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Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna about being disinvited by his Aunt Lizzie to their cousin Alfred’s upcoming wedding. Roosevelt has decided not to send a gift and does not think any of his siblings should attend.
1882-11-15
President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt that he is glad that the cavalry march and chicken shoot went well. Roosevelt details various happenings in the family for Kermit, and wishes him well.
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1907-09-06
President Roosevelt writes his cousin William Emlen Roosevelt regarding family matters, mentioning recent news about William’s children. Roosevelt wishes that his son Theodore Roosevelt had focused more on his studies, but that he did the best he could to encourage him to do so. Roosevelt mentions a letter from Justice Townsend Scudder, noting that he doubts he could carry off the plan for which Scudder advocates. Roosevelt suggests letting Maxwell operate under the advice of Scudder, and that William should back Maxwell up when appropriate.
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1906-12-20
President Roosevelt tells his cousin William Emlen Roosevelt that he will take up the matter from his recent letter to Chairman of the Republican National Committee George B. Cortelyou. President Roosevelt tells Roosevelt that he enjoyed seeing him at “Aunt Lizzie’s” and is looking forward to when Roosevelt can visit Washington in the near future.
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1906-12-08
President Roosevelt will be staying with his aunt, Elizabeth Norris Emlen Roosevelt, the Monday before the election and asks Seth Low to call on him. Governor Odell is keen to assist with the campaign and Roosevelt thinks it would be a good idea for Low to meet with him. Senator Platt is doing all he can and has kept away from Low as it seemed the wisest course of action.
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1901-10-21
William Emlen Roosevelt tells President Roosevelt that he and Edith have been on his mind since hearing of Archibald B. Roosevelt’s sickness. He has enclosed a survey of Cove Neck as promised, and despite several errors, the layout is “very interesting” for them to have. He tells Roosevelt of the dire situation on Wall Street and the effect that the panic has had on himself and his colleagues. He discusses his visit from Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and the dispatch he received from his son George Emlen Roosevelt, who was remorseful not speaking to Roosevelt when he was visiting Harvard.
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1907-03-07
William Emlen Roosevelt writes President Roosevelt about annoyances with the Oyster Bay government. He concludes with an update on the family as they get ready for the holidays.
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1906-12-19
William Emlen Roosevelt sends President Roosevelt a second congratulatory message now that they know how much of a triumph Roosevelt’s electoral win was. He reflects on what their fathers, Theodore Roosevelt and James Alfred Roosevelt, would have thought of such an outcome. William Emlen Roosevelt approves of the president’s statement that he will not seek a third term, and believes it will do much good.
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1904-11-09
Theodore Roosevelt saw Aunt Lizzie yesterday and was going to visit Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt until he was reminded how sick she had been with typhoid fever. Roosevelt is eager to tell William Emlen Roosevelt about his trip.
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1911-04-21
President Roosevelt thanks his cousin William Emlen Roosevelt for the birthday wishes. He says he does not mind being fifty, and is happy with his life so far. He hopes that he will see William and his son George Emlen Roosevelt on the train to Long Island City for the election. Roosevelt believes that Charles Evans Hughes and William H. Taft will win their elections.
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1908-10-27
President Roosevelt is glad that his second cousin, Katherine Roosevelt, is coming out all right, and that William Emlen Roosevelt’s mother made the trip okay and is comfortable. (Katherine Roosevelt had recently broken her leg in an accident while horseback riding)
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1908-05-27
President Roosevelt reports to Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt that the whole family have enjoyed having her son, Phillip J. Roosevelt, in their company, and that they have had a pleasant time at Pine Knot. Now he returns to his fight with “the beasts at Ephesus.”
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1907-12-30
President Roosevelt thanks his cousin William Emlen Roosevelt for the lovely time last evening and is feeling homesick for Oyster Bay. Roosevelt encloses a letter from his son Theodore Roosevelt.
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1906-10-02
President Roosevelt updates his son, Archibald B. Roosevelt, about some of the goings-on within the Roosevelt family. He has gone on various excursions with the other Roosevelt children, including bringing Quentin Roosevelt to see him give a flag to the winners of high school competitive military drill, and bringing Ethel Roosevelt to hear him deliver the graduating address at the Cathedral School.
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1906-06-07
President Roosevelt tells his cousin Emlen Roosevelt that he wrote to him what he did to try to head off possible accusations that he was “acting for a go-between for a company in which my cousin was interested and the War Department.” He tells Roosevelt that he is working on the post office matter that Dr. McLane is concerned with, but wishes that McLane would contact Congressman Hill himself. Roosevelt wishes he could hear about Roosevelt’s sons, and comments on how his own family is doing.
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1906-03-27
After an uncomfortable talk with Comptroller of Currency William Barret Ridgely, President Roosevelt asks William Emlen Roosevelt for any information about the character and quality of Charles A. Hanna and Ridgely’s brother, Edward Ridgely, who have been accused of inefficiency and drunkenness.
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1905-10-07
President Roosevelt thanks William Emlen Roosevelt for his letter and his help. He also sends his love to Elizabeth Norris Emlen Roosevelt and Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt.
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1904-06-28
President Roosevelt was glad to see William Emlen Roosevelt and appreciates hearing of his mother’s improvement. Roosevelt also notifies Emlen that he has written to Francis Henry Appleton.
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1904-03-29
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt were comforted by William Emlen Roosevelt’s letter. It is sad that Aunt Lizzie is not recovering faster. The pension issue continues to create problems for Roosevelt but he still hopes to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
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1904-02-01
President Roosevelt hopes William Emlen Roosevelt and Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt will come to dinner. They will visit the “Century” afterwards.
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1901-10-29