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President Roosevelt apologizes, but thinks that a letter that Lawrence F. Abbott asked about is too personal to be quoted. Roosevelt thinks that such letters, between friends, should not be published during the lifetime of the friends.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-27
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt appreciate the editorial in the Washington Post about the President’s family’s right to privacy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-08
William Allen White forwards a statement, framed as a New Year’s resolution, announcing that Theodore Roosevelt will no longer make public his visitors or their conversations. He includes a “Winning Ticket” which lists “For President – Tar Baby – he say nothin’,” and “For Vice President – Br’er Fox: he lay low!”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-29