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Seth Bullock sends Theodore Roosevelt clippings that he thinks are worth reading, as they are close to some of the ideas that Bullock and Roosevelt had discussed. He offers comments on the possibility of Roosevelt running for President in 1916, and advises him against attacking Wilson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-08-02
C. Hart Merriam is in the process of revising a review of Roosevelt’s Life Histories of African Game Animals. Merriam says that the book is “one of the most complete and useful works ever written on the game animals of any country.” The delay has been caused by the desire for books about the war.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-01-15
J. Alden Loring asks Theodore Roosevelt if Frank Harper spoke to him about using Kermit Roosevelt’s elephant photograph to illustrate Loring’s article on elephants. Loring hopes Roosevelt can give him permission to use it and assures him he will give Kermit Roosevelt the copyright.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-04-01
J. Alden Loring would like Theodore Roosevelt to write the introduction to his boy’s book before Roosevelt leaves on the South American expedition.
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1913-08-25
Herbert David Croly has been thinking over Theodore Roosevelt’s suggestion, which touched him deeply. He does not know whether he will accept, but he will constantly consider the best way to tell Roosevelt’s story and bring out the value of Roosevelt’s career. He wants Roosevelt to send him a copy of the Revue Nationale and wishes Roosevelt’s opponents would read Roosevelt’s early work to understand what a “Hamiltonian democrat” Roosevelt is.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-26
Dr. Louis Edelman thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his recent article inThe Outlook entitled “Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood.” Edelman shares his own experience with children working in the local mill, one as young as six years old who worked twelve hours each night for twelve cents. Edelman states children are being eaten up by the industrial mills in the South, but society wants the mills so they are not going away.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12
C. S. Young requests Theodore Roosevelt to sign his reply to the letter. He asks Roosevelt what the best-illustrated magazine account of his public career is to include in his scrapbook of prominent individuals.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-11
Harry M. Nimmo writes Theodore Roosevelt regarding a series of articles the Detroit Saturday Night is publishing about Hazen S. Pingree. Nimmo hopes Roosevelt might remember a conversation he had with Pingree while on a train many years ago and would be able to relate the story to Nimmo through letter or an interview.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-13
Barone Bernardo Quaranta Di San Severino sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of The Bookman which contains an article he wrote on the stolen Mona Lisa painting from the Louvre museum.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-13
John C. Freund sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the Christmas issue of The Music Trade, calling Roosevelt’s attention to a particular article, “Has the Big Combination Come to Stay?” Freund explains the idea behind the article is that social freedom is the main thing humans should seek, but industrial labor is industrial slavery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-14
French Ensor Chadwick thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his kind letter and hopes Roosevelt might be able to write anything about the Spanish American War. Chadwick plans to send Roosevelt an updated copy of his book because he made some alterations and additions in response to a review from the New York Times which commented on Winfield Scott Schley. Chadwick says it is thanks to Roosevelt and the court, the Navy’s standards of conduct have been upheld, which is the most important thing.
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1911-12-17
Elmer L. Morey recalls Theodore Roosevelt’s kind treatment of him as Vice Consul and his father, Consul William Morey, during their service in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He sends two articles on big game hunting in Sri Lanka and hopes Roosevelt can publish them in the Outlook. If not, Morey asks for an introduction to another magazine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-09
H. J. Howland asks Theodore Roosevelt for a brief piece about British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey to accompany his portrait in the upcoming issue of The Outlook.
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1911-12-11
J. Bernard Walker, editor of Scientific American, sends Theodore Roosevelt an advanced copy of the periodical’s naval edition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-06
F. V. Clark sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of Engineering Review with an article describing the water supply of Sagamore Hill.
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1911-12-05
Raymond J. Bischoff belatedly thanks Theodore Roosevelt for autographing his copy of African Game Trails, which helped him increase book orders for the agency he worked for. He is proud that his newly founded periodicals company counts many of Roosevelt’s local friends as its customers. Bischoff wants to give Roosevelt a quote on his magazine subscriptions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-07
Frank Crounstoun Boggs sends Theodore Roosevelt a bound copy of Volume Four of the Canal Record.
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1911-12-04
Bruce Hall asks Theodore Roosevelt to write an editorial for the Baraca Classman, a religious journal.
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1911-12-04
Frederick Lynch sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the “Arizona,” knowing he admires the West.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-02
Charles Sheldon thanks Theodore Roosevelt for sending the copy of Roosevelt’s article remarking on Albert Russel Wallace’s recognition marks. Sheldon thinks Roosevelt will. be interested to hear that no members of the American Ornithologists’ Union defended recognition marks in birds after a paper on the topic was read. Sheldon looks forward to having lunch with Roosevelt, Frank M. Chapman, and William Brewster.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-30