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Theodore Roosevelt was pleased with Joseph Benson Foraker’s letter, and he apologizes for being unaware of the fact Foraker brought up in his speech about the protocol. Roosevelt plans to use this information the first chance he gets.
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1915-01-27
President Roosevelt wants George von Lengerke Meyer to know how concerned he is about Mrs. Meyer, and hopes that everything is all right now. Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Meyer and General Wood on Sunday at the luncheon.
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1915-01-27
Theodore Roosevelt thanks L. S. Rowe for Kermit’s Christmas presents and invites him to lunch at Oyster Bay.
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1915-01-27
President Roosevelt enjoyed meeting Joseph P. Kennedy for lunch.
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1915-01-14
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Hugo Münsterberg, expressing how much he enjoyed their luncheon and meeting his daughters.
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1915-01-16
Theodore Roosevelt would like to see Joseph P. Kennedy for lunch on December 28.
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1914-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Bailey Howland for his letter. When he is in New York next, he will lunch at The Independent.
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1914-11-17
Theodore Roosevelt regrets he cannot join another order. In the spring he hopes he can visit William T. Hornaday and take lunch.
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1913-01-03
Theodore Roosevelt is annoyed that Philander C. Knox was given the trouble of coming to the office because of Richard R. Quay’s telegram. Roosevelt cannot imagine how Quay could have misunderstood him, as Roosevelt told Quay that he planned to motor out to Oyster Bay. Roosevelt invites Knox and his wife to lunch with himself and Mrs. Roosevelt when they are in New York.
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1914-10-02
President Roosevelt is sorry that George Washington Aldridge did not turn up at lunch. He appreciates Aldridge’s letter, and hopes to see him before he leaves.
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1909-02-16
President Roosevelt inquires when it will be most convenient for Baroness Hengelmüller to host them for lunch. He suggests either February 27 or February 25.
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1909-02-03
Since his previous letter to Baroness Hengelmüller von Hengervár, President Roosevelt learned that his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, is busy on February 27. He suggests that they come for lunch with the Baroness and her husband, Ambassador Ladislaus Hengelmüller von Hengervár, on February 25. Roosevelt would prefer that no one else be invited.
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1909-02-04
President Roosevelt invites Elisabeth Marbury, Anne Harriman, and Anne Tracy Morgan to have lunch with him on January 5, 1909.
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1908-12-23
President Roosevelt thanks Clarence Winthrop Bowen for the letter and compliments him on “a mighty nice editorial.” He invites Bowen to lunch at the White House.
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1908-11-11
President Roosevelt asks when Father Vattmann can come to eat lunch with him. There are things he would like to discuss with him.
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1908-11-07
President Roosevelt tells Father Belford that his editorial is “admirable.” He asks Belford to lunch, because he would like to discuss things with him in person.
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1908-11-02
President Roosevelt appreciated Andrew Carnegie’s introduction to a volume published by Current Literature. He asks Carnegie to have lunch with him and Secretary of State Elihu Root the day they dedicate the Bureau of American Republics.
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1908-04-27
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
President Roosevelt invites T. Jefferson Coolidge to have lunch with him on Friday to meet some interesting people. If Coolidge cannot come on Friday, Roosevelt also extends an invitation for a family lunch on Saturday as an alternative.
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1908-02-12
President Roosevelt invites Alice Delano Weekes and her brother, Frederic D. Weekes, to lunch next Wednesday.
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1907-07-17