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President Roosevelt likes Samuel Shaw’s letter. Roosevelt resolves to carry out the job of President to the best of his abilities. Roosevelt would like to have Shaw and his old friends for dinner at the White House just as they dined at the Governor’s Mansion at Albany.
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1901-09-25
President Roosevelt thanks General Wheeler for the touching letter.
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1901-09-23
President Roosevelt thanks James Roosevelt for his letter. Shortly after becoming President, Roosevelt writes that he has a “heavy task” but will do his “best to carry it through.”
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1901-09-21
President Roosevelt thanks Wayne MacVeagh for the letter. He is in a difficult position after the death of William McKinley but hopes to carry himself “manfully.”
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1901-09-14
President Roosevelt appreciates William Nathan Cohen’s letter. He will “manfully” take up the “burden” of the presidency.
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1901-09-14
James Bryce sends President Roosevelt his sympathy on the death of President William McKinley and best wishes for his presidency. He gives the address he will be staying at in Mexico in case Roosevelt sends further letters for the authorities in Havana. Bryce asks if Roosevelt will be in Washington on September 30 and if the two might have a brief meeting that evening.
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1901-09-20
John W. Donovan congratulates President Roosevelt on assuming the presidency in the wake of William McKinley’s death, and apologizes for not writing sooner. He hopes that Roosevelt will have a successful presidency. Donovan sends Roosevelt a token from his wife, and asks if Roosevelt has a picture of his son, Theodore Roosevelt, that he could send to Donovan.
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1901-10-30
The cartoon from Punch magazine has a drawing of President Roosevelt in a cowboy / Rough Rider outfit, captioned, “With Mr. Punch’s best wishes to President Roosevelt.”
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1901-09-25
Theodore Roosevelt is not able to give William T. Hulscher any information about Austin’s case. Roosevelt did not permit such actions when he was president.
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1915-02-13
Theodore Roosevelt tells Thomas E. Watson he has no regard for the Wilson administration, but there is nothing more he can do at the present moment. Roosevelt struggles with knowing how to handle himself in terms of his successor.
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1914-10-02
President Roosevelt encloses a twice-signed copy of a speech and is happy to have received a newspaper clipping from Julian LaRose Harris. Roosevelt tells Harris that he will like President-Elect William H. Taft’s inaugural address and says that himself, Taft, and Harris are on the same page regarding African Americans in the South.
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1909-03-01
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Reid for the flattering letter and clippings, but regrets that he cannot help Reid regarding his position in London. Roosevelt is not requesting that any members of his administration be retained. He only highlights the accomplishments of individual men when president-elect William H. Taft directly solicits his opinion, and will happily do so for Reid if Taft broaches the subject during his upcoming visit. The only exceptions to this policy have been made for several of Taft’s staunch but minor supporters at the state level, and one problematic ambassador.
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1909-01-31
President Roosevelt privately tells Admiral Chadwick that he believes that the newly-elected president and Congress should enter office on the first day of the new year, less than two months after being elected.
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1906-01-30
James Mills Peirce expresses his sympathy that President Roosevelt succeeded to the presidency under such difficult circumstances. He wishes for the success of the Roosevelt administration.
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1901-09-15
Newspaper article announcing that President Roosevelt took the oath of office and highlighting his career of public service.
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1901-09
Brief biographies of William McKinley and President Roosevelt that highlight their military service.
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1901-09-21
Maxwell H. Maxwell expresses his sympathy at the death of William McKinley and congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency. He regrets that James Dunwody Bulloch, his father-in-law and Roosevelt’s uncle, did not live to see Roosevelt become president. Maxwell hopes to visit the United States and shake the hand of the president.
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1901-09-18
Hugo Munsterberg welcomes the new Roosevelt administration and hopes for peaceful relations between Germany and the United States under President Roosevelt’s leadership.
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1901-09-20
Chester Alan Arthur expresses his sympathy at the death of William McKinley and President Roosevelt’s succession to the presidency. Arthur has an understanding of the situation as he was constantly with his father, Chester Alan Arthur, when he succeeded to the presidency after the assassination of James A. Garfield. He believes this difficult time shortened his father’s life. The Arthur family send their best wishes to the Roosevelt administration.
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1901-09-21
President Roosevelt invites Cecil Spring Rice to visit the United States and see how he is managing things in the White House.
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1901-11-07