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Brander Matthews sends President Roosevelt an article and pamphlet. Matthews admires Roosevelt’s ability to persuade others to “give over fighting” and hopes the president can get some real rest ahead of the “hour of struggle.”
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1905-06-11
President Roosevelt and the Republican elephant sit relaxed in hammocks with Roosevelt reading a quotation from Plutarch: “Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.”
The Washington Herald‘s Jack H. Smith employed a graphic meme that was an easy fallback for some political cartoonists, or an occasional specialty of some editorial cartoonists: illustrating a headline or general state of affairs rather than advocating a point of view or persuading readers through attacks or encomia.
Photograph of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees resting during a break at a project site in the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area. The photograph is part of a three-binder set of pictures taken by Chandler D. Fairbank, Civilian Conservation Corps North Unit foreman at the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area, taken between 1936 and 1937.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1936-1937
President Roosevelt is glad Jacob A. Riis is resting and tells him not to begin lecturing too soon. Although Roosevelt believes he has done the “southern brother” some good, Roosevelt does not think he will be kindly regarded until he is dead. The president hopes to see Riis and his wife, Elisabeth D. Riis, at his inauguration.
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1905-01-29
President Roosevelt encourages Attorney General Moody to get plenty of rest. If he is able, Roosevelt would encourage him to be personally involved in the beef trust business, but says he can decide whether to take or reject his advice. He is pleased at the outcome of the negotiations at Portsmouth; he has had a great deal of worry about them over the past several months.
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1905-08-31
President Roosevelt tells Clara Louise Stone Hay that Secretary of State John Hay needs to rest this summer. Roosevelt promises to “handle the whole business of the State Department” himself during the summer. The president will use William Lawrence Penfield as his assistant when First Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis is away.
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1905-06-12
President Roosevelt asks Lydia Wood Van Dyke Payne, wife of Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, how her husband is doing and expresses his hope that they both get some rest.
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1904-03-18
President Roosevelt has found that a day of rest is essential and demanded by both civilization and Christianity.
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1904-02-10
John Byrne thanks Francis C. Travers for the note that contained Judge John Thomas McDonough’s letter, and is pleased with President Roosevelt’s expression of confidence. Byrne’s next article will be on imperialism and the Philippines. Bryne needs a long rest, and asks Travers not to make any plans for him at Oyster Bay for two weeks. A note from Travers issues instructions not to make any appointments for Byrne until he comes back from the sea.
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1904-08-24
James Bryce sends his good wishes and hopes President Roosevelt will get some rest before his campaign. Bryce mentions that they may be in America in September and October, when they would hope to see Roosevelt.
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1904-07-22
Senator Lodge expects that the Democrats have nominated Alton B. Parker as their presidential candidate, and he believes Roosevelt and the Republicans can win the election easily. Lodge discusses several planks of the Republican platform and how they may affect the election.
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1904-07-09
President Roosevelt has read Dean Hurlbut’s letter regarding Ted Roosevelt’s unexcused absence from Harvard University to the “harum-scarum individual.” Roosevelt explains that Ted has been recovering from injuries sustained from football and an elevator accident at home, as per his doctors’ advice. Roosevelt instructed Ted to write to Hurlbut, though Ted claims he already sent a letter. If there is anything else Roosevelt can do, Hurlbut should let him know.
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1907-12-04
Theodore Roosevelt cannot meet with James Andrew Drain. He will be taking a six week break and then campaigning until election day.
1914-07-06
Theodore Roosevelt jokes that one day’s rest in seven is enough. He hopes to see John Campbell Greenway in Bisbee, Arizona, next spring.
1910-08-16
Photograph of a group of Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees taking a break at a job site within the Roosevelt Recreation Demonstration Area.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1935
Governor Roosevelt has been advised by his doctor to rest his throat. Roosevelt would like Frederick William Holls to bring Andrew Dickson White over for lunch. Roosevelt states that he “can not get any real rest,” noting that many people come to visit him.
1900-07-31
Senator Hanna has been ordered by his doctor to rest, and his speaking engagements have been canceled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-12