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Gustav Schmidt asks Theodore Roosevelt for help and advice regarding some real estate deeds that he believes were wrongly sold by the lawyer to whom he had entrusted them for safekeeping.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-20
Thorwald A. A. Siegfriedt believes Theodore Roosevelt favors the initiative more than he admits. Relatedly, he asks Roosevelt’s opinion on the notion that “private property in bare land” is the same as “private property in things created by men” and its relationship to the government functioning for the few instead of the commonwealth.
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1911-04-28
J. W. Thorne describes a property for sale in South Carolina.
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1911-04-03
J. H. Hart wrote Theodore Roosevelt a registered letter, but to ensure he received the proposition, he also sends a copy. He hopes Roosevelt can buy the land in Texas as it would benefit him, Roosevelt, and Roosevelt’s son.
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1911-03-11
Douglas Robinson informs Frank Harper of Ella Nagle’s visit to his office. While he is glad to do anything for Theodore Roosevelt’s friends, her request is impossible to arrange. Robinson asks Harper to communicate this to Nagle.
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1911-01-10
S. Osgood Pell informs Theodore Roosevelt he is offering the “Maxwell property” on Oyster Bay for sale. As it is near Roosevelt’s estate, Pell suggests one of Roosevelt’s friends might be interested in purchasing it.
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1910-12-30
M. H. Navin wants to invest in a dozen house lots in Brookhaven, New York, and asks Theodore Roosevelt for his thoughts.
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1910-01-26
Secretary of State Root sees no objection to passing a law that treats all aliens alike in acquiring and transferring real property. Root tells California Governor Norris that in order to prevent conflict with the Constitution of the United States, the statute should include a provision providing for exceptions relating to rights secured by treaties with foreign nations. Root references several Supreme Court cases with relevant decisions.
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1909-01-25
Augustus F. Austin, Canadian bachelor, introduces himself to President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He leads an active life alone, at his family’s “comfortable country gentleman’s” homestead. Austin testifies he has no vices and is financially well-off. A spouse is his only need, and he expresses an attraction to Ethel Roosevelt. Asking what the Roosevelts think of his proposal, he invites them to visit and be sure of his sincerity.
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1907-11-10
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt to express his dissatisfaction with the site selected for the new Appraiser’s Store in Boston, which Lodge and members of the business community consider to be too far from the Custom House. Lodge was anxious about Maine because of the feeling over prohibition law but was pleased by the results.
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1906-09-12
William Emlen Roosevelt sends President Roosevelt a deed for him and his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, to sign relating to several plots of land. He additionally sends Roosevelt another letter under separate cover relating to a deed of land for Roosevelt’s sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, as well as blueprints of the parcels of lands being sold.
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1906-08-13
Civil Governor Wright of the Philippines writes to Secretary of War Taft telling him about a number of matters concerning the Philippines. Wright has recently been working to resolve the matter of the friar land contracts, which has been complicated by a number of factors. He additionally comments on the vacancies in the Supreme Court of the Philippines, and more broadly about Filipino government officials in general. Wright finally tells Taft about recent banquets welcoming honorary commissioners to the Philippines, and some of the speeches and issues they caused.
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1904-10-14
The Montana Homeseeker provides a narrative history of Pierre Wiebaux–a contemporary of Theodore Roosevelt and the Marquis de Mores–and the W Ranch–located on the border between Montana and North Dakota. While Wibaux made a fortune on cattle, the ranch is now a prime investment location for sheep herders and those in the wool trade, and a company is being organized for investors who would like to get into the business. Maps, photographs, and figures accompany the advertising material, illustrating the area and aspects of the sheep industry.
1906-09
Announcement of an upcoming sale of lots of land in Danville, Illinois. Includes contact information for Charles M. Woodbury.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07
In Washington, D. C., President Roosevelt tells Board of Indian Commissioners member Charles J. Bonaparte, “Now Bonaparte, go right now and stop that,” pointing to an “official land shark” in Indian Territory who holds a “perpetual lease” and tells a Native American, “All you have to do is sign this lease.”
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1903-09
William Emlen Roosevelt sends his cousin, President Roosevelt, a deed from Roosevelt’s sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles. Emlen asks Roosevelt to have Cowles sign the deed and have it acknowledged, and gives some instructions for doing so.
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1906-08-13
Percy H. Russell forwards a letter from Charles Bayer who is selling a house in Oyster Bay which President Roosevelt formerly occupied. Russell inquires whether Roosevelt has any interest in purchasing the property.
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1904-03-03
The “Cedar Hill” estate in Georgia, formerly owned by General Daniel Stewart, is for sale. James S. Groves asks if President Roosevelt would like a tour on his trip to Charleston, South Carolina with a view to purchase.
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1902-02-05
Galen L. Tait has learned that President Roosevelt may be interested in purchasing a property in the northwest suburbs of Washington, D.C., and describes the Fort Bayard property he controls.
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1903-04-14
James S. Groves has purchased a property in southern Georgia known as “Cedar Hill,” which was once owned by President Roosevelt’s ancestors. Groves describes the property and offers to provide Roosevelt with a tour when he travels to Charleston, South Carolina.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-05