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President Roosevelt writes to Margaret Grant La Farge to acknowledge the previous letter from Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge.
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1908-02-20
President Roosevelt will take up the Indian Agent issue but can not assist with the airship, as he would not be of much help and is quite busy. He sends his love to Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge and the children.
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1907-12-26
President Roosevelt updates Kermit Roosevelt on his trip to Georgia, where the Georgians received him well. They built a reproduction of his grandfather’s house and a naval review which was a “great sight.”
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1907-06-13
President Roosevelt agrees with John La Farge on creating a commission, although he admits he is still uncertain as to what La Farge is referring. Roosevelt agrees to appoint the commission if it is within his power but cannot act where the law “distinctly puts the authority somewhere else.”
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1907-06-09
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft that he has looked at the photograph and does not believe that the construction will obstruct the view and therefore they should go ahead with the current architectural design.
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1907-03-20
President Roosevelt asks West Point Superintendent Scott to write Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge and Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge about the matter.
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1907-02-13
President Roosevelt is sorry, but not surprised, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt did not find any bears given the weather. The naval review “was really a great sight,” especially for Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt, who is devoted to the water and the navy. Roosevelt wishes he was out in the wilderness.
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1906-09-04
After issues with blown ashes in the library, President Roosevelt asks friend and architect C. Grant La Farge for help finding a chimney expert.
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1906-09-05
President Roosevelt thanks Secretary of State Root for the humorous translation of a Spanish newspaper. He provides updates on the successful naval review, recent state elections, and the boiling pot of New York politics. Roosevelt finds that William Jennings Bryan’s eagerness for popularity causes him to commit “to preposterous positions,” as revealed by his recent speech.
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1906-09-04
President Roosevelt sends Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot a copy of correspondence he had with reporter Norman Hapgood. In the letters, Roosevelt challenges Hapgood over claims that Roosevelt had not told the truth about the William D’Alton Mann prosecution.
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1906-09-03
President Roosevelt found the poem “immense.” Although he is not “in trim” to play tennis, he invites C. Grant La Farge to come early on Saturday, and Kermit Roosevelt will play instead.
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1906-08-30
President Roosevelt heard from Postmaster General Cortelyou that C. Grant La Farge is one of the architects competing for the post office building, and asks La Farge to let him know “if there is any hitch.” He is glad that La Farge’s son, Christopher LaFarge, enjoyed reading his book Outdoor Pastimes. Roosevelt hopes to see La Farge and his wife, Florence Bayard La Farge, soon.
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1906-07-03
President Roosevelt thanks Mary Bacon Ford for the kind offer and will ask Florence Bayard La Farge to go see the pictures, one of which Ford is offering to the White House. Roosevelt wishes he could come himself to see the art gallery.
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1906-05-11
President Roosevelt was pleased to see C. Grant La Farge’s wife, Florence, recently. He approves of the inscriptions for the tablets and asks La Farge to let him know about the cost soon, as he hopes to have them paid for before the appropriations for the year lapse.
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1906-05-01
President Roosevelt inquires whether he or C. Grant La Farge has responsibility for repairing the new cellar at Oyster Bay, which has a tendency to flood.
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1905-11-09
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt writes C. Grant La Farge about a variety of changes and repairs made at Sagamore Hill. She was glad to see La Farge’s wife, even if it was only for a short time.
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1905-10-12
President Roosevelt wishes he could come visit C. Grant La Farge, but he has found that while he is president his vacations need to be at his home at Sagamore Hill. While that is the case, however, he invites La Farge to visit him with his wife, Florence Bayard La Farge, and instructs him to bring Owen Wister, if possible. He was proud to read what La Farge wrote about his son, Ted Roosevelt. Roosevelt was amused at the furor his going down in the submarine Plunger caused, especially because his son and La Farge were in more danger sailing on top of the water that day.
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1905-08-31
President Roosevelt sends Martha P. Sargent a small check for Christmas gifts for her children, and sends a photograph to his namesake, Theodore R. Sargent. Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge brought the Sargents to the president’s attention.
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1904-12-07
President Roosevelt thanks C. Grant La Farge for his congratulations and looks forward to seeing La Farge and his wife, Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge, soon.
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1904-11-11
President Roosevelt asks C. Grant La Farge when he can come for an overnight visit and suggests Tuesday, the 26th, so that La Farge can hear Roosevelt’s speech about why he and his associates are entitled to the nation’s confidence. Roosevelt also invites La Farge and his wife Florence to visit him and his wife at the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-14