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George Bird Grinnell acknowledges Theodore Roosevelt’s letter supporting Hamilton Fish Jr. as a candidate for the Boone and Crockett Club and will forward Roosevelt’s other letter to Secretary Prentiss N. Gray.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-03
Thomas Nelson Page and Senator Francis G. Newlands’s proposal to have Martin W. Littleton admitted to the Metropolitan Club has been hindered because of questions about Littleton’s associations in New York. Page asks Theodore Roosevelt to write a letter of recommendation for Littleton.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-07
Edgar Huidekoper Wells congratulates President Roosevelt on the election of his son, Theodore Roosevelt, to Harvard University’s prestigious Porcellian Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-26
G. Alexander Hamilton sends President Roosevelt a lifetime membership certificate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-29
Frederic Gregory Mather, treasurer of the American Canoe Association, writes to William Loeb regarding President Roosevelt’s honorary membership acceptance to the Association. Mather also mentions that he can see Roosevelt’s Oyster Bay home from his house and that he enjoyed their belated Fourth of July fireworks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-17
Ticket admitting Theodore Roosevelt to the Aero Club of New York as an honorary member.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-21
An application for the American Bison Society. The application is blank, and pre-addressed to treasurer Clark Williams. There is an option to pick associate member, member, or lifetime member.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907
Theodore Roosevelt informs George von Lengerke Meyer that he declined the invitation to the Gridiron Club. He thanks Meyer for putting his carriage at Roosevelt’s disposal when he was in Washington, D.C., but he was sorry to miss Meyer and his wife. Roosevelt shares his concern about Henry Cabot Lodge.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1910-11-28
Charles H. Sholes responds to W. G. Steel’s resignation from the Mazamas in response to the controversy that arose when President Roosevelt was nominated for honorary membership. Sholes is surprised and hurt by Steel’s resignation, and feels that he bears just as much responsibility as Steel for the controversy. Sholes would like to know why Steel insists on resigning, and wants to know if anything can be done to remedy the situation.
1906-09-09
Charles H. Sholes, Edmund P. Sheldon, and M. W. Gorman, all members of the Mazamas in Portland, write to F. C. Little, Recording Secretary of Mazamas, submitting Theodore Roosevelt’s name as an honorary member of the Mazamas, to be voted on at the October meeting.
1906-08-27
On behalf of the University Club, Otto T. Bannard offers Vice President Roosevelt club privileges during his term of office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Curtis Guild relates the events of the Tavern Club’s annual Christmas festival and sends the words of a singing “gag” related to the Miles and Schley incidents. All “decent Democrats” and most of the newspapers in Boston have praised President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Root regarding the incidents. Guild wishes that Winthrop Murray Crane could have accepted the position as Secretary of the Treasury.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-24
The Metropolitan Club offers the use of its clubhouse to President Roosevelt and will make him an honorary member.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-26
H. H. Lyman is not too sure what Senator John Raines meant in his statement. Raines led him to believe that his statements were off the record. Lyman and others appreciate the work Commissioner Roosevelt has done enforcing the excise law in a city as large as New York, although there are issues with fake clubs and hotels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1896-11-28