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President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit on activities at Sagamore Hill and upcoming activities as the family soon returns to the White House.
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1906-10-14
President Roosevelt updates Dean of Harvard College Hurlbut on his son Theodore Roosevelt’s well-being after returning home in need of comfort and rest after his arrest. Roosevelt believes that Ted is defending his friend and fellow Harvard student Shaun Kelly by choosing not to press charges against the policemen who wrongfully held and struck Ted. Roosevelt also wants to forgo any further charges because he wants Ted to remain focused on his schoolwork, and wishes him to remain out of future public scrutiny.
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1906-10-07
President Roosevelt has written to Lieutenant Governor of New York Timothy L. Woodruff as Father Belford has requested. Roosevelt wishes that Belford would bring Judge William J. Carr to visit this winter and sends his warm regards to the young Carrs and Bannins, and reports that his son Archibald B. Roosevelt’s football team are now practicing at the White House grounds.
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1906-10-09
President Roosevelt congratulates Walter Camp, an American football player, and shares that his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt’s football team is now playing on the White House grounds.
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1906-10-09
President Roosevelt received John E. McBeth’s letter from James Martin of the New York Tribune. He did not show it to Archibald B. Roosevelt as he feels excess attention is not good for “small boys.” However, Roosevelt thoroughly enjoyed it and sends his regards to McBeth’s son.
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1906-09-14
President Roosevelt updates Kermit Roosevelt on the family’s recent activities. In particular, Quentin Roosevelt is eager to attend Fay School, much to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s sorrow at seeing him leave home.
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1906-09-23
President Roosevelt asks Groton School Rector Endicott Peabody if Quentin Roosevelt is registered for the 1909 term.
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1906-09-24
President Roosevelt promises his cousin William Emlen Roosevelt that he will look over the survey so they can discuss it. He sincerely thanks Emlen for taking Archibald B. Roosevelt out boating.
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1906-09-24
Even though it “is an awfully nice note,” President Roosevelt tells James Martin that he will not show it to Archibald B. Roosevelt as he does not want him “to get [a] big head[s].” However, he will thank John E. McBeth.
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1906-09-14
President Roosevelt is sorry, but not surprised, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt did not find any bears given the weather. The naval review “was really a great sight,” especially for Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt, who is devoted to the water and the navy. Roosevelt wishes he was out in the wilderness.
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1906-09-04
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit Roosevelt, who is currently on a trip in the Dakotas, and reminisces about his own time there. Life at Sagamore Hill is pleasant, and Roosevelt updates Kermit on the comings and goings and activities happening around the place.
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1906-08-18
President Roosevelt tells Captain Albert Gleaves that if his son, Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt wishes, and Gleaves approves, that Archie can stay over on Wednesday.
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1906-08-06
President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge about his vacation, and comments that “the secret service men are a very small but very necessary thorn in the flesh.” While they would not prevent an assassin, Roosevelt believes, they help keep sightseers away. Roosevelt will try to help the Congressional Committee in the fall, but feels that there will be a number of tough elections coming up.
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1906-08-06
President Roosevelt asks Commander Gleaves to have his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, take the train on Thursday to arrive at Bridgeport about 3:00, where he will be met by the presidential yacht Sylph.
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1906-08-07
President Roosevelt asks his sister, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, to tell her husband, Rear Admiral William Sheffield Cowles, that he will consider appointing John A. Mudd, but is not so favorably inclined towards appointing him because of his tendency to promote himself. Roosevelt likes Chinese Ambassador Liang Cheng, and thinks he will be a good influence on China. He is pleased to hear about Cowles’s son William Sheffield Cowles, and promises to try to teach Kermit Roosevelt, who is Sheffield’s companion, some tennis also.
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1906-07-10
President Roosevelt asks Alexander Lambert to bring a scalpel and freezing apparatus when he visits tomorrow, as he has a boil that he may need looked at. Roosevelt mentions that his son Archie is also somewhat unwell, and that he would like Lambert to examine him too. Roosevelt jokingly says, “Now, I guess you will be sorry that you are coming to pay us a visit! I am forcing you to combine business with pleasure.”
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1906-07-11
President Roosevelt commends his daughter Ethel Roosevelt on her letter to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, saying that it told them “just what we wanted to know.” He is glad that Archibald B. Roosevelt had a nice visit with William Emlen Roosevelt and Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt. Roosevelt is glad to hear Ethel’s opinion about the changes made to Sagamore Hill, and looks forward to seeing them himself. Edith is feeling better, but Roosevelt’s ankle is not yet fully recovered.
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1906-06-11
President Roosevelt tells Gustav V. Glebe that, “I never saw a happier boy than Archie was when he appeared with the St. Bernard puppy in his arms,” and thanks him for the gift.
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1906-06-13
President Roosevelt was glad to get a letter from his daughter, Ethel Roosevelt, and is pleased that she likes her new room at Sagamore Hill. Roosevelt looks forward to getting there himself soon. He was interested in reading what Ethel wrote about several horses, but comments that he himself has not been able to do much riding or get other exercise because of an injured ankle. He has more stories to tell Ethel when he sees her in person.
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1906-06-13
President Roosevelt updates his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles on the progress of several bills moving through Congress. The railroad rate bill has passed “in fine shape,” but he anticipates a struggle over the Panama Canal. Secretary of State Elihu Root will host an Indian prince and princess who Ambassador Whitelaw Reid wrote to him about, but Roosevelt is still navigating diplomatic considerations with England, who “would like us to be attentive to them, but not too attentive.” Roosevelt recently received a gift of samurai armor from the Japanese Emperor. He enjoyed the recent visit of Cowles’s son, William Sheffield Cowles, and gives some details on his own young sons, Archibald B. Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt.
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1906-05-20