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Theodore Roosevelt comments on the Christian Register‘s reporting of Roosevelt’s activities in Provincetown. Roosevelt also discusses how he dealt with the Freemasons in Rome.
1910-05-12
President Roosevelt describes his recent trip to Provincetown to his son Kermit Roosevelt, including his speech, a banquet, and meeting “five hundred Gloucester fishermen.” Roosevelt feels Kermit’s trip with the cavalry “was such a fine thing.”
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1907-08-21
President Roosevelt thoroughly commends Senator Lodge for his speech, which he sent a copy of to Secretary of War William H. Taft. Following up from previous correspondence, Roosevelt feels Lodge’s letter to E. T. Colburn is acceptable and informs Lodge that he took up the submarine boat issue with Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf. The New York newspapers disparage Roosevelt’s speech. He asks for Lodge’s insight on a memorandum about Japan.
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1907-08-23
President Roosevelt sends an editorial for Attorney General Bonaparte to comment on, as well as a rough draft of his speech for the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, which he asks Bonaparte to read and comment upon as soon as possible. Roosevelt discusses the railroad rate case in North Carolina, bemoaning the “yellow press” coverage of the situation. In the matter of the case against Idaho Senator William Edgar Borah, Roosevelt agrees with Bonaparte and the action that must be taken, but feels obligated to meet with Borah’s representatives.
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1907-08-02
Senator Lodge brings several small matters to President Roosevelt’s attention about Senator William E. Chandler resigning from the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, interviews that Lodge has had with blenders of whiskey who feel they have been misrepresented by the journalist, Henry Beach Needham, and that Philip Hildreth Reade ought to be promoted to Brigadier General in the United States Army. Lodge also mentions that he gave an off-hand speech encouraging people to support the Republican ticket, but it had been misrepresented in the papers. The senator closes by including a quotation from a man who believed that Roosevelt was a drunkard and addicted to morphine and that his family constantly stays with him to prevent others from discovering his condition.
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1907-09-19
Ernest Hamlin Abbott, editor of The Outlook, compares the Abbott family to the Republican Party in that both “can present a united front . . . but still be torn with internal strife.” Abbott has already shown President Roosevelt’s letter to his brother Lawrence F. Abbott, and will try to show it to his father, Lyman Abbott, when he returns from a trip. He jokes that “it will be useless for [him] to try to induce Lyman Abbott, 2nd,” Lawrence F. Abbott’s newborn son, to read Roosevelt’s letter. Ernest Hamlin Abbott and his brother Lawrence Abbott “like immensely” Roosevelt’s Provincetown speech and feel it will positively impact national views on controlling corporations.
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1907-08-27
Senator Lodge sends President Roosevelt an article by Guild A. Copeland, editor of the Boston Advertiser, regarding Roosevelt’s recent Provincetown speech. Lodge feels “it is an example of intelligent discussion and of sensible support.”
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1907-08-23
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit and describes his trip to Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he gave a speech that he says caused the Stock Market to go down a few points. Roosevelt also attended a banquet with Gloucester fisherman.
1907-08-21
President Roosevelt tells James H. Stapleton that he wishes he could accept the invitation to attend the banquet of the Gloucester Master Mariners’ Association, but that he will not be able to.
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1908-01-25
President Roosevelt regrets to inform Frederick Tibbets and the committee of Gloucester that he will not be able to speak at Gloucester, Massachusetts when he visits Provincetown. However, he appreciates that Gloucester is historically and contemporarily important.
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1907-06-15
President Roosevelt regrets to inform James Connolly that he cannot go to Gloucester, Massachusetts, to meet with the fishermen there. Roosevelt has much respect for the fishermen and asks Connolly to arrange for him to meet with some of them in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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1907-06-15
President Roosevelt writes that he and First Lady Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were amused by Senator Lodge’s grandson’s request. He hopes that when they he sees Lodge in Provincetown, Massachusetts, they will have a chance to have a “real talk.”
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1907-06-13
President Roosevelt would like to be able to visit Governor Guild during Old Home Week, but he will be visiting Massachusetts later that summer and cannot visit twice.
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1907-06-01
President Roosevelt is glad that all danger surrounding Charlotte Howe Johnson Guild’s illness is now over and will let Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt know. He has arranged for Sturgis Bigelow to host Frank Lowell and Governor Guild for breakfast in Boston, and Roosevelt will lunch with his son and friends in Cambridge. As Roosevelt’s visit to Province town is a regular state visit, Guild can advise Roosevelt of his duties while there.
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1907-01-30
President Roosevelt wishes Franklin Crocker success for the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association’s plan to erect a monument in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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1905-03-22
Pearl Wight tells President Roosevelt that his Nashville speech, in combination with other recent speeches, gives a clear outline of Roosevelt’s policies and should help the public understand he is not responsible for the current financial situation. Wight has met with Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou about taking up the leadership of the Internal Revenue Service, but feels he is unable during this time of economic crisis due to his many business interests. Nevertheless, Wight wants to be updated on the situation as it unfolds and is looking forward to seeing Roosevelt in December.
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1907-10-23
Admiral Robley D. Evans gives Chief of the Bureau of Navigation Rear Admiral Brownson his thoughts on routeing the Atlantic Fleet. He is primarily concerned about how other nations will view the Fleet’s maneuvers, and the season the fleet will be passing through the Straits of Magellan.
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1907-08-17
Naval Commander Gleaves details his recent European trip during which he purchased fifty up-to-date torpedoes, which will begin arriving in December. He learned much about mines while observing a field trial conducted off of Marseille, France. Roosevelt’s letters to the various ambassadors made Gleaves’s movements around Europe easier, especially in Berlin where he was permitted to tour the torpedo factory. Unlike England, Gleaves reports a “friendly feeling for the United States” in Germany. Gleaves hopes Roosevelt can tour the Torpedo Station after speaking at Provincetown.
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1907-08-09
Secret Service Chief Wilkie tells William Loeb he will be out of town until the last week of August, but will arrange to have Mr. Moran make a preliminary survey of Provincetown, Massachusetts, prior to an upcoming trip. If Moran cannot make it, Inspector Sutton will be sent.
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1907-07-25
Senator Lodge’s friend Arthur Lord, president of the Plymouth Pilgrim Society, asked Lodge to ask President Roosevelt if he might visit Plymouth while he is in Massachusetts to visit Provincetown. Lodge also tells Roosevelt about a journal he is reading about Andrew Hamilton’s travels through the northern colonies in 1744. Lodge thinks it is a good read and recommends it to Roosevelt. Lodge would like to speak with Roosevelt about the appointment of inspectors to enforce naturalization laws. Lodge opposes nominating from civil service lists, as the people on those lists lack the specialized training and qualities required to do the job. Finally, Lodge expects to be attacked in the newspapers for his stance on the merger bill.
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1907-07-03