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President Roosevelt asks his son Archibald B. Roosevelt to be kind to his shy classmate Leonard Opdycke, whose father Leonard Eckstein Opdycke attended Harvard with Roosevelt. He and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have been enjoying the outdoors in Oyster Bay, New York and plan to depart soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-23
President Roosevelt has written to his son Archibald B. Roosevelt and asked him to be kind to Leonard Eckstein Opdycke’s son, as the two boys are classmates at Groton School. Roosevelt is happy to hear from Opdycke and laments the loss of two of their classmates, Henry Russell Shaw and Samuel W. Skinner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-23
Leonard Eckstein Opdycke informs President Roosevelt that he left his son, Leonard Opdycke, at Groton School and found out that Archibald B. Roosevelt was his table neighbor and classmate. Although Leonard Opdycke is good at books, he is a bit shy, and the elder Opdycke would appreciate if the president let Archie know about the fathers’ friendship.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-18
President Roosevelt appreciates a letter to the editor Leonard Eckstein Opdycke wrote to The Spectator defending Roosevelt’s decision not to run for a third term. The president is happy to hear the Opdycke children have both recovered from their recent illnesses and enjoys the battleship drawing made by Archibald B. Roosevelt and Opdycke’s son Leonard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-25
President Roosevelt has heard that his son Archibald B. Roosevelt has befriended young Leonard Opdyke while at Groton School, and encourages him to invite his school friends to visit over the holidays. He tells Archie about his trip, which he believes will be his last trip of consequence while in office. Roosevelt thinks Archie would quite enjoy his own trip up the Mississippi River next spring.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-10-01
Leonard Eckstein Opdycke forwards President Roosevelt an article that is generally favorably towards Roosevelt as well as the response Opdycke has written regarding some of the policy recommendation made in the article with which he disagrees. Opdycke’s son and daughter have both been ill, but are making recoveries. Opdycke is especially happy to see his son Leonard getting along well with Roosevelt’s son Archibald B. Roosevelt and has also enclosed a pencil drawing made by both boys.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-22