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Thomas R. Lounsbury informs President Roosevelt that he will let him know when the Cooper committee needs the president’s assistance in erecting a monument. Lounsbury also accepts an invitation to visit the White House, especially since he has recently become an emeritus professor and is able to travel more now.
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1907-09-13
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling submits his letter of resignation to President Roosevelt and announces he will retire after four years of service.
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1905-02-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say he has received a letter from his friend Frederick Selous and he feels sorry for him being so unhappy. Roosevelt says that, unlike him, Selous cannot be happy just retiring to his home. He says that he is ready to send Kermit’s article “The sheep of the desert” to some publishers. Roosevelt gives updates on the family: Archie shot a crow, Quentin must have his tonsils out, and Ethel had Billy Appleton over.
1911-09-11
Photograph of ranger William Doudna, chief of interpretation, taken during a retirement ceremony inside the South Unit visitor center of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1965-11-09
George B. Cortelyou requests that William Loeb ask President Roosevelt to authorize Loeb to wire Secretary of War William H. Taft concerning the retirement of Major Henry A. Barber, who is to be replaced by Edward S. Fowler.
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1904-07-26
David B. Hill appears as a farm wife feeding chickens, geese, and pigs. Vignette scenes show Hill working the farm, shopping, and pontificating to a group of hayseed farmers. The final scene shows Hill in bed receiving the “Presidential Nomination” from Columbia.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-02-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes to introduce Douglas Robinson to Aaron H. Appel, a member of the United States Army Medical Corps who is retiring after 30 years. Roosevelt can speak to Appel’s character.
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1911-10-10
Theodore Roosevelt values Judge John Carter Rose’s opinion of him and acknowledges the many causes he and Carter have accomplished over their 27-year acquaintance. Roosevelt discusses his contentment in retiring from public life because he has worked very hard and has accomplished much in 30 years. Roosevelt is content with non-political work, such as writing for The Outlook and earning a salary sufficient to support his family and his sons’ education. He declines 100 percent of requests for political work and does not feel obligated to take on “big work” for the sake of “big work,” preferring to remain out of public life
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1911-07-20
President Roosevelt congratulates Harvard University president Charles William Eliot on a long and successful career on the occasion of his retirement. He also invites Eliot and his wife to attend the Judiciary dinner and stay at the White House on January 28.
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1908-11-23
President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that he has heard nothing except from Lodge’s telegram about U. S. Navy Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans’s retirement.
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1906-11-05
President Roosevelt will not speak to anyone about the matter involving the retirement of Commissioner of Education William Torrey Harris that Columbia University President Butler wrote to him about. In the meantime, he will commit to Professor Elmer Ellsworth Brown as a candidate to replace Harris, unless Butler thinks that Maurice Francis Egan, another potential candidate, would be better.
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1906-05-11
Chief Justice of the Court of Claims Nott is about to retire, and President Roosevelt praises and thanks him for his years of service in public life.
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1905-12-19
President Roosevelt personally knows Captain Henry A. Barber and supports Barber’s request to be promoted to major and retired due to an injured leg. He asks Secretary of War Taft to examine the matter.
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1904-02-01
President Roosevelt has a very low opinion of General Nelson Appleton Miles and it did not even occur to him to send Miles a letter upon his retirement. Roosevelt finds Miles to be self-interested and considers his time as an officer to be filled with “treachery and misconduct.”
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1903-08-24
President Roosevelt knows nothing about the proposed retirement and will consult with Secretary of State Hay.
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1901-11-02
With his retirement approaching, Surveyor of the Port in Boston Jeremiah J. McCarthy reflects upon his term in office, and thanks Theodore Roosevelt for appointing him to the position twice. He fondly recalls meeting Roosevelt and hopes he is reelected.
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1911-04-06
Internal Revenue Service Collector Samuel J. Roberts sends Theodore Roosevelt a card “as a sort of official farewell.” Roberts is leaving his office after having held it for thirteen years, but emphasizes the good will between him and the man who will hold it next. Roberts plans to devote his time in the future to his newspaper, The Lexington Leader.
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1910-08
Harvard President Charles William Eliot thanks President Roosevelt for the letter congratulating him on his retirement. He notes that Roosevelt is leaving the presidency 25 years younger than him, and that after his trip to Africa, he will be able to “vigorously” take up another task. Eliot regrets that he and his wife cannot visit on January 28.
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1908-11-24
Senator Lodge believes nothing more can be done on President Roosevelt’s part in Representative Augustus Peabody Gardner’s campaign. Roosevelt has no need to worry because the newspapers are printing inaccurate accounts that are not believable. Lodge requests that Roosevelt seriously consider appointing the Atlantic Fleet’s second in command to operate the fleet in the event of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans’s retirement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-02
Nicholas Murray Butler tells Theodore Roosevelt that William Torrey Harris, upon his retirement from the Bureau of Education, has accepted the first retiring allowance of the Carnegie Foundation for his service to American education. Butler enthusiastically supports the appointment of Professor Elmer Ellsworth Brown of Berkeley, California, to replace Harris at the respectful time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-08