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Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt about how he and wife Edith are fixing up the Sagamore Hill property. Roosevelt has hung all of his prized hunting trophies in his new study. He also gives updates on all the horses.
1887-05-21
Heins & LaFarge forward a certificate of payment due to John V. Schaefer Jr. and Company for $1000.00 for construction of an addition to Sagamore Hill.
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1905-08-09
Heins & LaFarge forward to President Roosevelt a certificate of payment due to Fuller and Company for $205.60, for work done at Sagamore Hill.
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1905-08-09
President Roosevelt tells John Lewis Childs that he recently shot a yellow-throated or Dominican warbler for purposes of identification and gave the skin to the American Museum of Natural History. Roosevelt also came across a recently hatched spotted sandpiper the other day while riding.
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1907-07-20
On behalf of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou thanks James Edward Kelly for the letter, and asks that when he is done with the saddle and uniform he ship them to Roosevelt’s home at Sagamore Hill.
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1901-09-25
Jack Crawford has previously sent Theodore Roosevelt poetry but received unfavorable responses from his secretary. He hopes by introducing himself and his credentials that Roosevelt might let him visit his home at Oyster Bay, and the “Broncho Scout” won’t bother Roosevelt after this letter. The reverse side of the letter contains letters from Crawford’s supporters.
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1911-09-21
Albert Shaw discusses his new magazine Country Calendar and updates President Roosevelt on the arrangements for articles featuring Roosevelt.
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1905-06-28
An invoice for work done at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, Long Island.
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1905-06-26
Architect C. Grant La Farge writes to President Roosevelt about the addition of the North Room to Sagamore Hill. The windows and blinds will be arranged as Roosevelt wishes. La Farge asks a number of questions regarding the types of wood to be used in the room. Some of the wood may be more expensive than Roosevelt can afford, but if this is the case Lafarge has other projects in which he can use it. He also asks if Roosevelt wants the room wired for electricity or gas, and asks that Roosevelt send him a telegram so that La Farge can get things set up before he goes to Washington.
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1905-01-29
Andrew J. Corcoran responds to President Roosevelt’s letter from January 25, 1905, explaining his reasons for recommending the installation of a new 40,000 gallon water tank at Sagamore Hill. Corcoran also explains the problems with repairing the current system and installing a 20,000 gallon tank on the back porch.
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1905-01-28
Andrew J. Corcoran recommends to Noah Seaman that President Roosevelt accept his offer to replace the tower, tank, and wheel attached to the windmill at Sagamore Hill because the existing structure is old, worn, and provides an inadequate water supply.
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1905-01-20
Andrew J. Corcoran submits a proposal to take down the windmill and tower at Sagamore Hill and replace it with a new tank, pump, supporting tower, and re-erect the windmill for a cost of $3,786. If President Roosevelt also wants to replace the existing wheel the total cost would be $4,248.
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1905-01-19
Colonel Edwards, Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, is organizing the selection and shipment of tindalo lumber to be used in President Roosevelt’s home, Sagamore Hill. The lumber was part of the Philippine exhibit at the World’s Fair.
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1904-12-07
C. G. Gunther’s Sons provides Sagamore Hill Superintendent Noah Seaman with a list of regular prices they charge to customers, but says that they have done the work for President Roosevelt’s house “at a special price and more for the pleasure of the President than for what profit there is in it at such rates.”
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1904-11-07
President Roosevelt fills out papers on his desk, his suitcase with tags reading, “Oyster Bay” and “Washington.” Uncle Sam says to Roosevelt, “Bid me ‘howdy’ before you go.” Presidential secretary William Loeb has a bag over his shoulder and reads a paper, “R.R. Time Table: Next train (presidential) leaves Oct.” A teddy bear reads “23 Jingles”: “In again, out again, presidential train!” In the background is the Washington Monument.
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1907-09-25
Three secret service men and a bull dog quietly walk away from a house on Oyster Bay saying, “Hush!” “Don’t make a noise, he’s asleep!” “Sh-h-h-h!! He’s sleeping” and “He is asleep!” Inside the house the following noises are made: “Z-z-z-z!! Bzzz! Z-z-zoch!! Z-z-z! B-z! B-z-zip! Bz-z!” Caption: “‘A live bear has taken up his home in the woods on Sagamore Hill, and in the early hours this morning he paid a visit to the home of President Roosevelt. Secret service men hastily organized a hunting party. The hunt lasted until 6 o’clock. The bear got away. It is the belief that it has been living here for several days.’ — Extracts From a News Item From Oyster Bay.”
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1907-08-13
While hidden, President Roosevelt watches two men who look like hobos, Edward Henry Harriman and John D. Rockefeller, march toward “Sagamore Hill.” There are two signs on the mountain, “Beware of Pete” (President Roosevelt’s bulldog) and “Keep off the grass.”
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1907-08-15
President Roosevelt sits and reads while on vacation at Oyster Bay. Caption: President Roosevelt in characteristic attitude when resting from the strenuous life he leads even while on his vacation at Oyster Bay.
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1907-07-08
President Roosevelt sits and talks with Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Jutarō Komura and two other men around a campfire at “Camp Sagamore.”
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1905-07-28
On May 27, 1916, groups of men, the 7th Regiment Band, and several children march on the road from the Oyster Bay railroad station to Sagamore Hill to demonstrate their support of Theodore Roosevelt for the 1916 Presidential nomination. Views of Roosevelt addressing the large crowd assembled on the lawn of Sagamore Hill. The rally was organized by the Roosevelt Non-Partisan League of New York City.
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1916