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Douglas Robinson is interested in purchasing the land for the site of a new post office in New York and the land for a potential expansion of the navy yard. However, he will not make an effort if it will embarrass President Roosevelt or bring charges of nepotism.
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1902-01-20
Secretary of the Treasury Gage calls President Roosevelt’s attention to his protege, the violinist Florizel von Reuter. Roosevelt had agreed to receive and listen to the young violinist after consulting with Mrs. Roosevelt.
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1902-01-22
Samuel Hill enjoyed his time in Washington, D.C. He compliments President Roosevelt on his success as President and Mrs. Roosevelt on her handling of the White House household.
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1902-01-14
Basic information on Vice President Roosevelt’s marriages and children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Judge Parker must decline President Roosevelt’s invitation for January 7 due to other engagements but takes the opportunity to wish the Roosevelts a happy New Year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-02
Theodore N. Ely confirms that a private car has been designated to carry the Roosevelt family from Jersey City, New Jersey, to Washington, D.C.
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1901
Baron von Herman, agricultural expert of the German embassy, has been transferred to Germany and would like to pay his respects to President and Mrs. Roosevelt before his departure.
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1901-12-17
Henry Bazeley Wolryche-Whitmore sends a book he is editing about the Royal Navy. President Roosevelt has proven popular with the British press and Wolryche-Whitmore will be traveling to the United States in January.
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1901-12-17
Teresa Richardson discusses shopping with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and the latter buying a garment that is blue, not white. Edith was concerned that it was “unsuited to her years” but Richardson claims she looks “young and girlish and pretty in it.” She hopes that President Roosevelt will like it the way that she does.
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1901-12-03
S. Grosvenor Porter was given a gun by Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, President Roosevelt’s uncle, and he would like to gift the gun to Roosevelt. The gun is from the Paris Exposition of 1868.
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1901-12-06
William Allen White encloses two articles by Victor Murdock from the Wichita Kansas Eagle. He also has several books he would like President Roosevelt to autograph which will be Christmas presents for his political friends in Kansas.
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1901-12-06
James Grant Wilson requests a few lines from President Roosevelt for a new Edition of the Presidents. There will also be a small section about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Proofs of the article will be sent to Roosevelt before it goes to press.
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1901-11-22
Mary Curzon believes that President Roosevelt will be a “wonderful boon to the country.” She and other Americans who live abroad anticipate a “glorious presidency.”
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1901-11-24
Mrs. Clayton S. Harris would like to take studio photographs of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and President Roosevelt.
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1901-11-20
August Belmont has returned and would be pleased to meet with President Roosevelt. Douglas and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson enjoyed Roosevelt’s visit.
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1901-11-09
Joseph B. Tiffany requests details on President Roosevelt’s order of an upright piano from Steinway & Sons. He suggests that a grand piano may suit Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt better than an upright.
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1901-11-09
St. Clair McKelway requests a meeting with President Roosevelt. He does not want to “influence policy or appointments” but hopes to educate himself.
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1901-11-11
Jacob A. Riis asks if he and his wife can visit President Roosevelt at the White House. He recently was able to see Ted Roosevelt at Groton School. On November 17, Riis will be giving a speech about Roosevelt in Carnegie Hall.
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1901-11-04
Owen Wister describes his recent work for General Wilson’s book The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914. He is writing the section about President Roosevelt and has refused Wilson’s request to include a short piece about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. The work has taken many hours, although it was difficult to create an appropriate tone in such a short piece.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-05
Myron T. Herrick tried to meet with President Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., but Roosevelt was occupied. He hopes to meet with Roosevelt within the next two weeks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-06