Letter from Thomas Collier Platt to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Platt agrees that Colonel Dunn may accompany him to Oyster Bay, New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-24
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Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler and Dr. Alderman will be able to dine at Oyster Bay, New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-25
Letter from Benjamin B. Odell to Theodore Roosevelt
Governor Odell will see if Mr. Harriman can travel with him to Oyster Bay, New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-10
Letter from William J. Youngs to Theodore Roosevelt
William J. Youngs communicated with Attorney General John Clay Davies and Governor Benjamin B. Odell regarding their invitations to Oyster Bay, New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-10
Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Yikuang, from the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs, will be arriving in the United States, and Secretary of State Hay suggests that President Roosevelt invite him to a luncheon at Oyster Bay, New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-17
Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Murray Butler will be delighted to visit Oyster Bay, New York, on Wednesday.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-18
Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of War Root will be visiting President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, New York, and is bringing some papers that need the President’s attention, including a response to a dispatch from Governor General of the Philippines William H. Taft.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-10
Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt
William Emlen Roosevelt encloses information concerning Sohnlein & Co.’s Rheingold wine controversy surrounding the christening of German Emperor Wilhelm II’s yacht, The Meteor, at Shooters Island in New York on February 15, 1902. Roosevelt is looking forward to seeing the family when they get to Oyster Bay, New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-02
Letter from William L. Swan to Theodore Roosevelt
The dock in Cove Neck is ready for Edith Roosevelt when she arrives.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-04
Letter from George Rumsey Sheldon to Theodore Roosevelt
George Rumsey Sheldon offers the use of his steam yacht, Admiral, to Edith Roosevelt and the children when they are in Oyster Bay, New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-28
Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt
A debate is underway about providing electric lights for Cove Neck Road, the location of President Roosevelt’s home, Sagamore Hill. Emlen Roosevelt is against the project. He believes the president of the light company wants lights for his house and that the running of electricity up Cove Neck, with the cost charged to property owners along the road, will save him part of the expense. The dogwood is in blossom at Oyster Bay. He enjoyed a recent visit from Anna Roosevelt Cowles and her family.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-14
Letter from Henry Hession to Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Hession’s landscape and gardening company is currently engaged at the home of Roland R. Conklin, near Roosevelt’s home in Oyster Bay, New York. Hession requests that President Roosevelt consider him if he needs any work done at his estate.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-20
Telegram from F. W. Lyon to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
F. W. Lyon asks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt why work has stopped at Oyster Bay. C. R. Lyon & Son are attaching lightning rods to the house and barn. President Roosevelt himself gave the order for work to begin and it has been stopped.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-07
Letter from F. W. Lyon to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
F. W. Lyon met with President Roosevelt in Washington and believes an agreement was made to install lightning rods at cost on the barn and house located in Oyster Bay. However, after working on the installation, his workmen were turned away and Lyon would like to meet with Edith Roosevelt to discuss the confusion. He assures her that he would not have started the work had President Roosevelt not agreed to it. Lyon expresses his congratulations on the Roosevelts’ son’s recovery and refers to a previous telegram to Mrs. Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-13
Letter from Frederick William Holls to Theodore Roosevelt
Because the difficulties between the International Banking Company and the Guaranty Trust Company are over, Frederick William Holls will not be in Washington to meet with President Roosevelt. Holls is about to embark on a European trip and plans to keep his “eyes and ears open” in major European cities for news. He plans to see Roosevelt at Oyster Bay upon his return from Europe.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-29
Letter from the Aeolian Compay to William Loeb
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is going to Oyster Bay for the summer and if she would like the Aeolian Company will move and set up her player piano at the residence.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-03
Letter from Leonard S. R. Hopkins to Theodore Roosevelt
Leonard S. R. Hopkins, writing on behalf of the Bacterial Sewage Purification Company, proposes to install a sewage system at Sagamore Hill, President Roosevelt’s home in Oyster Bay, New York. Hopkins discusses the method used and some of the places that the company has already installed these sewage systems. Hopkins also mentions that he looked after Roosevelt’s tent on the march from New York to Peekskill while Roosevelt was governor of New York.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-16
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about family matters, particularly the new motor vehicle, which has caused them to build a new road.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-28
Letter from Montgomery Schuyler to Theodore Roosevelt
Montgomery Schuyler and C. F. Moberly Bell will travel to Oyster Bay, New York, on Sunday for lunch.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-12
Letter from Guy Hamilton Scull to Theodore Roosevelt
Guy Hamilton Scull will be able to visit Oyster Bay, New York, anytime between now and June 15.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901