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President Roosevelt appreciates Dr. Oscar Carrabine’s response, and he will let Endicott Peabody know the scheduling information. Roosevelt suggests a meeting with the local dentist, Dr. Irving J. Wetherbee, to discuss collaborating on Archie Roosevelt’s dental care.
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1908-09-23
President Roosevelt informs Dr. Oscar Carrabine, the family dentist, that Endicott Peabody will not allow Archie Roosevelt to travel for his dental work. Carrabine will have to travel to the Groton School, and Roosevelt gives potential route advice.
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1908-09-19
Kermit Roosevelt writes to his father requesting a note to depart from Groton School on March 2, 1905, rather than on March 3, 1905. Kermit says he is reading Othello, given to him by his mother, and As You Like It, given to him by his father. He says everything is covered with ice and he has been out skating.
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1905-01-15
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to say he is glad Kermit liked his message. Roosevelt believes it will help Secretary of War Taft secure the Republican presidential nomination. He adds that he is sending Kermit a new edition of Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter because there is a picture of Kermit jumping a stone wall. Roosevelt talks about a visit from the Rector of Groton School and Mrs. Peabody. He closes by saying a Chippewa Indian gave him a council pipe and bead belt he will hold for Kermit.
1908-02-10
Theodore Roosevelt understands that William Greenough Thayer came to an agreement Endicott Peabody. Roosevelt will speak at Groton School on Wednesday evening and then speak at St. Mark’s School on Thursday evening.
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1911-11-23
Theodore Roosevelt is trying to coordinate his speeches at Groton School and St. Mark’s School. He asks William Greenough Thayer if the proposed arrangements work for him.
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1911-11-17
Theodore Roosevelt regrets that he cannot attend the American Historical Association dinner with James Ford Rhodes and William Milligan Sloane as his address at Groton School was rescheduled.
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1911-11-10
President Roosevelt shares family news with his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt. Rector Peabody of Groton School and his wife, Fannie Peabody, are visiting. Roosevelt has been on several good rides recently with family and friends. They hosted a last “reception with dancing” for Archie’s sister, Ethel Roosevelt, on Friday.
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1909-02-06
President Roosevelt encloses several letters for his son Kermit regarding their upcoming trip to Africa. Roosevelt discusses the guns that the two of them should bring, and tells Kermit that it is time to discuss when they should make the trip. He also includes a letter from Seth Bullock about the upcoming Republican National Convention. Roosevelt believes that Secretary of War William H. Taft can be nominated on the first ballot. Additionally, Roosevelt has heard from Endicott Peabody, the Rector of Groton school, and has decided that the best course of action regarding Archibald Roosevelt’s education is to hold him back a year.
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1908-06-06
President Roosevelt is glad that his son Kermit Roosevelt liked his message, and has sent him a copy. Endicott and Fannie Peabody visited the White House recently, and the Roosevelts enjoyed their visit. Roosevelt says that he was able to go on several walks with Endicott Peabody, and tells Kermit a humorous story about an incident that occurred on one of the walks. Roosevelt also mentions a recent visit to the White House from some Native Americans.
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1908-02-10
President Roosevelt tells his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, about recent events in Washington, D.C.. He and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt had gone to a circus set up by the Young Men’s Christian Association, where Quentin Roosevelt was dressed as a clown. Roosevelt enjoyed his time, and Quentin did a good job during the performance. The Roosevelts recently had two boys give them a banjo performance at the White House, which they enjoyed. Endicott Peabody and Fannie Peabody have visited Roosevelt recently.
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1908-02-09
President Roosevelt tells his son Ted about a visit he had recently from Endicott and Fannie Peabody that he greatly enjoyed. He took a rather sedate walk with Peabody, but plans to go on a more strenuous one with some other people soon. Roosevelt thinks that there will be a difficult struggle until the Republican National Convention in June, as financiers and congressmen who are opposed to Roosevelt’s progressive policies are working to nominate someone other than Secretary of War William H. Taft. Roosevelt is hopeful, but acknowledges that it may be a difficult contest.
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1908-02-11
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit Roosevelt about a visit he made to Ambassador J. J. Jusserand and his wife, Elise Richards Jusserand, and the nice time he had there. Roosevelt also comments on the weather, saying that he has been able to go riding and play tennis often. Things are going well with Secretary of War William H. Taft at present, but politics is too changeable to say he will for sure be nominated. Roosevelt did not write to Endicott Peabody about Kermit going to Princeton, as he sounded set on going to Harvard and Roosevelt did not think of suggesting anywhere else.
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1908-01-20
President Roosevelt tells his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, about a funny letter he received from Fannie Peabody. He also provides an update on how Quentin Roosevelt is doing at home.
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1908-01-20
President Roosevelt is concerned to learn that his son Archibald B. Roosevelt has been ill and updates him on recent goings-on in the family, including updating Archie on Scamp, their “very cunning little dog,” and the president’s first experience exercising with medicine balls.
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1907-11-23
President Roosevelt writes to Archie Roosevelt that one letter home will suffice for both parents and gives updates on his life at home with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He recently had visitors for tennis and French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand brought him a medal from an artist. When he came home he brought Quentin Roosevelt bear tusks and a stuffed copperhead skin.
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1907-10-27
President Roosevelt informs his son Kermit Roosevelt of his recent request to Endicott Peabody, Rector of Groton School, for a meeting between the young Roosevelt and school master William Amory Gardner. Roosevelt corrects his son’s perception that he is not a fan of Charles Lever’s novels, and that he quite enjoys them. Roosevelt also shows interest in Kermit’s sporting activities, stating that being good at one sport doesn’t mean you will naturally excel at others.
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1907-02-20
President Roosevelt forwards his son Kermit Roosevelt a note he received from Endicott Peabody which he believes shows that Kermit’s decision has raised him in his estimation. The situation with meat packers has been “perfectly crazy,” and has engendered a large amount of resistance from rich industrialists. Roosevelt comments that while the capitalists who first made big fortunes were disagreeable, they nevertheless had “tremendous energy and a great deal of cold clear-sightedness,” which is lacking from their descendants. The present Congress has achieved a great deal, and Roosevelt believes that it is one of the most productive he has had since becoming president.
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1906-06-13
President Roosevelt informs his son Kermit Roosevelt that Groton rector Endicott Peabody has agreed to allow him and his cousin Hall Roosevelt to travel to Washington to attend Alice Roosevelt’s wedding. However, given their standing in their classes, they have to return to school on Sunday afternoon. Kermit’s aunt and uncle, Corinne and Douglas Robinson, visited the White House, where Douglas rode with Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Secretary of State Elihu Root, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. Roosevelt tells Kermit that he believes that Congress will pass most of the bills he wants, though not always in exactly the form he wants, and he laments the exhausting nature of dining during the social season.
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1906-01-27
President Roosevelt tells Walter Camp that his son Ted wrote to both him and his mother that he was not unfairly targeted in the football game against Yale, and that the game was clean. In a postscript, Roosevelt describes his role in organizing a meeting between graduates of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
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1905-11-24