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Otto Reinhold thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the letter, and expresses his agreement and admiration with Roosevelt’s actions in beginning investigations into industrial trusts and the massive accumulation of wealth by a small minority. Reinhold sends Roosevelt several poems in the body of the letter.
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1911-06-26
Benjamin Robinson sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his poem, The Supermen, which he believes Roosevelt will be pleased by.
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1911-06-21
William H. Bowen writes a poem about Theodore Roosevelt’s career.
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1911-05-15
Lorenzo Dow sends Theodore Roosevelt a poem that Stanley wished to present to Roosevelt during his last visit, despite being tempted to throw it away.
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1911-05-10
W. D. Krug sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his poem “Something Worth the While,” which he coincidentally wrote prior to Roosevelt’s related address at Occidental College in March.
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1911-05-08
Annie R. Brown Dyer sends Theodore Roosevelt a poem for publication in The Outlook. It came to her in a vision, and so she regards it as prophetic.
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1911-05-05
William D. Van Slyck sends Theodore Roosevelt a poem, “Sunlight.”
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1911-04
B. G. Tieger sends Theodore Roosevelt their poem petitioning Americans to read Jewish history and “see how much utility and advantage this people has brought.” They hope Roosevelt will publish it in The Outlook.
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1911-04-18
Sebastian Frank Wendland sends Theodore Roosevelt a book of German verse and asks for comments on the work.
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1911-04-12
W. F. Bartlebaugh sends Theodore Roosevelt a poem he wrote about the Rocky Mountains after hearing him express appreciation for mountain scenery in his speech in Denver, Colorado.
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1911-04-09
Dewitt C. Turner presents a poem about Theodore Roosevelt’s speech in Reno, Nevada.
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1911-04-03
W. J. M. sends Theodore Roosevelt a few lines as a token of appreciation.
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1911-03-29
Henry F. Bernard sends Theodore Roosevelt a book of poems he wrote and published “which endorses Roosevelt’s views concerning race suicide.”
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1911-03-27
Rebecca McCue sends Theodore Roosevelt a poem as a token of admiration.
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1911-03-24
Payne J. Shafter recently heard Theodore Roosevelt speak at the Greek Amphitheatre, and was reminded of a poem, which he sends Roosevelt. In a postscript, Shafter mentions several prominent relatives of his.
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1911-03-24
Robert E. Galvin wrote and copyrighted a poem about Theodore Roosevelt that he intended to publish as a campaign song in 1908. He hopes to use it during next year’s campaign. Galvin shares the chorus and fifth verse.
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1911-03-25
C. R. Marquam sends Theodore Roosevelt a poem he wrote, and writes extensively about the millenarian beliefs he has become associated with regarding the reestablishment of Zion and the return of the ten lost tribes, which Marquam believes the Anglo-Saxon people to be descended from.
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1911-03-22
Violet Leigh (pen name of Maud Phillips) previously sent Theodore Roosevelt a cartoon, which was courteously acknowledged by Roosevelt’s secretary. She now sends him several newspapers in which some of her poetry appears.
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1911-03-23
Charles H. Goffe sends Theodore Roosevelt some poems that were written several years ago, and which were previously sent to him while he was a candidate for Governor of New York. Goffe believes they still “express the esteem and admiration in which [Roosevelt] is held” by many people in the South.
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1911-03-11
Walter Hurt tells Theodore Roosevelt that he realized that while he previously mentioned a poem “personal to [Roosevelt]” that is to be included in a published book of poems by the late James Newton Matthews, he forgot to enclose the poem. He now sends it to Roosevelt.
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1911-03-11