Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924

President Roosevelt gives Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge an update on his life and family. He laments the end of summer and tells Lodge how each member of the family has spent it, remarking upon how his children are growing up. Roosevelt has been vacationing during the summer months and now looks to his work ahead. He wants to ensure that his plans for the Navy and Panama Canal cannot be undone by his successor.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-09-20

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt and William Loeb both think Secretary of War Taft’s chances of being elected are improving. Removing Kentucky Collector of Internal Revenue Edward T. Franks is delicate, and Roosevelt will consult with Commissioner of Internal Revenue John G. Capers. Roosevelt will echo Taft’s statement on the Philippines. The financiers are now attacking the Great White Fleet’s trip to the Pacific. Roosevelt sends an enclosure exemplifying Lucius Nathan Littauer’s behavior, and he has heard there will be support for Governor Charles Evans Hughes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-09-05

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt describes his recent trip to Provincetown to his son Kermit Roosevelt, including his speech, a banquet, and meeting “five hundred Gloucester fishermen.” Roosevelt feels Kermit’s trip with the cavalry “was such a fine thing.”

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1907-08-21

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of War Taft regarding the street paving contract, but will wait for Taft to return before making decisions. The New York papers disparage Taft and Roosevelt’s speeches. Roosevelt admires Senator Henry Cabot Lodge’s Provincetown speech and sends it to Taft.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-08-22

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt requests Secretary of State Root review the letters from Representative William S. Bennet regarding an immigration agreement with Greece. Such an agreement could aid in easing relations with Japan.

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1907-08-08

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt shares his thoughts regarding the upcoming presidential election and the land fraud case against Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah with William Allen White. Roosevelt outlines his personal reasons for supporting Secretary of War William H. Taft for president as well as the political considerations necessary to secure his nomination. In the case of Borah, Roosevelt would like White to come to Oyster Bay to discuss the matter with him and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte; Roosevelt thinks it would look bad for Borah to come himself, and asks White to bring Borah’s lawyers on August 9.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-30

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt expresses his concern to Rear Admiral Brownson over the explosion aboard the USS Georgia. He is sure it is being investigated to prevent future incidents. Roosevelt orders Brownson to not send any ship to Boston for Old Home Week. He says he endorsed Brownson’s refusal to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Roosevelt has informed the Massachusetts delegation, Governor Curtis Guild, and Mayor John Francis Fitzgerald.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-20

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt expresses concern about his son Kermit Roosevelt’s health. He mentions the Brownsville matter, the opposition from the Senate over the battleships and offers his view on Native Americans. Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit has been reading and studying, and updates Kermit on recent family activities.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-26

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Representative Bartholdt that he will see Representative James A. Tawney on Monday and do all he can. Senator Albert J. Beveridge wants Roosevelt’s support for his child labor bill, but Roosevelt believes the only way forward with that bill is for Bartholdt to get his bill through the Senate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-19

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt apologizes to Edith Greenough Wendell for not being able to go to Jamestown Island to attend the Jamestown Church celebration. He is scheduled to be at the Exposition and the church is too far away to be able to make it on the day.

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Creation Date

1907-01-15

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells William Dudley Foulke that when Maria Longworth Storer wrote to him saying that Francis Augustus MacNutt must be received at the White House in order to be reinstated in the Papal Service, Roosevelt “strongly objected to being used in such a manner,” and refused to do so. He does not see why this conversation should require him to investigate MacNutt’s removal, which happened more than twelve years ago. Besides which, he now distrusts any information that came from Mrs. Storer. Roosevelt has also been reading Life of Morton, and is impressed. He compares the work of various authors of history.

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Creation Date

1907-01-04

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt describes the family’s “ideal” Christmas celebrations to his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. He asks Robinson to find out how her son, Monroe Douglas Robinson, could bear being seen with Roosevelt’s son, Ted Roosevelt, when Ted was wearing “such as cap as he seems to have carried.”

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Creation Date

1906-12-26

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt explains to William Dudley Foulke that he cannot “be drawn into any discussion” into the situation of Francis Augustus MacNutt. He did not give Ambassador B. Storer or Maria Longworth Storer any information “which was not generally known.” He encloses Mrs. Storer’s letter, which asks for information that would exclude MacNutt from Papal service.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1906-12-26

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks his sister-in-law Emily Tyler Carow for the book that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt got him on her behalf. The Roosevelts have had their “usual type of Christmas,” though with fewer toys as the children get older. Soon they will go to the Pine Knot cabin with friends. Roosevelt has much to worry him in his work, but the incidents “will all go downstream.”

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1906-12-26

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells Kermit that the whole family is looking forward to his visit the following week. He notes that his sister Corinne Robinson and her husband Douglas Robinson have been visiting. Roosevelt says he took Douglas Robinson on a ride with Edith Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. He also notes that their horse Roswell is sensitive to automobiles.

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Creation Date

1906-12-16

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit Roosevelt that he gave a speech at the Gridiron Club, wherein he emphasized he would not run for a third term. Roosevelt discusses his recent exercise habits, noting that he doesn’t give it up “because I think I would ultimately be worse off without it.” Roosevelt says his sons Archibald B. Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt have built two fireplaces on the White House property, and have been cooking meals with them.

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Creation Date

1906-12-09

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt has received Secretary Hay’s letter. Senator Lodge will support the canal treaty.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-28

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

George H. Boyd writes to Theodore Roosevelt at the direction of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and encloses Treaties for Roosevelt to view.

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Creation Date

1911-10-06

Henry P. Curtis describes a recent publication on European natural history that he believes Theodore Roosevelt might be interested in. He explains how many towns were named after the animals that once resided there, such as Wolverhampton (wolves).

Curtis also shares with Roosevelt that his father was a Whig, while Curtis is a Republican. He expresses admiration for Senator John Sherman, discusses his political adversaries, and wishes that Sherman, Alexander Hamilton, and Daniel Webster could have been presidents.

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Creation Date

1911-09-15

Silas McBee tells Theodore Roosevelt he spoke about Roosevelt’s public life, praised his Outlook article, enclosed an advance proof and Senator Lodge’s letter, and noted an item on Sir Horace’s work in Ireland.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-12

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McBee, Silas, 1853-1924