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President Roosevelt is happy to hear Kermit’s crew team won. Roosevelt says he cannot wait for Kermit to come home to divide all the treasures from his western trip between the children, but Kermit’s share will be set aside. Josiah the badger is “very good natured.” Roosevelt had a good trip but is tired and homesick.
1903-06-05
President Roosevelt is happy Kermit has been acting as cox on the rowing team. Roosevelt describes his trip into the Grand Canyon and all the animals and plants he has seen. He has collected a variety of treasures which he will bring home for Kermit and the other children. These treasures include a badger named Josiah.
1903-05-10
President Roosevelt sends Kermit a “picture letter” of things he has done and seen on his western trip with John Burroughs. There is a sketch of them chasing elk, a sketch of an owl, and of mountain goats. Roosevelt says he has enjoyed the trip.
1903-04-16
President Roosevelt loved Kermit’s letter and reports that his western trip has been very tiring. Roosevelt plans to go for a ride with Seth Bullock.
1903-04-05
President Roosevelt reports that he is struggling to get his two treaties ratified by the Senate and has stopped his broad-sword and single-stick play in favor of riding and walking. He hopes that Billings will allow Kermit and Ted to start home Saturday evening since Roosevelt is leaving for his western tour right after the Senate adjourns.
1903-03-15
President Roosevelt relates family news from Sagamore Hill, including updates on the pets, to his son Kermit at Groton. Roosevelt misses his two boys but is very proud of them. He also says he will leave soon for a three week trip that will be nerve-wearing.
1902-09-18
President Roosevelt is unsure if he will call the convention Representative Burton references. Before doing so, he wants clarification from Burton and Gifford Pinchot about the Mississippi movement. Roosevelt asks Burton to send the advice concerning Roosevelt’s speeches in St. Louis and Memphis on his upcoming Mississippi trip.
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1907-08-21
President Roosevelt apologizes to Edith Greenough Wendell for not being able to go to Jamestown Island to attend the Jamestown Church celebration. He is scheduled to be at the Exposition and the church is too far away to be able to make it on the day.
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1907-01-15
President Roosevelt will not reach New Haven, Connecticut, until the morning of October 23. William Whitman Farnam and Henry Walcott Farnam have both invited Roosevelt to be their guest. He asks Arthur Twining Hadley to determine whose guest he should be.
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1901-09-30
President Roosevelt cannot promise to visit the Republican Club of Massachusetts.
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1901-09-27
President Roosevelt is grateful for the kindness of William Whitman Farnam. As he will be the official guest of Yale University, Roosevelt is unable to accept Farnam’s invitation.
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1901-09-27
Due to recent events, President Roosevelt will not be able to visit Atlanta, Georgia.
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1901-09-14
Due to the death of William McKinley, President Roosevelt will no longer be able to visit Atlanta, Georgia.
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1901-09-14
President Roosevelt received Arthur Hamilton Lee’s telegram. He will not return to Oyster Bay, New York, but looks forward to seeing Lee and his wife in Washington, D.C.
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1901-09-14
President Roosevelt will be unable to travel to Atlanta, Georgia, in November.
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1901-09-14
President Roosevelt regrets that he will be unable to travel to Iowa. He hopes to see William Greene Dows in Washington, D.C.
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1901-09-14
Harvard University President Charles William Eliot regrets that he will be away in Canada when President Roosevelt visits. He asks Roosevelt to speak to the students and try to improve their work ethic.
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1907-02-18
After returning from San Francisco, Endicott Peabody shares his plans surrounding President Roosevelt and his family’s upcoming visit.
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1907-02-16
William Sturgis Bigelow discusses the accommodations, schedule, and company at his home for President Roosevelt’s upcoming visit. He thinks Justice Holmes would be more comfortable elsewhere, since they would have to share a bathroom, but he has no problem hosting Senator Lodge. Bigelow points out that it is lucky that no one seems to have discovered yet that Roosevelt will be staying with him otherwise Governor Guild would “have the Ancient + Honorable camped on the [Boston] Common in front of the house to fire twenty one guns whenever you put on a clean shirt.”
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1907-01-26
Responding to a request from President Roosevelt, John Barrett details his analysis and his involvement in a number of matters of international relations regarding Colombia, Panama, and South America generally, as well as Japan and China. He responds to the president’s concerns that he has been “too much in the papers.” He also suggests that Roosevelt visit South America at some future time after leaving the presidency. Such a visit would strengthen ties and would prepare Roosevelt for handling international affairs, should the nation again select him for the presidency.
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1905-06-17