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Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister Anna on the status of the family. Three of the children now have the measles. Despite the sick children, they have still managed to do a fair amount of socializing. Henry Cabot Lodge has been a “comfort” to wife Edith.
1893-02-12
Cecil Spring Rice discusses the status of the Russo-Japanese war. He expresses sorrow concerning news of President Roosevelt’s ailing aunt, Elizabeth Norris Emlen Roosevelt.
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1904-02-11
Viljoen encloses a photograph of himself and thanks Roosevelt for “the kind reception.” He also extends “kind remembrances” to Edith and Alice Roosevelt.
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1904-02-03
Wood describes recent attack by Moros revolutionaries on U.S. troops in Jolo, Philippines, and the status of Moro Rebellion there. He believes the U.S. has “good ground” for ending the Bates Treaty. He also recommends having Roosevelt’s daughter Alice visit at a later date.
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1903-12-07
Freiherr Hermann Speck von Sternburg comments on explorer Clement Littledale’s visit with President Roosevelt in Washington, D.C. Sternburg informs Roosevelt of his own plans to visit in November.
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1903-11-08
Whitelaw Reid discusses comments made by a friend in the banking field about election results and asserts his support for President Roosevelt’s actions regarding the Panama Revolution. Reid reports that Roosevelt’s daughter, Alice, is on her way home while Whitelaw’s wife writes to Anna Roosevelt Cowles.
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1903-11-09
Madeline Jackson Lee extends her thanks for the gift of books to her sons. She asks for a photograph of Edith and President Roosevelt’s son, Ted, as well as a photograph of the president.
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1903-11-10
Hotel Proprietor del Toro sends Minister Morgan a receipt for the accommodations of Nicholas and Alice Longworth at the Hotel Telégrafo in Marianao, Cuba. This trip to Cuba was part of the newlywed Longworths’ honeymoon.
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1906-05-08
Patty M. F. Selmes inquires about Alice Roosevelt’s health and hopes to visit the Roosevelts this summer. She has been writing a story and would like Roosevelt to read it.
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1901-08-27
J. T. Witherspoon, King of the Carnival, encloses a patent of nobility elevating Alice Roosevelt to the title of Duchess of the White House. The previous patent presented to her in New Orleans was temporary.
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1903-03-26
Alice Roosevelt laid the cornerstone at the Roosevelt Industrial School in Ponce, Puerto Rico to great local satisfaction.
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1903-03-27
William Loeb requests that the telegram regarding Alice Roosevelt be repeated to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1903-04-01
Senator Lodge expresses his satisfaction with President Roosevelt’s speeches, particularly related to the tariff. He also found Secretary Root’s speech in Boston admirable. Alice Roosevelt’s visit to Puerto Rico appears to have been a success.
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1903-04-08
A boat has been arranged to transport Alice Roosevelt from the Jersey City depot to the pier and Miss Roosevelt’s probable arrival time at the depot is requested.
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1903-03-11
Alice Roosevelt was received well in New Orleans and her visit resulted in a great deal of discussion about President Roosevelt as well. General Wheeler was among old friends there, many of them Democrats and either old confederates or sons of confederates, and he reports that they were generally complimentary of Roosevelt, though some do not like the Cuban treaty and others differ with him on various issues.
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1903-03-06
Rooms on the steamship Coamo, which departs March 14, have been reserved for Alice Roosevelt and her maid.
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1903-02-17
The New York & Porto Rico Steamship Company would be pleased to accommodate Alice Roosevelt to and from Puerto Rico, but it is advisable to make reservations as far in advance as possible.
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1903-02-20
John Milliken Parker knows how little attention President Roosevelt pays to “Yellow Journal reports which are a slur upon Southern manhood.” Even though Parker and Roosevelt may differ at times, Parker promises that Miss Roosevelt will be treated with courtesy and hospitality at her reception.
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1903-01-30
Ambassador Meyer presented President Roosevelt’s photographs to the Duke of Aosta, who was very interested in the Rough Riders. Meyer hopes that arbitration can bring the Anthracite Coal Strike to a satisfactory conclusion and is sorry to hear that the completion of the White House has been delayed due a strike by the painters.
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1902-10-15
A new auxiliary to A. L. Kline Command #81 of Spanish-American War veterans would like permission to name their group after Miss Alice Roosevelt.
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1902-08-07