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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary requests a letter from Dr. Brush outlining the arrangements that have been made for Memorial Day. Roosevelt is scheduled to unveil a statue in Newark at one-thirty that day, and will afterwards attend the exercises at Grant’s Tomb starting at four o’clock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-24
Everett Colby requests a meeting between Theodore Roosevelt and the Board of Trade of the City of Newark. The Board intends to invite Roosevelt to speak at their annual dinner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-22
Clara Card writes to Theodore Roosevelt about her family’s unfortunate financial situation due to a house fire and her father’s ill health. She hopes Roosevelt can help her family in some way.
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1911-10-09
Gutzon Borglum thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his speech at the unveiling of Borglum’s bronze statue Seated Lincoln in Newark, New Jersey on May 30th, 1911. He details the already-developing folk lore around the statue, which brings him joy to hear.
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1911-05-31
David B. Corson once again reaches out to Hamilton Wright Mabie requesting assistance in securing Theodore Roosevelt for a speaking engagement with the Presbyterian Union in Newark.
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1911-05-29
H. C. O’Reilly requests a copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s speech for the Memorial Day celebration in Newark, New Jersey to be published in the news in time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-22
Ralph E. Lum has received Frank Harper’s previous letter, and requests a lists of possible attendees to the unveiling of the Lincoln Monument in Newark, New Jersey. He has also enclosed a Sunday Call story that Theodore Roosevelt could use as inspiration for his speech at the unveiling ceremony.
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1911-05-19
James Van Horn is glad Theodore Roosevelt accepted the invitation from the executors of his brother’s will to speak at the dedication of a monument of Abraham Lincoln. Van Horn tells Roosevelt a brief family history and he and his brothers’ service in the Civil War.
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1911-05-16
Everett Colby encourages Theodore Roosevelt to visit the Frank H. Sommer Club during his visit to Newark, New Jersey, for Decoration Day.
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1911-05-15
George W. Brush discusses timing and travel arrangements with Frank Harper for Theodore Roosevelt’s engagements on Memorial Day in Newark, New Jersey, and New York City, New York.
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1911-04-28
Gutzon Borglum invites Theodore Roosevelt to present his sculpture of Abraham Lincoln to Mayor Jacob Haussling of Newark, New Jersey, on May 30.
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1911-04-12
William O. Kuebler had received a letter of introduction to Theodore Roosevelt, but unfortunately missed being able to speak with him, and therefore has decided to write a personal letter. Kuebler invites Roosevelt to attend a meeting of an organization representing a large number of citizens and trades of Newark, New Jersey. A previous meeting was attended by former New Jersey Governor Edward C. Stokes and Judge Robert Carey, who spoke highly of it. The club is home to many Roosevelt supporters, and Kuebler promises that if Roosevelt came to speak to them they would not commercialize the occasion.
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1911-03-06
Arthur W. MacDougall asks Theodore Roosevelt if he would be willing to speak to the Bureau of Associated Charities of Newark, New Jersey, on the topic of Charity Organization Work any evening after April 1. MacDougall attests to the good charity work being done in Newark, but says that an address by Roosevelt would further help galvanize the forces in their efforts.
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1911-03-03
James Van Horn instructs Theodore Roosevelt to mail or telegraph his reply to his residence in Newark, New Jersey. If the reply was already sent to Van Horn’s Montana address, Van Horn will telegraph it for its publication in the Newark newspapers.
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1911-02-21
Louis de Coppet Bergh reminds Theodore Roosevelt of the committees they served on together under Mayor William Lafayette Strong. He writes to say he is “still alive and ‘strenuous'” and assure Roosevelt of his continued admiration.
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1911-01-21
Gutzon Borglum will be casting a statue of Abraham Lincoln for the city of Newark soon, and has been asked by a representative of the town if someone could speak about it. Borglum asks Theodore Roosevelt if he would be willing to give some brief comments about the statue and Borglum’s interpretation of Lincoln. He will send Roosevelt some photographs of the statue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-11-12