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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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1901-09-20
On behalf of President Roosevelt, his secretary, George Cortelyou has been instructed to rescind Joseph Willis’ invitation to a luncheon.
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1901-09-14
George B. Cortelyou regretfully rescinds Richard Sheldon’s invitation to a luncheon on the 27th.
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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.
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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.
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1911-09-30
Stewart Edward White expresses to Theodore Roosevelt his sympathy regarding Mrs. Roosevelt’s recent accident, mentions Cunningham’s recurring fever and his own mild symptoms, and confirms plans to lunch with Roosevelt at The Outlook office.
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1911-09-11
Ambassador Bryce informs William Loeb that he can, in fact, meet President Roosevelt for lunch on the day he requested.
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1907-02-28
Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge would like President Roosevelt to have lunch with Mary B. J. Schieffelin while she visits the Pinchot family in Washington. She misses the Roosevelts.
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1907-02-15
Nicholas Murray Butler informs Theodore Roosevelt of the general good feeling towards Roosevelt at a luncheon attended by Butler and southern politicians. Butler stresses that Roosevelt’s standing in the South has greatly improved upon his reelection and suggests some steps Roosevelt can take to cement that relationship.
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1904-12-16
George Haven Putnam accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation for luncheon. Putnam clarifies statements made in an earlier letter congratulating Roosevelt on the election results.
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1904-11-18
German ambassador Sternburg accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to come to lunch on behalf of himself and his wife, Lillian May Speck von Sternburg.
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1904-10-31
A donkey eats grass in front of the White House and says, “There’s something doing today sure.” Caption: Tom’s steed, Greenbacks, dines off white house grass while his master enjoys a substantial luncheon within the house.
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1907-12-09
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss several articles in the press. He also informs Bishop that Judge McLaughlin will not be able to attend the Judicial Reception and lunch.
1905-01-02
Herbert H. D. Peirce writes to William Loeb to discuss the confusion with the telegrams sent to the plenipotentiaries. He hopes Loeb will share his explanation with President Roosevelt.
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1905-09-08
President Roosevelt wants to invite Samuel Leland Powers to lunch with Guy Murchie, but has been advised by Augustus Peabody Gardner that Powers should stay where he is until the conventions are over. Roosevelt wants to see him when the conventions have finished.
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1908-04-16