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President Roosevelt informs Anna Roosevelt Cowles that he had “Cuban fever” during his hunt but is relieved to hear William Sheffield Cowles’ own health has improved. Roosevelt has asked Edith to inquire when Whitelaw Reid and his family can spend time with them before they leave.
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1905-05-06
President Roosevelt thanks Edward North Buxton for the information on the game reserves and says he will plan to avoid going into them. He still hopes to be able to take one or two species from outside the reserves, which might otherwise be protected, for the museum. Roosevelt discusses the matter of taking a white man with him on his safari, with a quotation from Frederick Courteney Selous’s recent letter on the topic, and clarifies the role he hopes a guide will play in managing the trip.
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1908-09-12
President Roosevelt asks Edward North Buxton for clarification about hunting guns and safari guides. Roosevelt would likely avoid hunting in the reserves, as the idea bothers him, and he would also like to avoid all press coverage and fanfare while out on Alfred E. Pease’s ranch. He enjoys hearing of Edward North Buxton and Emily Digby Buxton’s life together, and writes that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have spent time over the summer taking rides and going out on the water, while Ted Roosevelt gets ready to go into business. In a postscript, Roosevelt writes that he would like to avoid the reserves completely, but wonders if it would be possible to hunt one or two potentially restricted specimens outside the reserve, for the National Museum.
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1908-09-10
President Roosevelt sends his nephew, Theodore Douglas Robinson, an interesting clipping from Ambassador Whitelaw Reid’s letter about the Olympics. He sends his love to Robinson’s wife Helen Roosevelt Robinson and their children Douglas Robinson and Helen, having thoroughly enjoyed visiting them the previous week.
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1908-08-27
President Roosevelt thanks Lewis Morris Iddings for giving him a letter from F. R. Wingate and says he will write to him at once.
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1908-08-12
President Roosevelt received Acting Secretary of State Adee’s telegram, approves his suggestion, and directs him to send a telegram to Ambassador to Great Britain Whitelaw Reid.
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1907-08-28
President Roosevelt does not need to see diplomat Thomas J. O’Brien ahead of his appointment as ambassador to Japan. Frederik VII, King of Denmark, speaks well of O’Brien.
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1907-08-19
William Loeb has enclosed a letter for Ambassador Whitelaw Reid. If the New York Tribune cannot deliver it, he asks that it be returned unopened.
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1907-01-10
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid was surprised by the enclosed letter from Teresa Stoughton Richardson that President Roosevelt has sent her, stating she has never heard such a story before. Reid updates Roosevelt on the health of both her father, Darius Odgen Mills, and husband, Whitelaw Reid, Ambassador to Great Britian, and looks forward to seeing him when she leaves for Great Britian on The Philadelphia on March 2nd.
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1907-02-20
John R. Carter, secretary of the American Embassy in London, informs Mrs. Whitelaw Reid of her husband’s bout of influenza. Whitelaw Reid, American Ambassador of Great Britian, is in good spirits and implores his wife not to worry.
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1907-02-20
Ambassador Carter, Secretary of the American Embassy in London, thanks President Roosevelt for his letters, and for having his daughter Mildred stay at the White House. Carter discusses the response of the British public and press to the “Jamaica incident.” This likely refers to the inadequate relief provided by British Governor of Jamaica James Alexander Swettenham to Jamaican residents after the Kingston earthquake, and the subsequent intervention by American Rear Admiral C. H. Davis. The reaction in Britain is one of “amazement, indignation, and mortification.” However, Roosevelt’s answers to British Secretary of State for War R. B. Haldane’s and British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Edward Grey’s telegrams “had a most soothing effect.” Carter also references an earlier conversation he and Roosevelt had about Swettenham, in connection with the Panama Canal.
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1907-01-25
Senator Lodge thanks William Loeb for a letter from Whitelaw Reid and encloses a letter to President Roosevelt. Lodge states it was safer to send it to Loeb as letters addressed to Roosevelt are opened.
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1905-06-30
Senator Lodge tells President Roosevelt about the establishment of a big German coaling station in St. Thomas, which indicates that German Emperor William II is “still hankering after those islands.” Lodge recommends quickly buying Greenland. In addition, Lodge recommends replacing Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw, and disagrees with Shaw’s plan for issuing bonds. Lodge comments on various prominent events happening in the United States and the world and explains he is enjoying his time in “this old Italian town,” but is beginning to long for home. He wants to be near Roosevelt and not have to watch from a distance.
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1905-06-10
Ambassador Choate is prepared to officially resign in May, so Whitelaw Reid can become the new ambassador by June 1, 1905.
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1905-02-07
Senator Platt writes to President Roosevelt about the political changes in New York and suggests frequent discussion on the matter. He cautions against offering O’Brien any help because of his attacks on Platt during the Senate race.
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1905-02-03
Joseph Bucklin Bishop reports to President Roosevelt that there is very little support for Seth Low for postmaster. Bishop discusses the appointment of Francis E. Leupp as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Bishop is anxious about Roosevelt’s trip to St. Louis.
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1904-11-21
This cartoon includes depictions of a number of guests at the twentieth anniversary celebration of the Gridiron Club.
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1905-02-09
President Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to say he stands behind the appointment of Whitelaw Reid as Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He also says Bishop was correct about Seth Low and the appointment for Postmaster.
1904-11-23
An article outlines the proceedings of the thanksgiving meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society, celebrating the society’s centenary and the completion of a special fund in honor of the occasion. A portion recounting the speech by American Ambassador Whitelaw Reid which emphasized the close bond between Great Britain and the United States, and reading of a letter from President Roosevelt is highlighted.
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1905-11-08
Edward VII, King of Great Britain, thanks President Roosevelt for the letter, delivered by Ambassador Whitelaw Reid. He has been following the progress of the Great White Fleet in the Pacific, and admires the undertaking. Edward VII agrees that “the interests of the English speaking peoples are alike in the Atlantic & the Pacific,” and empathizes with the questions of immigration and emigration with which Roosevelt has to deal.
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1908-03-05