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As President Roosevelt has not heard what his son Ted wants done with the moose head, he asks Alexander Lambert to send the head and horns to Sagamore Hill without the scalp.
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1905-11-24
Although he wishes that Harvard had won, President Roosevelt is pleased that his son Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt evidently got to play in the game against Yale. He praises Ted’s performance in the game, during which Yale directed “battering” plays against him because he was so small and light, and says that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt were “very indignant” about it. Roosevelt is very proud of his son’s football career, but glad that he is too small to try out for the varsity team. He hopes that now Ted can attend more to his studies and that he will be able to come to Pine Knot for Thanksgiving, as he is not bringing the Secret Service with him and Edith is worried about his being the only man in the house. He asks one more time what Ted would like Alexander Lambert to do about the moose horns.
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1905-11-19
President Roosevelt inquires whether he or C. Grant La Farge has responsibility for repairing the new cellar at Oyster Bay, which has a tendency to flood.
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1905-11-09
President Roosevelt was so interested in Ambassador Reid’s recent letter to his wife Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt that he feels compelled to write Reid himself. He responds to a number of stories Reid told in his letter, and reflects at length upon the duties and responsibilities of rich officials verses poorer ones. Roosevelt believes that each man should live and entertain and conduct himself in “such a position as he has been accustomed to live.”
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1905-11-13
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt writes C. Grant La Farge about a variety of changes and repairs made at Sagamore Hill. She was glad to see La Farge’s wife, even if it was only for a short time.
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1905-10-12
Theodore Roosevelt sends John Burroughs the letter that he sent to William J. Long’s publisher. Roosevelt’s book is less thrilling, but more accurate than Long’s work. Roosevelt would like Burroughs to come to Oyster Bay or Washington, D.C., for a visit. He would like to discuss the question of the intellect and moral sense of animals.
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1905-09-27
President Roosevelt wishes he could come visit C. Grant La Farge, but he has found that while he is president his vacations need to be at his home at Sagamore Hill. While that is the case, however, he invites La Farge to visit him with his wife, Florence Bayard La Farge, and instructs him to bring Owen Wister, if possible. He was proud to read what La Farge wrote about his son, Ted Roosevelt. Roosevelt was amused at the furor his going down in the submarine Plunger caused, especially because his son and La Farge were in more danger sailing on top of the water that day.
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1905-08-31
President Roosevelt congratulates Vice President Fairbanks on his recent success at Ogdensburg, New York. He asks that Fairbanks inform him when he will be returning, and invites him to spend the night or have lunch with him at Sagamore Hill.
Vice President Fairbanks recently spoke to an assembled crowd of veterans at the unveiling of a monument commemorating the soldiers of Oswegatichie who fought and died in the Civil War.
President Roosevelt will reach his home at Oyster Bay on August 12, and while he won’t explicitly ask Senator Lodge and Anna Cabot Mills Lodge to visit, he would be glad to see them, and thinks that if Lodge himself can at least come down, “it will be a good thing from several standpoints.”
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1905-08-04
President Roosevelt will not bind General Wood by giving a definite order, as that would do more harm than good, but he strongly discourages Wood from taking risks. He will wait some weeks and then invite Wood and his wife, Louise Adriana Wood, to visit him at Sagamore Hill where they can make the decision.
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1905-08-03
Theodore Roosevelt assures Jacob A. Riis they will come, and discusses plans, including what day will work, where to meet, and the possibility of Riis spending the night at Sagamore Hill.
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1905-07-24
President Roosevelt was very interested in Senator Lodge’s talk with Belgian King Léopold II. Roosevelt also liked Lodge’s thoughts of John Hay, although he feels that they should not be melancholy, as Hay had had a long, successful life. He reflects on his choice of Elihu Root as the new Secretary of State. There is no new information regarding the Russian and Japanese peace negotiations. Roosevelt is enjoying his time at Oyster Bay with his family.
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1905-07-18
President Roosevelt asks Robert Bacon when he can bring his wife, Martha Bacon, and “every available younger Bacon” to visit Sagamore Hill. He suggests the week of July 10, and tells Bacon to bring his tennis shoes.
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1905-06-30
President Roosevelt discusses plans for Sagamore Hill’s extension with architect C. Grant La Farge. He is primarily concerned with the cost of wood, wanting the room done as cheaply as possible.
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1905-01-27
President Roosevelt invites Katharine Irving Swan and her husband, Edward H. Swan, to lunch at Sagamore Hill next Wednesday.
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1907-07-17
President Roosevelt congratulates Senator Lodge on the platform and comments that the convention “went off well.” Roosevelt was surprised at the outbreak of feeling against Secretary of Commerce and Labor and Chairman of the Republican National Committee Cortelyou. There is “little active part” that Roosevelt can take in the campaign, except for his speech and letter of acceptance.
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1904-06-25
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt asks White House steward Henry Pinckney to send an updated inventory of the amounts of cigars and liquors present in the White House to Captain William S. Cowles so that he can purchase some replacements and make sure everything is stocked. She informs Pinckney of some of the family’s travel plans between Sagamore Hill and the White House, and offers to send him a photograph of her son, Quentin Roosevelt, and his, Roswell N. Pinckney together.
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1902-08-30
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt has not regretted his position until now, as it makes it difficult to visit James Bryce. He has not seen his family in six weeks but cannot leave until Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long returns. Roosevelt wants to entertain Bryce at Sagamore Hill and discuss the foreign policy of the United States and England.
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1897-09-10
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks F. Webster who can treat his hunting trophies to protect them from moths.
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1897-09-15
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Lieutenant Gleaves to arrive in Oyster Bay, Long Island by June 1st, and informs Gleaves of how to find his house. Roosevelt would like to breakfast with the officers before they head to Newport where he is to give a speech at the Naval War College the following day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-28