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Nancy Jackson, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt’s childhood nurse, expresses best wishes to President Roosevelt and hopes to meet him.
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1902-09-06
Robert B. Roosevelt sends an article that relates to Roland Fortescue and mentions that his father has almost entirely recovered.
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1902-08-08
John R. Witcraft is attempting to trace the ancestry of Cornelius Jansen Clopper, one of the early founders of New York, of whom his wife is a descendant. The Roosevelt and Clopper families are related by marriage, and Witcraft is hoping that President Roosevelt can offer some information on the subject.
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1902-08-08
M. Van Schaack recalls from her youth meeting several of President Roosevelt’s antecedents in Kinderhook, New York.
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1902-07-25
Secretary of State Hay spent a “pleasant hour yesterday with Mrs. Roosevelt and the children” through the pictures in the Ladies’ Home Journal.
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1902-07-29
Frederick Roosevelt requests photographs for two family members.
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1902-07-07
B. R. Price, writing on behalf of the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah, offers free transportation on the steamship City of Macon from Boston to New York for President Roosevelt’s son attending Groton School.
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1902-05-31
Patty Selmes forwards an offer from Mrs. Hager to allow the Roosevelt boys to live on her ranch in North Dakota for the summer, where they could camp, hunt, and fish.
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1902-06-05
H. Montgomery Smith offers to tutor one of President Roosevelt’s sons for the summer.
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1902-05-26
George Rumsey Sheldon offers the use of his steam yacht, Admiral, to Edith Roosevelt and the children when they are in Oyster Bay, New York.
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1902-05-28
W. E. Dodge writes about President Roosevelt’s father and expresses his belief that Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. would be proud of his son’s work.
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1902-05-17
Joseph Wilmer writes President Roosevelt following a visit by the Roosevelt boys to Wilmer’s farm. Wilmer comments on how well the boys adapt to their surroundings and how enjoyable it is to know “such real boys, old-fashioned, and yet full of intelligence and interest.” The boys are welcome to return any time they need a change, and Wilmer wishes President and Mrs. Roosevelt could get away and join them.
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1902-04-28
The will of President Roosevelt’s uncle, Cornelius Roosevelt, has been settled. Emlen encloses $2,000, for which the President sent him a receipt. President Roosevelt should receive about $2,000 per year during the lives of the Mensings. This settlement should relieve the conflict with Mrs. Motley.
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1902-04-19
Emlen Roosevelt is handling the estate of their uncle, Cornelius Roosevelt. His primary difficulty is with a Mrs. Motley who may have been the mistress of their cousin, also named Cornelius Roosevelt, and who believes she is owed $25,000. It has become a legal battle and Emlen believes the claim should be fought even though Mrs. Motley has excellent lawyers. He intends to make the matter so expensive for her to pursue that she will drop the demand. Emlen attended the funeral of Robert Roosevelt’s wife and he was thankful for the flowers sent by President and Edith Roosevelt. Frank Greene’s financial affairs are in bad shape.
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1902-04-15
James Bulloch Dunwody invites President Roosevelt to Walterboro, South Carolina, during Roosevelt’s upcoming trip to Charleston. Dunwody’s father is a cousin to Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, the President’s mother.
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1902-04-02
Fanny Monroe Robinson thanks President Roosevelt for the Easter card and congratulates him on the excellent work he is doing as President of the United States.
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1902-04-04
Clark Howell sends the latest issue of the Sunny South which features a portrait of a family of interest to President Roosevelt. He would appreciate it if Roosevelt could read the article and send a few words to the author, Maude Heyward.
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1902-03-11
Ambassador Choate provides information concerning the arrangements for President Roosevelt’s family and friends who will be attending King Edward VII’s coronation. He sends assurances that Alice Roosevelt will be recognized “with the highest distinction.”
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1902-02-22
Brander Matthews encloses a puzzle, noting that President Roosevelt’s daughter may want it for the family archives. He thinks that Roosevelt’s handling of the Schley-Sampson controversy “hit the nail on the head.” Matthews wishes that Roosevelt could join him for lunch on Friday in New York with, among others, Mark Twain and William Dean Howells.
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1902-02-26
Ida M. Herckenrath, President Roosevelt’s cousin, rejoices over Ted Roosevelt’s recovery from pneumonia and congratulates Roosevelt on Alice Roosevelt’s participation in the recent christening of Emperor William II’s yacht, the Meteor. She describes the name of Roosevelt as “honored and honorable” with hopes that it will remain so for succeeding generations.
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1902-02-28