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Theodore Roosevelt invites Theresa Buxton and her friend to lunch on October 25th at his home in Oyster Bay. Roosevelt is unsure if Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will be able to make it downstairs, but he would be glad to have them in his house.
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1911-10-20
Theodore Roosevelt relays to Oscar S. Straus that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt really liked the basket of fruits he sent out and she sends her appreciation to Straus and Sarah L. Straus. Roosevelt also informs Straus that their editorial came out in pretty good shape.
Roosevelt informs Jusserand that Edith Kermit Carrow Roosevelt took a serious fall, taking her 3 days to regain consciousness, and spent the following 2 weeks in severe agony. She is now doing better and is in recovery, but Roosevelt does not know when Edith will be able to leave her bed. Roosevelt expresses concern to Jusserand over hearing that his wife is also not feeling well and is in bed. Roosevelt informs Jusserand that he must see him soon to discuss things, mentioning books he is looking forward to reading.
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1911-10-19
President Roosevelt tells his son Archie that he has gotten Captain William Norman appointed Assistant Inspector of Hulls in the Steamboat Service at New Orleans. Next, Roosevelt will inquire about “Wiggie’s” brother. Quentin Roosevelt is still sick but is adjusting to his new school and plays football with the others. Roosevelt took a long ride with Edith in the afternoon.
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1908-10-11
President Roosevelt wishes his son Kermit Roosevelt a happy birthday. He would like to hear all about Kermit’s trip west and especially to hear about college. Preparation for the Africa trip is going well. Roosevelt would like to know if the English shoes he sent Kermit are all right and says that at Christmas he will take Kermit’s list of books that he would like to bring. Roosevelt discusses Ethel Roosevelt’s horse jumping and details a “scramble walk” he took with Archibald Willingham Butt through Rock Creek Park.
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1908-10-10
President Roosevelt will have a Spalding football sent to Archie Roosevelt. Roosevelt says he will not make campaign speeches, and he updates Archie on Quentin Roosevelt. It is kind of Mademoiselle to say she misses the family but Roosevelt hopes she is happy. Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Karow Roosevelt have been riding, and Roosevelt has been playing tennis.
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1908-10-06
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt greatly enjoyed Seth Bullock’s letter about Kermit Roosevelt. Bullock’s political updates worry Roosevelt, but he will not go on the stump. William H. Taft is the candidate and must be the one in the public eye.
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1908-10-05
President Roosevelt thanks Pennsylvania Assistant State Commissioner of Health Benjamin Lee for the photograph of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Emily Tyler Carow as children. Roosevelt plans to take the photograph to Africa.
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1908-10-04
President Roosevelt thanks Kermit Roosevelt for the letter and asks if the monthly funds will be enough. Roosevelt is lining details up for Africa. He is is pleased that Kermit will focus on his studies, and he doubts that Ted Roosevelt had visited Harvard without getting in touch. William H. Taft is likely to win but Roosevelt is alarmed at William Jennings Bryan’s strength. It is now fall, and recent visitors have included Susan Dexter Dalton Cooley, James C. Cooley, and Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
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1908-10-02
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt appreciated Lieutenant Commander Long’s letters and the Sidney Telegraph clipping. Roosevelt is pleased to know of the sympathies of the Australians and the update on the fleet. When Long returns Roosevelt will see if he can secure him shore duty.
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1908-09-28
President Roosevelt asks Kermit Roosevelt if he is taking care to secure a supply of hunting boots. Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have been taking in the blooming gardens at the White House. The troubles with Roosevelt’s leg have been bad lately. He has received letters from Alfred Pease and Sir William Northrup McMillan regarding safari travel plans. Although Roosevelt has not been exercising, he has been busy writing to William Jennings Bryan and tending to other matters in Washington, D.C.
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1908-09-27
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt congratulate Representative Longworth.
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1908-09-25
President Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Humphry Ward for the book Diana Mallory, although he has already read it.
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1908-09-24
President Roosevelt informs Kermit Roosevelt that Edward North Buxton has sent the boots, and reminds Kermit that he absolutely must get back to Harvard by September 30. In Oyster Bay, Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt went for their last row and had the townspeople over for a nice afternoon. The Winchester rifles arrived with improper sights, and Roosevelt has responded with a harsh letter.
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1908-09-19
President Roosevelt found the letter that Cecil Spring Rice sent to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about safari dangers to be quite hilarious, as did she, in a morose way. Roosevelt felt it would not be right to stay on as President, and he is glad the Africa trip is ahead. Roosevelt expresses his interest in the complex political situation unfolding in Turkey and the surrounding countries. He hopes Spring Rice can come to England and discuss politics in person.
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1908-09-17
President Roosevelt writes to Edward North Buxton about the shoes he plans to bring with him on his safari. Roosevelt is glad to have the input of Buxton, Frederick Courteney Selous, and Alfred E. Pease regarding his travel plans. Currently, Roosevelt plans to have a white man as a caravan manager and local shikaris to assist with the hunting. Roosevelt thanks Buxton for assisting with the money transfer, along with everything else, and looks forward to their meeting in England.
President Roosevelt congratulates New York State Senator White on his nomination for Lieutenant Governor of New York. Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have always thought highly of White.
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1908-09-16
President Roosevelt knew Endicott Peabody would like to hear about the Romanes lecture, and he encloses the related letters from George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. Although Roosevelt agrees with Peabody about the difficulty of frequent travel, he feels Archie Roosevelt should continue on with his current dentist in New York.
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1908-09-16
President Roosevelt will show the letter from Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and asks that La Farge let him know if she wants more than the $25 check he has enclosed.
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1908-09-15
President Roosevelt thanks British Governor General of the Sudan Wingate for providing a boat in Gondokoro and offering assistance with guides and camp set up. He details his feelings regarding hunting in the reserves, and inquires about finding elephant, white rhinoceros, and giant eland. Roosevelt knows General George Wood Wingate and respects him as a soldier, and he is grateful that Lady Catherine Leslie Rundle Wingate will host Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt. S. J. Leigh Hunt has said that Reginald has accomplished a great deal in Sudan, which Roosevelt knows is a difficult feat.
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1908-09-14