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Effie M. Record has just been elected as President of the National Auxiliary, Spanish War Veterans and is writing to Theodore Roosevelt to request help obtaining donations from wealthy Americans to meet the needs of the organization. Record provides many statistics and financial details.
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1911-10-03
William D. Tucker thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the copy of The Rough Riders and photograph on behalf of the Spanish War Veterans organization. They appreciate the depiction of Roosevelt as a soldier and plan to display the photo at the National Encampment in Atlantic City, New Jersey 1912, and invite Roosevelt to join them.
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1911-09-18
John Burroughs is glad that the danger regarding Archie Roosevelt’s health has passed. Burroughs is also getting over an illness and regrets that he was not able to see President Roosevelt in Washington, D.C.
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1907-03-11
Representative John J. Gardner is suggesting that the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries hold their meetings in Atlantic City.
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1905-06-22
Senator Dryden forwards to Secretary of State Hay a telegram from Representative Gardner recommending Atlantic City host the Russian-Japanese peace conference. (Though the typed letter says it is from John T. Dryden, the United States Senator’s name is actually John F. Dryden.)
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1905-06-19
Representative Gardner asks Senator Dryden if members of the Peace Conference can stay in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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1905-06-16
Business card of the Bell Sisters, who offer accommodations in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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1901
The secretary of Theodore Roosevelt responds to an inquiry from W. B. Schober regarding the correct pronunciation of “Roosevelt.”
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1912-09-09
Theodore Roosevelt respectfully declines an invitation to make a speech.
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1912-07-17
Theodore Roosevelt sends a personal thank-you letter to Alexander Pollock Moore in response to his message.
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1912-07-08
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Eli H. Chandler for his letter. Roosevelt is glad that Atlantic City voted for a commission government and congratulates Chandler on his victory.
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1912-06-07
On behalf of The Young Men’s Christian Association of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Albert T. Bell invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak to the members during one of their Sunday meetings.
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1911-12-13
William M. Danner sends Theodore Roosevelt a complimentary copy of a volume entitled “Lepers” by John Jackson, the organizing secretary of the Mission to Lepers in India and the East. Danner seeks to make an appointment with Roosevelt for Jackson to meet him as well as schedule a conference with Roosevelt and the organization.
American economist Jacob Harry Hollander tells Secretary to the President William Loeb that Judge Otto Schoenrich will leave New York City, New York, by train to Washington, D.C. Schoenrich will report to Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon and they will travel to Cuba together.
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1906-09-15
Boies Penrose would like to confer with President Roosevelt on some political matters that have come up since the adjournment of Congress, which he thinks should be addressed at an early date. Penrose does not want to infringe on Roosevelt’s vacation, so an immediate interview is not necessary.
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1906-07-16
Charles J. Bonaparte requested President Roosevelt speak with Admiral Willard H. Brownson about a negative Congressional report regarding Brownson and his administration.
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1906-04-26
C. M. Jones writes to the editor of The Sun correcting the events of the Alaskan earthquake and explaining how the melting of a glacier caused it.
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1911-10-21
Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Winfield Forrest Cozart on being elected, as an African American, in a district where two thirds of the voters are white.
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1916-05-16
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt has asked the Secretary of the Navy to reassign William S. Cowles away from the South. Roosevelt is increasingly concerned over Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s health, as well as that of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Roosevelt.
1898-04-01
Simon Wolf confirms he can meet with President Roosevelt on Tuesday. Wolf will be speaking in Atlantic City, New Jersey, about Russia. He wants to be careful about his comments and requests confirmation that there are no pending differences from what they had previously agreed.
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1903-07-09