Lambert, Alexander, 1861-1939

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to D. B. Fairley

While he dislikes responding negatively, President Roosevelt informs D. B. Fairley, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, he cannot publish the letter endorsing Phillip Battell Stewart as a gubernatorial candidate of Colorado. However, to achieve the same effect, Roosevelt suggests Stewart find quotations from previous letters to him that illustrate Roosevelt’s trust.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge about a recent camping trip he went on with some of his children, which they all enjoyed in spite of the rain. He hopes Lodge enjoyed his vacation. Roosevelt additionally recounts an experience he had riding his new horse, and tells Lodge about several visitors he had recently.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edgar Huidekoper Wells

President Roosevelt informs Harvard Dean Edgar Huidekoper Wells that his son, Theodore Roosevelt, will be delayed returning to Harvard because of a recent eye surgery. Ted had wished to return, but both William Holland Wilmer, the ophthalmologist who performed the operation, and Alexander Lambert, the Roosevelt family doctor, protested. Roosevelt encloses notes from both doctors attesting to this, as Ted does not want Wells to “consider him a malingerer” for missing several days of classes classes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nelson D. Keys

President Roosevelt will show Mr. Stewart and Alexander Lambert the “first-class photograph” that Nelson D. Keys sent him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Although he wishes that Harvard had won, President Roosevelt is pleased that his son Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt evidently got to play in the game against Yale. He praises Ted’s performance in the game, during which Yale directed “battering” plays against him because he was so small and light, and says that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt were “very indignant” about it. Roosevelt is very proud of his son’s football career, but glad that he is too small to try out for the varsity team. He hopes that now Ted can attend more to his studies and that he will be able to come to Pine Knot for Thanksgiving, as he is not bringing the Secret Service with him and Edith is worried about his being the only man in the house. He asks one more time what Ted would like Alexander Lambert to do about the moose horns.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt relates to his son Theodore Roosevelt a humorous comment that Quentin made at breakfast. He praises Ted’s football performance so far in the season, but says that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are glad that he will be done after next Saturday. He reminds Ted to write him about how he wants the moose horns, so that he can tell Alexander Lambert.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells his son Theodore Roosevelt that Dr. Alexander Lambert got the moose horns he wanted, but that mice ate the scalp. He advises Ted to take the horns without the scalp. He is glad that Ted went to see his brother Kermit Roosevelt at Groton. Kermit said that Ted was planning to visit Washington next weekend, and Roosevelt is concerned that this visit would interfere with Ted’s studies and football. He does not want Ted to miss out on a chance to play in the game against Yale.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Shaw

President Roosevelt likes Albert Shaw’s proposal for an article in The Country Calendar, and encourages him to write the article himself from Alexander Lambert’s notes. Shaw can use any of Philip Battell Stewart’s photos not needed by Scribner’s. Roosevelt asks that the article be confined to his “country life” at Oyster Bay, as he is writing an article about the hunt in question for Scribner’s himself.

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Creation Date

1905-03-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Andrew Lyon

Alexander Lambert will accompany President Roosevelt on the hunt. Roosevelt reminds Cecil Andrew Lyon that no formal engagements are to interrupt his holiday. Before Lyon takes them bear or peccary hunting, he must be confident they will get one. Roosevelt would rather go wolf hunting with the dogs than hunt bears.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Bridges

President Roosevelt tells Robert Bridges that if his upcoming hunting trip is a success, he intends to have another chapter for the book Bridges is editing for publication. Roosevelt’s friend, Alexander Lambert, will be accompanying him on the trip and plans to take some photographs. Roosevelt suggests Bridges get in touch with Lambert to give him tips about such photography.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Stewart Edward White

President Roosevelt tells Stewart Edward White that he will be named a special inspector for the California Forest Reserve. He then comments on various hunting adventures. Ted Roosevelt went camping with a friend in the Canadian backwoods and killed a moose with a 56-inch horn spread. President Roosevelt was impressed with White’s description of a hunting trip where 105 pigs were killed in two weeks. He would like White to write a “really first class hunting book.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt encloses a letter from his family physician, Dr. Alexander Lambert, who believes that Major E. L. H. Swift was misdiagnosed with diabetes and subsequently forced to retire from the Army. Lambert states that Swift is in sound health and Roosevelt asks that his case be reexamined.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

President Roosevelt supports the appointment of Dr. White who has received recommendations from several qualified professionals.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Dr. Alexander Lambert has recommended William A. White for the appointment at the Government Hospital for the Insane, and President Roosevelt requests that Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock make the appointment.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-20

Letter from Carl Ethan Akeley to Theodore Roosevelt

Carl Ethan Akeley asks Theodore Roosevelt for guidance in arranging a meeting of several people involved with the magazine Forest and Stream. At a previous gathering at Charles Sheldon’s house, Roosevelt had left it to Akeley to arrange a visit to Oyster Bay. Akeley has not yet done this because he did not want to be an imposition. He proposes to arrange a luncheon in town with Sheldon, William A. Bruette, George Bird Grinnell, and Alexander Lambert.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1916-04-22

Letter from George Bird Grinnell to Theodore Roosevelt

George Bird Grinnell is glad that Theodore Roosevelt likes the book. Grinnell wants to hear Roosevelt’s moose story. He would like Roosevelt to come to lunch and meet with some friends and acquaintances, one who is a member of the Progressive Party.

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Creation Date

1915-11-24

Letter from George Bird Grinnell to Theodore Roosevelt

George Bird Grinnell gives Theodore Roosevelt information about telescopic rifle sights. Grinnell has never used a telescope rifle sight and does not recall any big game hunter of his acquaintance using one.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-09-07

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney informs Theodore Roosevelt about a symposium of opinions he is planning on the relative value of recreational fishing versus recreational shooting, an inquires if Roosevelt would like to contribute an opinion. Whitney lists individuals he has already solicited opinions from, and requests to hear back from Roosevelt by the end of next week, as any symposium on the subject matter would be incomplete without a word from him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-31

Letter from David M. Goodrich to Theodore Roosevelt

David M. Goodrich appreciates Theodore Roosevelt’s invitation to visit his home at Sagamore Hill, and will look forward to being able to do so. He reports that his health is much better, and that while he was shocked at Alexander Lambert’s prognosis, the Swiss air helped a great deal. Goodrich hopes to return to the United States soon, even if he must stay away from New York for a time in order to not endanger his health. In a postscript, Goodrich mentions the result of a recent murder case that saw the accused being acquitted because of insanity.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-07

Letter from Caspar Whitney to Theodore Roosevelt

Caspar Whitney is sorry that President Roosevelt “shooed off” Alexander Lambert from writing a study of him in the field. Lambert gave Whitney a couple photographs of Roosevelt, one of which will be printed in Collier’s Weekly. The other one shows Roosevelt sitting in the door of a cabin with a dog on his lap, which is Whitney’s favorite photograph of Roosevelt, and he prizes it highly. Whitney will send Roosevelt the photographs by express, and asks that Roosevelt autograph and return them.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-11