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Theodore Rossevelt writes Edward Brandegee that Ethel Roosevelt Derby was excited for the invitation to visit. Roosevelt hopes that he, Ethel, and Kermit Roosevelt will be able to come for tea. Roosevelt reminds Brandegee that he and his wife, Mary Brandegee, are invited to visit Oyster Bay.
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1911-12-12
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Alexander Smith Cochran for the pamphlet from the Elizabethan Club and looks forward to reading it. Roosevelt is thankful Robert P. Perkins brought Cochran out.
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1911-12-15
President Roosevelt discusses with his son Ted the precarious situation of Japanese immigration in the West. Roosevelt hopes that the Japanese government will help to prevent mass immigration of Japanese to the United States, as he thinks this would bring about “the gravest kind of race trouble” that will force the American government to pass exclusion laws.
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1909-02-13
President Roosevelt shares his doubts about his son, Ted Roosevelt, taking a job on New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes’s staff, and encourages Ted to speak to his boss, Robert P. Perkins, about it. Roosevelt believes that at best the position would be largely a symbolic one, and at worst would commit Ted to attending events that he does not wish to attend and gain him “a certain unenviable notoriety.” Roosevelt acknowledges he may be mistaken, and again encourages Ted to speak to Perkins. Roosevelt enjoyed having his son visit recently, and provides an update on his recent activities since Ted departed.
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1908-12-16
President Roosevelt tells his son, Ted, about the housewife that Henry Harrison Blagden gave him to take to Africa. He was particularly amused by the musical instruments inside. He updates Ted about visitors at the White House and an upcoming dinner that will be attended by Robert P. Perkins.
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1908-11-16
President Roosevelt was pleased to hear the account of Kermit Roosevelt’s two-mile race. He believes it is the best Kermit has ever run and suggests that if he practices, maybe he can do something in track when he returns from Africa. Roosevelt had lunch with Ted Roosevelt’s boss, Robert P. Perkins, who says Ted is doing well.
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1908-10-22
President Roosevelt had lunch with his son Ted Roosevelt’s boss, Robert P. Perkins. Roosevelt tells Ted that his boss is very happy with the work he is doing. Kermit Roosevelt is doing well at Harvard, and Roosevelt hopes that he will go back to Harvard after taking a year off to travel in Africa with him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-22