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G. E. Stobridge encloses a clipping with a statement describing President Roosevelt buying beer and asks for his assurance it is libel.
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1905-01-25
J. M. Dickinson has edited the text for President Roosevelt’s upcoming inaugural speech. Dickinson praises the speech, which he believes will help to heal the divide between the northern and southern states.
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1905-01-13
Scudday Richardson sends President Roosevelt an article describing his strength in the nation and asks, “when the next war breaks out,” to be given a commission in the cavalry.
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1905-01-12
Katherine Lowell Roosevelt Bowlker congratulates President Roosevelt on his landslide re-election and rhapsodizes over the country’s faith in his character. She wishes Alfred (her first husband and Roosevelt’s cousin) had been alive to witness it.
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1905-01-10
James M. Weatherly sends Judge Jones an editorial he would like President Roosevelt to see. Weatherly asks if Roosevelt could not accomplish a “winning of the South” and, by doing so, ease regional tensions.
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1905-01-02
Edited pages from a biography of President Roosevelt, written shortly after the 1904 Republican Convention where he was renominated for the presidency. The pages include a history of Roosevelt’s professional and literary life.
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1904-06
Francis Bennett Williams details the political situation in the last election, including voter participation and corruption by Democrats. He suggests possible replacements for Walter L. Cohen and gives a very bad report of H. Dudley Coleman. Finally, Williams states that the opinion of President Roosevelt in the American South is changing, largely due to the effectiveness of his policies and appointments there.
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1904-12-24
Thomas Nelson Page thanks President Roosevelt for the books and address he sent. Page then references the his decision to call Roosevelt by the term “Excellency” and likens Roosevelt to various respected historical figures.
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1904-12-24
Mary Elizabeth Blampey Trautmann thanks President Roosevelt for his sympathy upon her husband’s death. She describes his loyalty to and confidence in Roosevelt and expresses his wish that Richard C. Kerens be elected to the United States Senate. She would like to meet with Roosevelt or William Loeb regarding a personal matter.
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1904-12-23
James Ford Rhodes and Henry S. Pritchett have been discussing their recent correspondence with President Roosevelt. Both men support President Roosevelt’s stance regarding the American South and agree his policies will result in improving regional and racial tensions.
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1904-12-23
Jacob Gould Schurman sends an editorial from the Springfield Daily Republican on President Roosevelt’s recent address to Congress. Schurman hopes to serve Roosevelt’s cause in any way he can and believes he will keep the Republican party moving “forward and upward.” Includes typed transcription.
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1904-12-21
Thomas Nelson Page writes to Nicholas Murray Butler and reviews the points discussed at their recent meeting. Page is of the opinion President Roosevelt should state explicitly he has no hostility to the American South and that such a statement would end bad feelings against Roosevelt and tension within that region.
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1904-12-16
James Ford Rhodes compliments President Roosevelt on the quality of his message. Rhodes is so impressed by Roosevelt he is ready to endorse almost any of his opinions, simply because they are the President’s. Rhodes feels especially that Roosevelt will inspire “young men of good family, intelligence and education to go into politics” and address the problem of corruption in state and local governments.
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1904-12-12
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis has received Secretary Loeb’s letter regarding malicious articles concerning the Roosevelt family which appeared in the Boston Herald. Loomis has provided executives in the State Department with copies of the White House press release on the matter.
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1904-11-30
Commissioner of Pensions Ware quotes a humorous excerpt from a letter that showcases President Roosevelt’s appeal to the public.
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1904-11-19
Sarah Bancroft Leavitt express her joy at President Roosevelt’s election. She had been hoping Roosevelt would receive more votes than William McKinley did for his second term and believes it must be wonderful for Roosevelt to know that he was chosen. Leavitt observes how much it would have meant to Roosevelt’s father, Theodore Roosevelt, to know that his son was elected. She concludes by hoping Roosevelt’s name will be included as one of the greatest presidents in history.
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1904-11-10
Amelia Glover sends Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt a newspaper clipping about President Roosevelt’s supposed treatment of women, highlighting his wish for women to do nothing more than produce large families. She informs Edith her husband and her neighbor’s husband no longer intend to vote for the president again if this is the treatment Edith is receiving. Glover sends her sympathies to Edith.
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1904-11-10
General Carter congratulates President Roosevelt on his election victory and believes it will have a good effect in the Philippines. Carter informs Roosevelt that independence has become a common topic, especially due to Secretary of War William H. Taft’s policy of “The Philippines for the Filipinos.” Carter concludes by discussing industrial depression and fear of robbers in the islands.
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1904-11-10
Mrs. Chartier congratulates President Roosevelt on his victory and explains it took her twenty years of research to find him again. She discusses memories of their acquaintance, which began after Roosevelt became a widower in 1885, and explains her current situation as a widow and grandmother. Chartier says she has never forgotten Roosevelt’s kind words. An English translation of the letter written in French is included.
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1904-11-10
Senator Beveridge congratulates President Roosevelt on his victory in the presidential election. He mentions he is visiting his mother, Francis Ellen Parkinson Beveridge, and that her county—and the county where he was raised—has always gone Democratic since Illinois became a state. However, in the 1904 election, it went to Roosevelt. Beveridge believes this is indicative of the entire nation, which wants Roosevelt and not necessarily the Republican Party. He knows that Roosevelt’s administration will accomplish great things and sends his regards to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1904-11-10