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Theodore Roosevelt informs Dr. Goldthwait that he cannot get in by February 4 and asks if one of Goldthwait’s assistants can fit him in.
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1911-01-20
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary asks that an automobile be sent to take him from South Station to Francis C. Lowell’s house once Roosevelt arrives in Boston.
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1911-01-06
Theodore Roosevelt provides a letter of reference for a group of researchers going on expedition to the West African islands, including the Azores. Among the group are Henry R. Emory, Charles Wellington Furlong, and others. The team is traveling on behalf of the Comparative Zoology Department and the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. Roosevelt urges those in a position to do so to assist the team.
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1915-06-29
Theodore Roosevelt write to Alexander Smith Cochran, founder of the Elizabethan Club, to inquire about employment opportunities for poet Bliss Carman. Roosevelt mentions that when he was President, he angered the “ultra-civil-service Reformers” by encouraging a similar poet, Arlington Robinson, to pursue writing instead of his work at a millinery store.
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1915-02-04
Theodore Roosevelt invites Matthew Hale to have a talk with him, if the latter is in Boston.
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1915-01-24
Theodore Roosevelt writes to William Sturgis Bigelow, both to thank him for a recent visit to the Bigelow home in Boston and to return a house key he accidentally took away, joking that politicians always want to go off with something.
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1915-01-15
An item will be presented to Secretary of War Garrison by William Roscoe Thayer, a historian from Boston. Theodore Roosevelt considers Thayer a personal friend despite the fact that Thayer voted for President Wilson. Roosevelt asks Garrison if he can score access for Thayer to the archives he desires to inspect.
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1915-01-16
Theodore Roosevelt makes plans with William Sturgis Bigelow for a visit to Boston. Roosevelt requests the opportunity to dine with Bigelow on several occasions during the visit. Roosevelt names people that he would like included at these meals if possible: Arthur Hills, Katie Bowlker, John and Mary, Brooks and Daisy, young Brooks and his Hallowell wife, Billy Thayer, Salstonstalls.
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1915-01-05
Theodore Roosevelt is working to coordinate a visit with Jean Jules Jusserand, because Roosevelt goes to Boston when Jusserand will be in the area. Roosevelt has also written about contraband to Cecil Spring Rice.
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1915-01-05
Theodore Roosevelt will be in Boston and would like to meet Edward Brandegee for breakfast.
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1914-12-29
Theodore Roosevelt asks William Sturgis Bigelow if he may stop by Bigelow’s house during his visit to Boston.
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1914-12-22
Theodore Roosevelt tells Eleanor Allen Way Mellen that he will be busy the whole time he is scheduled to be in Boston.
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1912-12-20
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William Henry Schofield for sending him a book on chivalry and literature and hopes to see Schofield when he is in Boston.
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1912-12-20
Theodore Roosevelt explains that he cannot accept A. Lawrence Lowell’s invitation due to the fact that Roosevelt is leaving Boston on Sunday. Roosevelt does explain, however, that he will see Lowell on Friday at a meeting Lowell is presiding over.
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1912-12-17
Theodore Roosevelt cannot accept General King’s invitation to attend a Boy Scout rally on December 28. Roosevelt will be giving a speech for the American Historical Association then.
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1912-12-02
Theodore Roosevelt writes Anna Roosevelt Cowles to ask if he could spend the night with her and her husband in Hartford on December 29th while he was in Boston.
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1912-12-06
Theodore Roosevelt informs James Ford Rhodes that he is unable to come to Boston due to the calls from the Progressive leaders there. Roosevelt will stay with William Sturgis Bigelow, but is happy to have dinner with Rhodes.
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1912-11-20
President Roosevelt introduces Charles L. Taylor to Walter E. Adams, a newspaper man in Boston. Roosevelt knows Adams well and trusts him. Adams wishes to be appointed as a representative of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for Boston and the New England area.
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1909-02-11
President Roosevelt finds the recent memorandum by Herbert Knox Smith both discouraging and surprising. Roosevelt thinks examining the “seemingly inexplicable” differences in pricing from Chicago to Boston or Providence would be a useful field of research. Roosevelt would like to see Smith in person to discuss making a report of his findings.
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1908-07-27
President Roosevelt regrets that he cannot accept the courtesy of the City Club in Boston. He extends his regrets to the club through Lieutenant Governor Louis Adams Frothingham.
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1908-06-06