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Dan M. Norris and the members of the San Diego High School Boys Walking Club invite Theodore Roosevelt to visit the city to see “what rich promise we hold” and to get “certain inspiration of your personality,” which Jacob Riis recently spoke about.
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1911-03-17
John C. Richberg sends Theodore Roosevelt a statement made by Professor Mangasar M. Mangasarian, in which Mangasarian spoke very highly of Roosevelt. In his speech, Mangasarian compared William Jennings Bryan with Roosevelt, saying that while Bryan “Always had in mind to make a finished oration, in order that it might reflect credit upon himself,” Roosevelt was not concerned with his personal impression, but spoke sincerely in what he believed was in the best interests of his audience and country.
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1911-02-27
D. C. Sigsbee shares that there was applause when Jacob Riis mentioned Theodore Roosevelt’s name during his speech.
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1911-01-18
Ethel Marie Armes appreciates Frank Harper’s letter on behalf of Theodore Roosevelt thanking her for her book The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama. Her second book is delayed, and she hopes Harper will show it to Roosevelt as soon as it is delivered.
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1910-09-27
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1910-01-18
Salisbury, William A. (William Alexander), 1875-1943
Maurice Francis Egan, Minister to Denmark, sends a copy of the Danish magazine Varden, which mentions President Roosevelt. Egan also sends a copy of a sonnet that he wrote which was published in Collier’s Weekly, and which a Danish magazine offered a prize for a translation. He believes that the recent financial and ministerial changes in Denmark, along with the fallout from a scandal involving Danish politician Peter Adler Alberti, have made the people more serious. Egan tells Roosevelt that he is pleased with the result of the election, which he followed largely through reports in French and English newspapers.
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1908-11-23
At President Roosevelt’s request, Minister to Denmark Egan visited Vigo Peterson, a former sailor on the Mayflower, in the hospital. Peterson is in good spirits, although he will be crippled for life. Egan discusses the political situation in Denmark and Norway, where democratic ideas are gaining ground. However, socialism is also gaining ground in Norway. Egan also takes note of the social conditions, and has spoken with religious leaders about issues like suicide and illegitimate births.
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1908-10-16
William Emlen Roosevelt encloses a letter from Henry K. McHarg, who is a friend of Jacob A. Riis. He has no personal investment in the judgeship he writes about, but feels duty-bound to inform President Roosevelt about the reputation of the candidate. William Emlen Roosevelt hopes Ted Roosevelt is okay with his sore throat, and says that his mother is looking forward to seeing Edith.
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1908-04-24
John Phoenix Moore Richards will be happy to visit the White House the first time he is in Washington, although he admits at first he dreaded breaking the ice. He invites President Roosevelt to visit him and go fishing out west when he is no longer in office.
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1908-01-22
G. P. Putnam & Sons confirms with William Loeb the inscription on a set of President Roosevelt’s works that is to be given to Jacob A. Riis.
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1907-06-29
As part of the celebration of Cooperstown’s centennial, Brander Matthews is to prepare a speech on James Fenimore Cooper. Matthews asks if Roosevelt has any thoughts to add on his admiration for Cooper aside from what Jacob Riis has already said. Matthews recalls some of Roosevelt’s criticisms of what Cooper wrote about Native Americans.
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1907-05-06
Charles Sprague Smith spoke with Nicholas Murray Butler, and thinks Charles Evans Hughes’s campaign for governor of New York is in good shape. They tried to enlist Jacob A. Riis’s help, but he is unwilling to help due to a newspaper attack on his friend Richard Watson Gilder. Smith also believes that the Republicans should enlist the help of rabbis to help convince Jewish voters.
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1906-10-29
Richard Watson Gilder thanks President Roosevelt for his kind words about Gilder’s anti-Hearst letter. Gilder notes that Jacob Riis has procured the printing of his own fierce letter in the New York East Side Jewish papers on a daily basis until the election. Gilders says the Republicans have the millionaire back roads well-beaten.
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1906-10-27
Richard Watson Gilder wonders whether it would be valuable if Secretary of War William H. Taft would let The Century have an article regarding the upcoming revision of the tariff, but is unsure of whether he should ask him. Gilder would like to publish articles that present both sides of the issue.
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1906-06-23
Postmaster General Cortelyou informs President Roosevelt of the activities of the Roosevelt Boys’ Club in San Francisco.
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1906-05-28
George Edward Graham writes to President Roosevelt regarding the Roosevelt Home Club and the purchase of the Roosevelt homestead. The Club’s aim is to restore the home to the condition it was in when Roosevelt was born. Graham lists the names of individuals who are contributing to the objectives and acknowledges Roosevelt’s stance on the issue.
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1906-01-13
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes requested the resignation of four revenue agents, including George Wheelock. President Roosevelt wrote Yerkes to reconsider encouraging Wheelock’s resignation and Wheelock has refused the request. Wheelock was the most inefficient agent and his resignation will be encouraged unless President Roosevelt demands he stay.
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1905-08-16
William Allen White tells President Roosevelt that Governor Folk has been working towards enforcing various laws in Missouri and has gathered the strength to do so from Roosevelt’s essay on enforcing laws in New York City.
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1905-07-16
Dr. Lambert updates President Roosevelt about the status of Jacob Riis’s wife, Elisabeth, saying she is “very ill.”
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1905-05-17
Dr. Lambert updates President Roosevelt on the status of Jacob Riis’s wife, Elisabeth. She has relapsed.
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1905-05-18