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Photograph of John Ellis Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s cousin; his wife, Nannie Vance Roosevelt; Anna Roosevelt; Corinne Roosevelt; Elliott Roosevelt; Theodore Roosevelt; and Isaac Iselin, seated or standing on a porch.
1879-1880
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1900-12-24
New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna detailing his visit to sister Corinne’s home in upstate New York. He describes the entertaining antics of Corinne’s husband Douglas Robinson, playing tennis and croquet, and riding. He ponders buying a farm there, if he was certain he would continue in politics.
1882-09-15
President Roosevelt informs Henry Bazeley Wolryche-Whitmore that Scribner’s has the rights for the book in question, but he has forwarded the letter to them and stated that British publisher John Murray would be satisfactory to him. He assumes Douglas Robinson and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson have recounted the meeting at Jordanville.
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1908-09-04
President Roosevelt celebrates Douglas Robinson’s recent appointment and praises him as the one financier in the family.
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1907-09-27
President Roosevelt tells Kermit that the whole family is looking forward to his visit the following week. He notes that his sister Corinne Robinson and her husband Douglas Robinson have been visiting. Roosevelt says he took Douglas Robinson on a ride with Edith Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. He also notes that their horse Roswell is sensitive to automobiles.
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1906-12-16
William S. Cowles discusses President William H. Taft’s recent speech in Connecticut regarding arbitration. He reports that the crowd was not enthusiastic and believes Taft should have spoken on reciprocity. Afterwards, Cowles and his son, William Sheffield Cowles, had the opportunity to meet Taft.
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1911-09-11
Richard Watson Gilder informs President Roosevelt that Jacob A. Riis and Mary Phillips Riis have just departed after a five-day visit. Gilder observes that it is a marriage of contrasts, but a happy one. He also mentions that George Colman deKay Gilder and Hayden Channing have done well in recent horse races.
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1907-09-17
Anna Roosevelt Cowles has been eager to write to President Roosevelt but knows he is busy. After seeing many of their friends, she updates Roosevelt on their views and the influence of financial ties on his supporters. Cowles has been at a beautiful property called Hill-Stead owned by Alfred Atmore Pope and Ada Brooks Pope, and she feels that such places reflect positively on wealth in America. She updates Roosevelt on William S. Cowles’ trip and on family matters. As a favor to Frederick William Vanderbilt who has been respectful to Roosevelt through everything, Cowles asks if Roosevelt can have Duchess of Manchester Consuelo Montagu for lunch. Douglas Robinson seems to be making a political impact in Herkimer County, and Cowles looks forward to visiting and talking about many things whenever it is convenient for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1907-08-31
John St. Loe Strachey commends President Roosevelt on his recent speech. Strachey’s family still grieves for his son, Thomas C. Strachey, and is grateful for Roosevelt’s kindness. Strachey describes his disappointment in finding a strong socialist majority among the audience at his lecture on socialism’s destructive influence on the family.
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1907-08-26
Ambassador Griscom sends President Roosevelt a memorandum covering his meeting with King Victor Emmanuel III. He tells Roosevelt that he has created a busy schedule for Douglas and Corrine Roosevelt Robinson during their visit to Rome.
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1907-03-28
Lloyd Carpenter Griscom reports on his first meeting with Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy. The king asked Griscom many rapid questions about his age, career, and health. Victor Emmanuel expressed his disdain for Brazil, based on his experience as an arbitrator between that country and British Guiana during a boundary dispute. He also described his upcoming itinerary in Greece and Sicily.
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1907-03-17
Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge would like President Roosevelt to have lunch with Mary B. J. Schieffelin while she visits the Pinchot family in Washington. She misses the Roosevelts.
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1907-02-15
Douglas Robinson tells William Loeb that General Count Arthur Cherep-Spiridovitch, who will be presented to President Roosevelt by Russian Ambassador Roman Rosen, has asked Robinson to write a letter of introduction to Roosevelt. Robinson informed Cherep-Spiridovitch that in accordance with Roosevelt’s request, he does not write letters of introduction. Robinson writes this letter, however, so that when Cherep-Spiridovitch is presented to Roosevelt, Loeb can tell him that Robinson and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson knew Cherep-Spiridovitch in Moscow. Robinson clarifies that they do not know Cherep-Spiridovitch well and that the letter is only written for diplomatic reasons.
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1907-02-08
Douglas Robinson and his wife, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, request the latest photos of President Roosevelt.
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1907-02-02
Colonel Wood sends President Roosevelt photographs from the Robinsons’ recent visit.
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1905-01-20
Douglas Robinson has received the check and will invest it on President Roosevelt’s behalf. Robinson has also received a check from the law firm of Carter and Ledyard. This is an inheritance payment. Robinson will send a ring Ethel Carow Roosevelt wants as soon as it is retrieved from the vault. He and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson enjoyed their trip with Roosevelt to St. Louis, Missouri.
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1904-12-02
Douglas Robinson wires that he and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will travel with President Roosevelt to St. Louis, Missouri, for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
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1904-11-14
Douglas Robinson tells President Roosevelt that he and his wife, Corinne, will be delighted to join him for a trip to St. Louis to see the World’s Fair. Having just wired a telegram with the same message, Robinson learned that the wires were down. He has sent the letter by special delivery.
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1904-11-14
Douglas Robinson writes how pleased he and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will be to visit with President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt at Thanksgiving. Robinson asks if he can travel with Roosevelt to see the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri.
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1904-11-11