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President Roosevelt enjoyed having Assistant Dean of Harvard College William R. Castle as a guest. Archibald B. Roosevelt is recovering, although there are concerns of after effects.
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1907-03-12
President Roosevelt thanks Raphael A. Dimayuga and the members of the Filipino Club for their sympathy for Archibald B. Roosevelt’s illness. He is improving.
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1907-03-12
President Roosevelt appreciates that Captain Killilea remembered him and that the New York City police force felt sympathy for Archibald B. Roosevelt’s illness.
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1907-03-12
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Philander C. Knox and his wife. Archibald B. Roosevelt is improving.
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1907-03-12
President Roosevelt informs Jacob A. Riis that Archibald B. Roosevelt is recovering. The family was anxious and his illness was difficult for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1907-03-12
President Roosevelt informs Clayton Rockhill that Archibald B. Roosevelt is improving. Rockhill’s cousin is doing well abroad.
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1907-03-12
President Roosevelt is glad that William Emlen Roosevelt will visit. He approves of William’s plan to stay with the Keans and spend the days at the White House. Archibald B. Roosevelt is improving.
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1907-03-12
President Roosevelt informs James R. Sheffield that Archibald B. Roosevelt is improving.
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1907-03-12
President Roosevelt acknowledges Adolphus S. Solomons’s letter. Archibald B. Roosevelt is improving.
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1907-03-12
President Roosevelt thanks Philip Battell Stewart and Frances Cowles Stewart for the telegram. Archibald B. Roosevelt is improving.
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1907-03-12
President Roosevelt informs his son Kermit about Kermit’s brother Archie’s illness and how the family has dealt with it.
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1907-03-03
President Roosevelt has heard from his sons Quentin and Archie that there is legislation being considered which would lengthen the school day in the District of Columbia. Roosevelt asks Henry B. F. Macfarland for information about the bill, which he opposes.
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1907-02-16
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit about his mother’s and siblings’ lives, as well as the legislative progress he has made recently. Roosevelt has had difficulties with California, Japan, and Panama. He agrees with Kermit about the merits of Mark Twain and Robert Browning and their use of history as a narrative tool.
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1906-02-16
President Roosevelt asks Endicott Peabody, rector of Groton School, if he would admit Archibald B. Roosevelt on the recommendation of Thomas W. Sidwell, rather than requiring him to take the normal Groton entrance exams. Peabody arranged for Kermit Roosevelt to be admitted this way, and although Roosevelt does not think Archie will do as well at Groton as his older brother, he still believes he “will succeed.”
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1907-02-12
President Roosevelt pens his son Kermit Roosevelt with updates about the family’s activities over the previous weekend, including rides on the presidential yacht and hikes with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. He is especially gushing about his wife, and Kermit’s mother, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s aptitude for physical activity and general intelligence. Roosevelt goes on to describe his trouble responding to the San Francisco Board of Eduction’s attempt to remove Japanese students from schools. He believes that the general distain for the Japanese among Americans on the Pacific Coast, stemming from labor disputes and racism, is to blame. Congress’ refusal to fund new fortifications in Hawaii and the Philippines has added to Roosevelt’s woes in the region.
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1907-02-04
President Roosevelt intends that his son Archibald B. Roosevelt will enter the Groton School in September.
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1907-02-07
President Roosevelt is confident that his son Archibald B. Roosevelt will pass his exams in the Spring, but sends the enclosed to Thomas W. Sidwell to ensure his son’s success.
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1907-02-07
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit Roosevelt on the comings and goings of the White House and his thoughts on a recent article that appeared in Outing. Roosevelt had hoped to keep his upcoming visit to Groton School and Harvard University private, but it has leaked. He is having difficulties resolving the segregation of Japanese students from San Fransisco schools and the resulting diplomatic tensions, but has decided immigration from Japan must be curtailed.
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1907-02-09
President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt that he has written to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and encloses a program for a recent dinner. Roosevelt relates to his son news from home, including the stories he is currently reading to Archie and Quentin. He speaks of his impending Nobel Prize and informs Kermit that he must reject the corresponding cash reward as long as he is in office, although he regrets that he would not be able to use the money to benefit Kermit and his siblings.
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1906-12-05
President Roosevelt apologizes to Baron Kaneko for failing to reply to his “very courteous letter.” Roosevelt sometimes shares his letters from “Japanese friends” with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and William Sturgis Bigelow, and perhaps it was not returned to Roosevelt in order to make a timely and appropriate reply. Roosevelt treasures the armor given to him by Emperor of Japan Meiji stating “it will be an heirloom for my children’s children.” Roosevelt wishes the Baron and his family well and shares news about his children and other current affairs.
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1906-10-10