-is and does not need a new panel. He enjoyed having La Farge and his wife, Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge, over.
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1908-09-04
President Roosevelt informs C. Grant La Farge that the tops of the plaster pillars in the north room of Sagamore Hill are shabby and asks La Farge to send someone to fix them. In a postscript, he expects to see La Farge and his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge by the afternoon of September 1 to stay through September 3.
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1908-08-17
President Roosevelt invites architect C. Grant La Farge and his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to come and see him, not just socially but also to consult regarding the placement and installation of a new painting the Roosevelts have acquired by Pinckney Marcius-Simons.
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1908-08-10
President Roosevelt asks if C. Grant La Farge and his wife can visit before October first and discuss “everything, from politics to nature faking.”
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1907-08-19
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his friend C. Grant La Farge saying he will not likely make it to New York. Roosevelt asks if La Farge and his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge might come to Washington to stay at the White House instead. Though not noted in the letter, Roosevelt had just taken office the week before.
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1901-09-20
C. Grant La Farge asks William Loeb to inform President Roosevelt that he will arrive on Wednesday, perhaps in time to play tennis. He cannot stay over on Thursday. His wife, Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge, might also come.
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1907-08-26
C. Grant La Farge is excited to visit President Roosevelt and lists the times he is available. La Farge is having a difficult time as his business partner George L. Heins has been seriously ill and is unlikely to recover. His family is well, and he will try to convince his wife Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge of the merits afforded by a week’s rest.
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1907-08-22
Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons sends President Roosevelt a copy of her “unhappily notorious” book, saying the outcry has been “so grotesquely clamorous” that she wants Roosevelt to know what the book really is. The negative reception of the book has shown Parsons that a “writing wife is a distinct handicap to a politician.” She apologizes for “so much personality,” but says that she has always felt Roosevelt was “something besides a President.”
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1906-12-22
C. Grant La Farge thanks President Roosevelt for his invitation. La Farge will forward Roosevelt’s message to his wife Florence. La Farge, an architect, is working on a project in Seattle. He wants to talk to Roosevelt about the people he has met there.
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1904-07-18
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.
1897-09-28
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.
1907-06-13
Theodore Roosevelt makes plans with his sister before his departure on the Hamburg-American Line to Africa. Roosevelt asks his sister to make lunch plans with Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge, and thanks her for the flowers she sent.
1909-03
Vice President Roosevelt asks his sister to invite the La Farges to breakfast.
1901-03-20
Governor Roosevelt writes to his sister enclosing two tickets to an event. Roosevelt has also sent two tickets to Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge and kept two for Colonel Treadwell and himself.
1900-02-05
Theodore Roosevelt compliments C. Grant La Farge on a letter he wrote. Roosevelt wants to tell La Farge and Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge about the interesting National Progressive Convention in Chicago, but will not have time for the next three months.
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1912-08-13
Theodore Roosevelt provides C. Grant La Farge an update on Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s health after her recent fall. Roosevelt shares his Thanksgiving plans and sends regards to La Farge’s wife.
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1911-10-06
Theodore Roosevelt discusses arrangements for General F. V. Greene’s visit to Sagamore Hill.
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1911-02-17
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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1909-02-05
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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1908-12-13
William Loeb writes to Admiral Merrell, president of the Naval War College, about upcoming plans for President Roosevelt to speak there. Loeb asks Merrell to send invitations for the speech and reception to connections of Roosevelt’s family. He also asks advice about the geography of Rhode Island and whether secret service agents should meet Roosevelt at the War College.
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1908-07-15