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James K. Probey has heard that President Roosevelt was interested in purchasing a carriage for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He encloses a photograph of a “very fine Rubber tire carriage” and offers it to Roosevelt for a price far below what it usually sells for. Probey can send the carriage over for inspection.
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1901-11-06
William Hooper has remembered the name of the individual they spoke of at dinner, Mr. Redfern. Hooper notes that Senator William B. Allison and Hooper’s father-in-law, C. E. Perkins, are good friends. If Roosevelt needs to understand the sentiment south of the Platte River, Perkins could be of help. Hooper apologizes for any mistakes in etiquette when he called on Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1901-11-07
New York Life Insurance Company life insurance application partially completed by President Roosevelt.
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1901-11-07
Albert von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny requests advice on how to meet with President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He asks if he should leave some of his cards at the White House.
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1901-10-29
Owen Wister asks Theodore Roosevelt for help on an entry on Roosevelt that will be included in a book about United States presidents. He does not know what to include about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1901-10-31
Alfons Mumm regrets that his congratulations on President Roosevelt’s succession to such a high office come at the death of William McKinley. He believes Roosevelt would have become president in three years if McKinley had not been assassinated.
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1901-11-01
Prayers from President Roosevelt’s old home church are being offered weekly for him, his duties, and his family.
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1901-10-25
Adelbert Moot congratulates President Roosevelt for inviting Booker T. Washington to the White House. Moot believes Roosevelt’s conduct will have a great impact on the country.
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1901-10-25
William Emlen Roosevelt wishes President Roosevelt a happy birthday. He believes the people are in sympathy with Roosevelt and William Emlen is full of advice.
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1901-10-27
William A. Laund has heard that President Roosevelt never received his letter. Laund wanted to visit Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, but his traveling companion’s wife became ill and they were unable to travel.
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1901-10-27
Winston Churchill and his wife will arrive in Washington, D.C., on November 16 and hope to pay their respects to President Roosevelt. He wishes he could have heard Roosevelt’s speech at Yale University.
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1901-10-29
Pierre de Margerie, the charge d’affaires at the French embassy, would like to call upon President Roosevelt. De Margerie and his wife would also like to visit Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt at her convenience.
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1901-10-29
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt regarding the possible appointment to assistant paymaster in the army of Octavius Longworth Pruden, which had been intended by President McKinley. If Pruden is promoted and a vacancy in his place as assistant secretary ensues, Lodge would like to propose someone. Lodge also tells Roosevelt that “everyone, literally everyone is with you heart & soul on this Booker Washington matter.” Lodge is disappointed by the southern reaction to the dinner and hopes they will learn.
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1901-10-19
Douglas Robinson believes that President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt should sign over their preferred stock in the United States Leather Company to Kilbreth & Farr so that it may be sold. Robinson states that Roosevelt should move his investments from industrial stocks to bonds.
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1901-10-24
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt relays Robert Croker’s opinion of President Roosevelt’s dinner with Booker T. Washington. Croker believes the dinner was an excellent political move and will secure one hundred votes for every vote it lost.
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1901-10-25
Abram S. Hewitt regrets that his family and the Roosevelt family have drifted apart. However, he has always maintained an interest in President Roosevelt’s career. Since Roosevelt is currently involved in reciprocity policy, Hewitt encloses the text of a speech he delivered on the subject in 1886.
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1901-10-15
Cartoon decrying President Roosevelt hosting and eating dinner with Booker T. Washington at the White House on October 16, 1901.
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1901
Anna Roosevelt Cowles appreciates the trouble President Roosevelt is taking to come visit her. Her neighbors are “in a flutter of excitement” and offering services during his stay. She outlines plans for the day, including a “beautiful tramp” with Alice if the weather is good and a quiet evening for them to visit.
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1901-10-16
The November issue of The Vermonter will focus on President Roosevelt and his recent visit to Vermont. Charles S. Forbes would like to include the text of one of Roosevelt’s Vermont speeches and asks which speech Roosevelt would prefer. Forbes also requests a brief statement from Roosevelt regarding his time in Vermont.
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1901-10-17
R. J. Belzer chastises President Roosevelt for dining with a “negro.” It is even worse because Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was also at the dinner.
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1901-10-18