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President Roosevelt encloses a letter of recommendation for Harold C. Webb and gives the young man some advice. He says Webb reminds him of the young soldiers he led in the Rough Riders or the young men who worked on his ranch. He hopes Webb will visit soon.
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1907-07-24
President Roosevelt thanks J. M. Dickinson for his speech and compliments his sincerity and courage. Roosevelt welcomes discussion from Dickinson even when the two men disagree.
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1907-01-16
President Theodore Roosevelt tells Lucius B. Swift that Swift’s letter is exactly what he expected and that Roosevelt shall do his level best to justify Swift’s confidence.
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1901-09-24
Endicott Peabody informs President Roosevelt that they are interested in Archibald Roosevelt’s recovery and have had prayers for him in Chapel. The newspaper coverage of his illness has been sensational. He assumes that not having received a telegram from Kermit is good news. Peabody comments that Kermit is handling his brother’s illness well.
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1907-03-09
Theodore Roosevelt would like to tell John Burroughs about some of the things he saw in South America and would like to know when Burroughs will next be in the New York area.
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1914-07-02
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Charles Sumner Bird for the letter and enclosures and says he agrees with the course Bird has taken.
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1915-10-07
Theodore Roosevelt declines an invitation from his Harvard classmate, F. W. Sharon. Roosevelt hopes to see Sharon and talk with him about many things, including the international situation of the day.
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1915-07-10
President Roosevelt passed along a letter from Kermit Roosevelt to Isabella. He teases his son, mentioning that he did not open the letter but expects a letter of his own from her soon. He updates Kermit on the weather and horse riding and rock climbing excursions he has taken with various visitors.
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1908-01-15
President Roosevelt is glad that Senator Platt enjoyed the Adirondacks. Roosevelt hopes that Platt can come visit him if it is not too much of a bother, but Roosevelt does not think that he can give Platt anything for his speech.
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1904-09-05
President Roosevelt asks Ambassador Meyer to extend courtesy to his friend, William Dudley Foulke.
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1905-04-23
Lawrence F. Abbott thanks President Roosevelt for the letter and tells him that he had it read to his wife, Winifred Buck Abbott, and the nurse. He jokes that the Roosevelt proved that presidents can speak about non-government matters. He teases that his over nine pound baby boy and healthy wife make him strong on “race suicide,” even if he is weak on “nature fakers.”
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1907-07-10
John Campbell Greenway laments that as President Roosevelt prepares to leave the White House, many fair weather friends are discovering shortcomings in his administration. Greenway asserts his continued support for Roosevelt and if he cannot vote for him in the next election, he hopes to vote for William H. Taft.
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1907-05-04
Frederick Dent Grant thanks Colonel John W. Vrooman for the invitation to the Union League dinner given in honor of General Albert Leopold Mills, but he will be unable to attend. Grant believes Mills is one of the best officers in the Army and deserving of praise. Grant sends well wishes to Vrooman and his wife Anne Ford Vrooman.
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1906-08-23
William Wingate Sewall sends his letter to President Roosevelt through William Emlen Roosevelt “so as to avoid” Roosevelt’s secretary. Sewall expresses his strong desire to travel with Roosevelt to Panama but assures him that it will not hurt his feelings or damage their friendship if he does not invite Sewall.
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1906-08-19
Secretary of State Root discusses his relationship with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. He also says that although he is disgusted with Cuba, he does not think it will do any good to interfere, except maybe with a volunteer force.
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1905-07-28
Char Miller recounts the friendship and working relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, and he gives an introduction to a eulogy Pinchot wrote for the Journal of Forestry after Roosevelt’s death in early 1919. In the eulogy, Pinchot discusses the important role that Roosevelt played in establishing the United States Forest Service and in greatly expanding the scope of federally protected forest land.
Three photographs, including two of Pinchot, a 1912 campaign poster supporting Roosevelt, and a page from the Journal of Forestry eulogy supplement the article. The text includes the complete eulogy penned by Pinchot.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2017
Guy Waring has visited Owen Wister and reports that he is recovering well. Wister was pleased that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt sent flowers.
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1904-05-01
Guy Waring encloses a letter from Owen Wister’s wife, Mary Wister. He expresses appreciation for the recent lunch with President Roosevelt and General Peter Osterhaus.
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1904-04-29
President Roosevelt is sorry that he will not be able to make it to the first national encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans. Roosevelt compares the veterans of the Spanish-American War to those of the Civil War and expresses the high regard that he has for his comrades.
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1904-09-05
President Roosevelt responds to Seth Bullock with the words, “How again!”
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1904-06-24