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President Roosevelt assures William Lawrence that the gathering of couples on Tuesday is not a lunch party. If Lawrence and his wife do not want to attend on Tuesday, then Roosevelt would like to have lunch alone with him the Saturday prior, as he needs to see him.
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1907-01-18
President Roosevelt will be passing the letter from Professor Thomas Augustus Jaggar to Secretary of Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Bishop Lawrence and Julia Cunningham Lawrence.
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1909-01-20
President Roosevelt regrets that he will not be able to attend the meeting of the Religious Education Association on February 12, 1909, which William Lawrence invited him to, as he will be in Kentucky rather than Illinois. Roosevelt responds to several questions Lawrence asked him in the personal letter he wrote, and asks Lawrence in turn if he and his wife would be able to visit the White House on February 4 or 5.
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1909-01-02
President Roosevelt asks Bishop Lawrence whether he has any knowledge of the troubles facing Reverend James Henry Duckrey’s church, and suggests he may visit it himself.
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1907-02-01
President Roosevelt looks forward to spending the night at Bishop Lawrence’s house, and says that Lawrence can sign his name to “the appeal in question.”
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1905-03-31
President Roosevelt updates his son, Kermit Roosevelt, on recent happenings. Surprisingly, the presidential elector from Montana was his friend and former ranch foreman, Arthur William Merrifield. He describes his and Ted Roosevelt”s continued boxing matches with Joseph Grant. Archibald and Quentin are recovering from “grip.” Unfortunately, Edith’s horse Yagenka may no longer be ridable.
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1905-01-23
President Roosevelt tells Endicott Peabody, the rector at Groton School, that he would like for Kermit Roosevelt to leave for the inauguration on March 2, and return on March 6. If he leaves on March 3, Roosevelt is worried he will miss the ceremony.
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1905-01-19
President Roosevelt invites Bishop Lawrence and his wife, Julia Cunningham Lawrence, to the Diplomatic Dinner on January 19 and hopes the bishop will be able to take lunch with him on another day as well.
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1904-12-22
President Roosevelt was pleased to see Bishop Lawrence and wishes Mrs. Lawrence could have joined them for lunch.
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1903-02-14
William Lawrence is sure Theodore Roosevelt will miss Francis C. Lowe as friend and host. He and his wife, Julia Cunningham Lawrence, invite Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to stay with them anytime they are in Boston, Massachusetts. Lawrence hopes Roosevelt can attend a meeting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-20
William Lawrence writes that Mrs. Lawrence is delighted with the autographed photo. He thinks that Secretary of State Hay’s death is quite a loss, but that he has confidence in whoever President Roosevelt chooses next. Lawrence looks forward to seeing President Roosevelt again.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-06