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Senator Platt advises President Roosevelt to invite William C. Warren, editor of the Buffalo Commercial and a member of the State Committee, to lunch. As of yet Roosevelt has done nothing for that part of the state and Platt believes it would be wise for him to follow Platt’s suggestion.
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1904-03-14
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon scolds Charles Macomb Flandrau for writing her such short letters. Cutcheon goes on to discuss Patty Selmes’s hunting plans, looking after Isabella Selmes, and going sledding.
1891
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon wishes she could see Charles Macomb Flandrau in his cap and gown. Cutcheon recently attended a wedding and plans to visit Fort Snelling. She regrets not being able to go to Boone County, Kentucky, with her family.
1896-06-18
Invitation to a luncheon at the Graduates Club to be held in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, John Campbell Greenway, and David Goodrich.
1899-11-21
Commissioner Roosevelt requests Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s opinion on an enclosed letter. The letter should also be shown to Douglas Robinson. Roosevelt will write a letter to Joseph A. and Sylvane M. Ferris in the meantime. Roosevelt recently had a nice luncheon and is indebted to two Italian diplomats who recently helped Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s sister and mother. The elk meat has not arrived.
1891-12-20
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his gratitude for receiving a letter in Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s own handwriting. He wishes he could have seen Isabella Ferguson as well. While in London, Roosevelt intends to have Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson arrange some lunches or dinners with only three or four people whom he really wants to see.
1909-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt accepts an invitation to lunch with the Illinois State Bar Association with the stipulations that there will not be any reporters or requests for a speech. Roosevelt asks Nathan William MacChesney to invite a few businessmen to the luncheon to visit with John C. Shaffer.
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1916-04-12
President Roosevelt briefly thanks an audience at a luncheon in Ottumwa, Iowa.
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1903-04-28
President Roosevelt thanks the crowd for the gift he has received and the luncheon. He also discusses how “the west” is defined.
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1903-05-01
Three steel workers sit on a girder eating the lunch that they pilfered from a table through an open window in a bankers’ club room adjacent to the building they are constructing. The “Club Number” is written on the window directly below the girder.
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1911-05-31
The Roman god Mars, eating a battleship, is seated a table with Uncle Sam and Marianne (symbol of France) and the rulers of European and Asian countries at the “Dreadnought Club,” each awaiting their meals of munitions and armaments being brought to the table by a heavily burdened waitress labeled “Peace.” Caption: Peace — “Waiting on a crowd like this is no job for a woman.”
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1911-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary invites James P. Magenis to lunch with Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
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1912-07-15
Secretary of State Hay encloses a copy of the “Roumanian paper” and compliments President Roosevelt on his decision to invite the “tourist princes” to Sagamore Hill.
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1902-07-21
John Ireland writes of his recent meeting with Monsignor Denis J. O’Connell, who told the Pope “the words you were so kind as to say to him. The results . . . were most favorable.” However, when Loeb denied that O’Connell had been sent by the President, O’Connell was concerned that the Vatican reaction might be to disvalue the O’Connell’s interview. Ireland suggests that President Roosevelt invite O’Connell for lunch as a sign of Roosevelt’s high regard for the prelate. By doing so, the President’s message that O’Connell presented would not be questioned.
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1903-11-24
F. Norton Goddard declines an invitation sent by William Loeb to have lunch with President Roosevelt and the Committee of the National Republican League. Goddard explains he has conflicting with Alice S. Winthrop Goddard and hi board.
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1903-11-27
James R. Sheffield accepts an invitation to lunch with President Roosevelt on Saturday, December 12 and relays that he will consult with Nevada N. Stranahan and James Sullivan Clarkson.
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1903-12-01
Nicholas Murray Butler discusses the recent mayoral election in New York. Butler conveys the public’s positive reaction to President Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington, and the public’s negative reaction to George B. McClellan, Mr. Murphy, and Seth Low. In regard to his recent conversation with Cornelius Newton Bliss concerning campaign tactics, Butler suggests that Roosevelt invite Mr. Kennedy, James Speyer, and James Stillman for lunch or dinner. Butler writes about the Panama Rebellion and editorials on the topic running in The Evening Post and The Times. Butler also discusses the involvement of Marcus Alonzo Hanna, John Edward Addicks, General James Harrison Wilson, and Wayne MacVeagh in the Maryland and Ohio elections. Butler suggests Roosevelt become a professor of American History and Politics in Morningside Heights.
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1903-11-09
George Turner sends thanks to President Roosevelt in receipt of his congratulatory note, likely regarding the success of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal. Turner will convene with Congress in Washington, D.C., and hopes to dine with Roosevelt at the White House. General Foster will report to Roosevelt with details regarding the award at London.
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1903-10-30
Otto Gresham encloses clippings from the Chicago Chronicle and relays that the newspaper is owned by John R. Walsh, president of the Chicago National Bank. Gresham discusses the electoral vote in Illinois, Indiana, and the northwest United States. Gresham believes the Illinois delegation will be for Grover Cleveland and General James B. Weaver, but will be contended by citizens in favor of Mayor Carter H. Harrison. Gresham notes his recent luncheon with James H. Eckels.
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1903-10-31
Editor of Leslie’s Weekly John A. Sleicher discusses a political cartoon drawn by Victor Gillam and accepts a lunch invitation. Sleicher references a previous conversation with President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, New York, and conveys worries about the National Deficit’s affect on the success of the Republican party.
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1903-11-03