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President Roosevelt asks Minister Egan, if possible, to visit Vigo Peterson in the hospital in Copenhagen and convey his sympathies. Roosevelt is currently busy with the campaign, and he hears positive reports about Egan and his family.
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1908-10-02
President Roosevelt asks that Lieutenant Commander Andrew T. Long be detailed as an Executive Officer in the Great White Fleet under Admiral Robley D. Evans if it does not do any injustice to someone currently holding the position. Roosevelt also suggests giving Commander Harry Herbert Hosley command of the New Hampshire when it is ready and Long could become Supervisor of the Harbor of New York.
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1907-09-13
Herbert H. D. Peirce informs President Roosevelt that since the envoys have departed, the presence of the USS Mayflower is not needed.
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1905-09-07
Secretary to the President Loeb informs Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt that President Roosevelt will speak to her about Secretary of War William H. Taft taking the Mayflower for his trip to Panama. Roosevelt thought that the First Lady would want to use the Mayflower, and if so, Taft could use the Columbia. Edith Roosevelt responds in a handwritten note, “Let Sec Taft take the Mayflower by all means.”
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1907-03-15
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to share a Hindustani proverb given him by a friend which expresses Roosevelt’s views about preparing in advance for war. He describes springtime at the White House and his time with Edith. He adds that he is glad the social season is over. He may have some tussles with Congress, if the Speaker tries to obstruct business, but the Republican Party has a good record of getting work done. Roosevelt says the USS Mayflower has run aground but he will be sure Kermit has a boat for his Mississippi River trip.
1908-03-08
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about life at Oyster Bay for with the family. He says he is working on speeches for his Mississippi trip and meeting with Admirals Brownson and Evans about the navy’s trip to the Pacific. Roosevelt acknowledges that his policies have caused an economic downturn but he will not alter his course. He closes by wishing Kermit well on his prairie chicken hunting trip.
1907-08-27
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about his distress over the government in Cuba. He then describes his trip aboard the Mayflower to see Admiral Evans’s fleet at Barnstable with cousin William Emlen Roosevelt, C. Grant La Farge, and Archie. They watched a gunnery exercise on the battleship Missouri (BB-11). Roosevelt ends the letter with updates on Ted and Quentin.
1906-09-30
President Roosevelt directs Acting Secretary of State Bacon to travel according to his recent telegram and offers the use of the Mayflower for his trip.
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1908-08-06
William Loeb writes to Admiral Merrell, president of the Naval War College, about upcoming plans for President Roosevelt to speak there. Loeb asks Merrell to send invitations for the speech and reception to connections of Roosevelt’s family. He also asks advice about the geography of Rhode Island and whether secret service agents should meet Roosevelt at the War College.
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1908-07-15
President Roosevelt praises Commander Snowden and the crew of the Mayflower for their actions in putting out a magazine fire in the Washington Navy Yard.
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1908-06-05
President Roosevelt thanks John Milliken Parker for the note. All the arrangements for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s trip have been made already, but she would like to see Parker when the Mayflower reaches New Orleans. Roosevelt wishes he was coming along on the trip.
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1908-03-21
President Roosevelt thanks Governor Blanchard for the courtesy, but says that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has had to refuse offers of entertainment as she is just taking a family trip. The Roosevelts would like to see the Blanchards on board the Mayflower.
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1908-03-25
President Roosevelt sends Lieutenant Commander Vogelgesang a copy of a letter that he has recently sent to Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf. President Roosevelt and his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, regret that Vogelgesang will be leaving the Presidential yacht, the USS Mayflower, but Roosevelt felt that the course he outlined in his letter to Metcalf was the correct one to take.
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1908-03-16
President Roosevelt writes to Secretary of the Navy Metcalf regarding the case of Lieutenant-Commander Carl Theodore Vogelgesang. Roosevelt does not support the recommendation that Vogelgesang be court-martialed, nor Metcalf’s recommendation that he should be given a severe reprimand and removed from command of the Presidential Yacht USS Mayflower. After considering the evidence and consulting with various officers, however, Roosevelt believes it would be best if Vogelgesang was removed from command of the Mayflower due to his lack of experience in pilotage, and directs Metcalf to do so.
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1908-03-16
President Roosevelt tells Carl Theodore Vogelgesang that he does not need to worry about Roosevelt losing confidence in him.
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1908-03-09
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of the Navy Metcalf compliments about Commander Andrew Theodore Long, who had recently left his post as captain of the presidential yacht USS Mayflower and asks that Long’s good work be reflected in his record. Long was set to serve as Executive Officer on the battleship USS Illinois, which Roosevelt misidentifies as the USS Iowa, as part of the movement of the Great White Fleet.
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1907-11-19
President Roosevelt informs Senator Hale he will take up the matter regarding Collector of the Port George A. Curran but will wait on the St. John issue until he sees Secretary of State Elihu Root and Hale. He is disheartened by the Maine election and the implications of William Randolph Hearst’s nomination for governor of New York. The situation in Cuba continues to be a struggle.
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1906-09-28
President Roosevelt doubts he would replace Charles Holland Duell with a New Yorker. He chastises former Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton for not informing him of his attendance at the naval review. “With absolute exactness,” Roosevelt commends Morton for his service as secretary.
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1906-09-05
President Roosevelt updates Secretary of War Taft on travel arrangements for their upcoming trip to Panama and comments on Taft’s tariff speech. He advises Taft to write a temperate letter for publication in response to Herbert Ross’s recent article.
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1906-09-01
President Roosevelt confirms with Secretary of War Taft that he will ask the Mayflower to be sent to pick up Secretary of State Elihu Root and his family. Regarding the Panama Canal, Roosevelt reiterates that quick and effective construction is his first priority, and that as the current laborers from the West Indies have not been satisfactory, they should try the experiment of hiring Chinese laborers.
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1906-07-31