Luncheons

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-10-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-10-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952

Theodore Roosevelt asks Irving Bacheller to lunch at Oyster Bay on January 15.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-01-03

Theodore Roosevelt tells Robert H. Ingersoll that he cannot accept his invitation, but asks if Ingersoll and Mrs. Ingersoll can bring Mr. And Mrs. Sunday to visit before or after the luncheon on Monday, June 11th.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-06-01

Theodore Roosevelt invites Theresa Buxton and her friend to lunch on October 25th at his home in Oyster Bay. Roosevelt is unsure if Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will be able to make it downstairs, but he would be glad to have them in his house.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-20

Theodore Roosevelt informs Alfred Zimmern that he received his book and is genuinely interested in it. Roosevelt hopes that Zimmern will be joining him and Mr. Loomis to lunch on Friday, October 27th.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-19

Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Arthur H. Samuels for calling his attention to the amusing editorial and invites him to come in for lunch sometime. Roosevelt likes Samuels and would like to know more about his business. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-19

Theodore Roosevelt informs Francis B. Loomis he wishes to meet with him and Alfred Zimmern for lunch on Friday, October 27th at 1pm. Roosevelt has been reading Alfred Zimmern’s book and has been enjoying it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-19

Theodore Roosevelt invites Ernest Hugh Fitzpatrick to lunch at The Outlook. Roosevelt praises Fitzpatrick for his volume contribution on the Spanish-American War and wants to go over it with him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-19

President Roosevelt expects Homer Davenport and his son to come for lunch along with Luther Daniels Bradley, Charles I. DeBevoise, and George Bell on August 28.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-14

President Roosevelt is greatly interested in the symposium Edward William Nelson has organized to discuss “nature fakers.” He invites Nelson, C. Hart Merriam, and Vernon Bailey to lunch to discuss the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-05

President Roosevelt has been told by his son that his young friend Otohiko Matsukata is coming to Washington, D.C. with his younger brother. He asks Japanese Ambassador Aoki if they can lunch with him either Saturday or Monday during their visit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-24

President Roosevelt asks Lyman Abbott to schedule a lunch for him and Wilfred Thomason Grenfell at the White House, and wants Abbott to join them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-23

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-18

President Roosevelt asks James R. Mann if he can bring Carl Ethan Akeley and Delia J. Akeley to see him, and they can all have lunch together.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-16

President Roosevelt, during his first week as president, writes to ask Charles Ransom Miller, editor of the New York Times, to lunch at the White House next Monday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-20

On behalf of President Roosevelt, his secretary, George Cortelyou has been instructed to rescind Joseph Willis’ invitation to a luncheon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-14

George B. Cortelyou regretfully rescinds Richard Sheldon’s invitation to a luncheon on the 27th.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-14

Ernest J. Euphrat invites Theodore Roosevelt to the housewarming luncheon of the Hungarian Republican Club in New York City, of which Roosevelt is an honorary member.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-05

Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his previous letter and gladly accepts his invitation to lunch. Fisher believes he and Roosevelt share the same views of Alaskan resources and working with The Outlook will allow for the adoption of the necessary legislation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-30