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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt regrets not seeing Hugh Smith Thompson. He believes Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jacob A. Riis, and John Robert Procter share Thompson’s “pedestal.” Roosevelt feels he did all he could in New York City.
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1897-04-20
Allen M. Hiller asks Theodore Roosevelt to give a lecture at the New Haven University Extension Centre, offering flexible dates, a warm welcome, and emphasizing the positive impact his visit would have on the community and the program.
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1911-09-12
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1911-12-09
Egan, Maurice Francis, 1852-1924
James Rudolph Garfield’s absence on account of a business trip likely contributed to his defeat for the Ohio Constitutional Convention. Additionally, unlike other candidates, he refused to pledge himself to a specific form of the initiative and referendum or supporting President William H. Taft. He will still do his best to prevent extreme action in the convention but fears it will be difficult to obtain wise action. Garfield comments on national politics and Taft’s chances of being nominated. He hopes to discuss matters with Theodore Roosevelt during his upcoming visit to New York.
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1911-11-13
On behalf of the National Consumers’ League, James P. Heaton asks Theodore Roosevelt to sign the enclosed letter to induce Christmas shoppers to buy early. He lists other individuals to whom they sent the letter.
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1911-11-09
James E. McConnell invites Theodore Roosevelt to address the Congregational Club of Rhode Island on December 11.
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1911-10-30
Albert M. Hyde invites Theodore Roosevelt to the annual “Rally Day” of the largest Congregational Sunday School in Massachusetts.
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1911-09-02
Alfred Bramsen has long followed Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign against “race suicide” and encloses an article on the topic from a different perspective. He also sent a copy to Jacob A. Riis, who can help clarify any issues arising from differences in language.
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1911-08-27
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson thanked Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for her note but has not yet thanked Theodore Roosevelt for his “much valued letter.” She cherishes Roosevelt’s thoughts about her poetry. Henry Cabot Lodge, Edith Wharton, and Jacob A. Riis also praised her work. Corinne thinks one of her recent poems has “lyric charm” and may send it in for publication. Her son, Theodore Douglas Robinson, is working hard on his campaign and appreciates Roosevelt’s words.
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1911-08-03
After reading Theodore Roosevelt’s April 22nd article in The Outlook, E. McIntyre provides him with additional information about tenement house conditions. Anne Harriman Vanderbilt and other philanthropists are trying to build redesigned buildings that are healthier. However, local tenement house departments are preventing them from being built due to the lack of an air shaft. McIntyre says that he knew Roosevelt’s parents.
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1911-07-12
W. J. Dawson is planning a series of lectures to be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Newark, New Jersey, and invites Theodore Roosevelt to be the final speaker. Other speakers include men like Jacob A. Riis and Newell Dwight Hillis, dealing with ethics and public questions.
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1911-06-20
Gilbert S. Cryne writes to Theodore Roosevelt to introduce himself as an old admirer of his policies and work. Cryne has lived in Gladstone, North Dakota since 1882, and he remembers when Roosevelt identified with “cattle interests.” He is close acquaintances with many of Roosevelts former acquaintances and friends, and he has just completed reading Roosevelt’s African Game Trails and Jacob A. Riis’ biography of Roosevelt. He begs Roosevelt’s pardon for addressing him so personally and wishes Roosevelt a long life.
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1911-06-15
Henry E. Rhoades reminisces on the ways in which his journalistic career has intersected with the political work of Theodore Roosevelt. He requests a favor from Roosevelt, hoping the former president can request Rhoades’s commendation from the Secretary of the Navy George von Lengerke Meyer when reporting on proposed Senate bill 2028. The passage of this bill would provide Rhoades with additional pension pay he receives after contracting an illness while in service on the Juniata expedition.
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1911-05-31
Frederic T. Bowers discusses with Theodore Roosevelt the progress made by Archibald B. Roosevelt during his lessons in Algebra, English, and French. Additionally, he mentions that he is teaching Roger Riis, son of Jacob A. Riis.
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1911-05-28
George E. Vincent is visiting with Jacob A. Riis, who hopes Theodore Roosevelt will be at Chautauqua, New York, in the summer. Vincent can arrange a meeting with Roscoe Pound if Roosevelt is attending.
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1911-04-24
William Simon U’Ren reports to Theodore Roosevelt that Oregon widely approves his speech, save for the issue of recall.
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1911-04-14
While in Salem, Oregon, Virgil L. Lloyd suggests Theodore Roosevelt mention Jacob A. Riis’s upcoming lecture to help increase attendance.
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1911-04-05
Shannon William and members of the pediatric section of the New York Academy of Medicine heard that Theodore Roosevelt recently reviewed the tenement housing conditions with Jacob A. Riis. They prefer the health benefits afforded by the “open stair” type of housing and hope to support their widespread adoption. William invites Roosevelt to attend their conference.
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1911-03-29
Elmer E. Harriman recently heard Theodore Roosevelt speak in California, and writes to tell him how much he approves of Roosevelt’s ideas. Harriman had the opportunity to speak with Jacob Riis, and while he was interested in Roosevelt previously, he became even more so after the conversation and reading Riis’s book. Harriman is glad to share Roosevelt’s ideals, and that he has had the opportunity to help further them in California.
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1911-03-22
Henry Meade Bland sends Theodore Roosevelt a picture showing their mutual friend Jacob A. Riis, along with several authors. Bland additionally has a letter of greeting from Riis for Roosevelt, but is unfortunately unable to deliver it to him in person, as he has been detained by his duties at San Jose Normal School.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-23