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Henry Russell Shaw, a former classmate of President Roosevelt’s from Harvard, requests a signed photograph of Roosevelt.
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1903-11-15
Ernest McGaffey thanks President Roosevelt for sending him a photograph and inscription, confiding that he keeps the photo among others, such as those of Carter H. Harrison, Lord Byron, Jack Raftery, and of himself. McGaffey also announces the birth of his daughter, Lenore Louise, and mentions reading Roosevelt’s books Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail and Hunting Trips of a Ranchman.
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1903-11-06
George Bird Grinnell is pleased with President Roosevelt’s article on Yellowstone Park. He will use the photographs Roosevelt provided and be cautious about the remarks regarding the mountain sheep’s range. Grinnell encloses an article with a reference to Roosevelt.
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1903-10-12
Jacob A. Riis is pleased with the photographs of Archie Roosevelt and would like to use one for an article he is writing. He is trying to get some work done before a lecture series but is not enjoying Long Island without President Roosevelt in the area. Riis approves of the Delaware appointment and would like to meet with Roosevelt.
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1903-10-13
The Earl of Denbigh’s visit to the United States has ended and he is traveling to Mexico. He and his wife are sailing for England on November 11. Last night, Denbigh read President Roosevelt’s kind letter at a banquet in Boston, Massachusetts. They have many memories and Denbigh would like to send Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt a photograph of his ten children.
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1903-10-15
Sherrard Billings reports to President Roosevelt on the studies of his sons Ted and Kermit Roosevelt at Groton School. He requests an autographed photograph from President Roosevelt and prays for a successful year in Washington, D.C.
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1903-10-01
Percy C. Madeira asks Gustav E. Kissel to forward some pictures of “old man Teazewell Woody,” a former hunting guide, to President Roosevelt.
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1903-09-14
Richard Watson Gilder writes to President Roosevelt to inform him that he has photographs of Roosevelt from 1862-1886, and he would like to publish them in an article.
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1903-08-18
After lunching with a man from the mining district of Pennsylvania, Elbert F. Baldwin reports that many miners’ homes display a picture of President Roosevelt and John Mitchell as the “Friends of Arbitration and Fair Play.”
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1903-08-19
John Pitcher writes to President Roosevelt to inform him that he has sent pictures from his trip, and sends his regards to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1903-07-27
The photographs were sent from Oyster Bay, New York several days ago.
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1911
John A. Sleicher, editor of Leslie’s Weekly, thanks William Loeb for photographs of President Roosevelt, to be used in cartoon sketching, and requests a copyright permission to use the photos. Sleicher invites Loeb to visit while they are both vacationing in the Thousand Islands region of New York State.
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1903-07-06
Charles Jesse Jones sends photographs of a “catalo robe” and two captured wood buffalo calves. He provides details on the calves’ capture. Jones thanks President Roosevelt for the cordial reception in Topeka, Kansas.
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1903-06-02
Rudolph Forster writes to William Loeb regarding the loss of a photograph that was to be signed by President Roosevelt for the Sultan of Morocco.
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1903-07-03
M. Florence Locke writes a friendly letter to President Roosevelt and includes a button hole bouquet from her vine of English jasmine. She believes the offering will remind him of a similar plant that was at her home in Madison, New Jersey, where he visited as a young boy. In addition, she sends two photographs which she requests the president to sign and return to her.
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1903-06-25
H. G. Botsford writes to President Roosevelt regarding a family genealogy that he is completing. He requests a photograph of Roosevelt and an autograph from his father.
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1903-06-27
Ambassador Mayor des Planches encloses photographs of Italian officers and soldiers that he hopes will be of interest to President Roosevelt.
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1903-03-09
Harry T. Clinton of Collier’s Weekly sends four photographic prints of John Singer Sargent’s portrait of President Roosevelt and asks for one to be dedicated and returned. The portrait will appear in the March 28, 1903 issue of the magazine.
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1903-03-12
Charles William Fulton encloses photographs of his catch from a fishing trip at Santa Catalina Island, California, and a copy of a magazine story he wrote about his travel experiences.
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1903-03-13
There should be no photographs of John Singer Sargent’s portrait of President Roosevelt as Collier’s Weekly will be publishing a photograph on March 28.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-14