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A. H. Avery invites President Roosevelt to make two Chautauqua assembly speeches in Iowa for one thousand dollars, giving bank deposit and train schedule details.
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1908-08-14
Edward North Buxton provides President Roosevelt with extensive details and advice regarding his upcoming African safari, including: boots, rifle stocks, and rifle and sights Buxton is ordering; the logistical benefits of using Alfred E. Pease’s farm as a base from which to make smaller excursions; routes and timings for various side trips; the logistical benefits of two six-week excursions over one long three month excursion from Pease’s farm; the different types of country and where different types of game may be found; shipping and suppliers; opening a line of credit with Smith, Mackenzie & Co Ltd to purchase necessities in Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-09
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, unbeknownst to her husband Douglas Robinson, asks President Roosevelt if it would be possible for him to attend the dedication of a “little Memorial Library to Mr. & Mrs. Robinson” in Jordanville, NY (now the Jordanville Public Library). Many more trains are available to make the trip than before. She says it is Douglas Robinson’s dearest wish, but he will not ask Roosevelt himself as he feels Roosevelt is already too busy. She understands if Roosevelt is unable to attend.
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1908-07-22
New York Representative Parsons confirms a scheduled appointment with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill. Parsons will be uncomfortable with New York City Postmaster William R. Willcox in attendance, as he will be naming Willcox’s successor. This topic has been the subject of negative press coverage and pressure from businessmen to appoint Edward M. Morgan. Parsons returns several letters to William Loeb.
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1907-07-02
President Roosevelt thanks Superintendent Hughart for arranging the train travel for Roosevelt’s trip in Puerto Rico.
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1906-11-23
Vice President Mohler of the Union Pacific Railroad Company describes to William Loeb the scene at the Omaha train station, where the sheriff, deputy sheriff, and 300 people had gathered to see President Roosevelt’s party pass through. The presidential party suddenly changed their travel plans and bypassed Omaha, likely in order to avoid Loeb being served legal papers by a woman name Mae Catherine Wood. Mohler explains that the people were disappointed, but he and many others are glad that Wood did not have an opportunity to achieve her purpose. Mohler believes that “no ill will is engendered toward the party,” and the handling of this incident will prove an effective lesson for the future.
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1905-05-10
Frank Swett Black would like to schedule a time to meet with President Roosevelt. Black has recently arrived from New Hampshire and plans to return soon.
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1904-07-25
Egbert N. Kirby, Mayor of Abilene, Texas, insists that Theodore Roosevelt briefly stop to greet his friends and admirers on his journey through Texas.
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1911-03-14
Kirby, Egbert N. (Egbert Newell), 1865-1949
Anna Roosevelt Cowles invites John Wallace Riddle to visit. The visit will be quiet as Admiral Cowles will be in Washington, D.C.
1911-05-22
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary tells Hiram Johnson that Roosevelt is in Syracuse, New York, for the William Barnes libel suit. The secretary details Roosevelt’s plans for his upcoming trip to San Francisco, and asks Johnson to help ensure that Roosevelt’s visit to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in that city not overlap with that of President Woodrow Wilson or William H. Taft.
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1915-05-06
Frank Harper informs Oscar K. Davis about Theodore Roosevelt’s scheduling and railroad tickets. The Newspaper Enterprise Association has decided to support the Progressive Party.
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1912-08-17
Benjamin F. Montgomery writes to William Loeb to inform him that he has enclosed rail tickets for Loeb, and informs him of a minor error made by the Pennsylvania Railroad regarding point of departure for one set of tickets.
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1903-07-14
Theodore N. Ely confirms that a private car has been designated to carry the Roosevelt family from Jersey City, New Jersey, to Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901