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President Roosevelt wishes he could visit his uncle Robert Barnwell Roosevelt in person, and sends a letter to let him know he is in his thoughts.
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1906-06-12
President Roosevelt thanks Naval Chaplain Gleeson for his letter, and explains that the trouble with wanting to appoint William S. Cowles as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation is that there is no way for Roosevelt to do so without people accusing him of nepotism, as Cowles is his brother-in-law. This sort of situation is the same with his good friend General Leonard Wood, as well as his other brother-in-law Douglas Robinson.
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1906-03-24
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt appreciate the editorial in the Washington Post about the President’s family’s right to privacy.
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1905-12-08
President Roosevelt relates to his son Theodore Roosevelt a humorous comment that Quentin made at breakfast. He praises Ted’s football performance so far in the season, but says that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are glad that he will be done after next Saturday. He reminds Ted to write him about how he wants the moose horns, so that he can tell Alexander Lambert.
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1905-11-12
President Roosevelt is curious to hear about his daughter Alice’s experiences in Japan and the Philippines. He tells her about the “pretty vigorous summer” he has had. He goes into great detail about his role in bringing about peace between Russia and Japan. He also provides updates on the activities of the rest of the Roosevelt family.
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1905-09-02
President Roosevelt thanks Upton S. Jefferys, editor of the Camden Post-Telegram, how much he enjoyed the editorial describing his wife and family at his recent inauguration.
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1905-03-13
William Loeb informs S. S. McClure that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has no objection to McClure’s publishing the photographs of the Roosevelts taken by Edward S. Curtis, but does not want an accompanying article.
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1905-03-11
President Roosevelt enjoyed Eleanor Painter’s letter and hopes she had as good a birthday with her family as he did with his.
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1904-10-27
President Roosevelt thanks William Emlen Roosevelt for the letter of congratulations. He has enjoyed seeing Emlen’s wife Christine Kean Roosevelt and their daughter Christine G. Roosevelt, and is taking “little Christine” for a “scramble down Rock Creek” with Ted Roosevelt. The president will not be able to come to New York in November, as he will be too busy preparing for his annual speech. He is cautiously optimistic about the upcoming election.
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1904-10-27
President Roosevelt thanks Louisa Taubert for writing to his young daughter Ethel Roosevelt, and enjoyed hearing that her father’s and uncle’s birthdays fall on the same day as his.
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1904-10-27
President Roosevelt is glad that Charles A. Dunwoody has found employment as a rural postal carrier after losing his arm. Roosevelt mentions that he has Dunwoody relatives from Georgia but does not know much about them.
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1904-10-11
President Roosevelt requests H. S. Thompson’s assistance in finding a tutor for Ted Roosevelt.
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1904-08-30
President Roosevelt is sorry that Ted Roosevelt’s attendance at Sunday School has been advertised in the paper. Roosevelt does not wish for Ted to feel pressured or self-conscious about his decision to attend.
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1904-08-22
President Roosevelt tells Corinne Roosevelt Robinson that she “may accept for that International Peace Congress business,” although he does not hold a high opinion of the organization. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has returned to the children, but Roosevelt is keeping busy by riding horses, playing tennis, and working on his acceptance letter.
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1904-08-10
President Roosevelt describes seeing Bill the Lizard in the honeysuckle on the south porch, and how at home he seems to be. Roosevelt also talks about how quiet the White House is without the children.
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1904-06-21
President Roosevelt is pleased that the British statesman John Morley will be coming to the White House, and thanks Henry White for his kind words about the recent explosion on the battleship USS Missouri.
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1904-05-06
President Roosevelt was interested to learn about Mr. Roosevelt who may be a distant relative. He is pleased that Mr. Roosevelt was a good citizen and soldier.
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1904-01-23
John Burroughs was very interested to hear Buffalo Jones and the Yellowstone grizzly bears with tin cans stuck on their feet. If President Roosevelt has read any of his latest articles, Burroughs would be glad to receive his thoughts and criticism. Burroughs is considering buying a farm in the southern Catskill region and offers it as a place of rest for Roosevelt and his family.
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1904-08-15
President Roosevelt thanks William Edward Dodd for the letter and responds that Nicholas J. Roosevelt was a distant kinsman.
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1903-03-19
President Roosevelt will not provide Owen Wister with information about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt or their children. They make considerable effort to prevent the children from becoming self-conscious about being discussed by the public.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-02