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President Roosevelt informs Walter L. Pyle that the autograph he enclosed was his uncle’s, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. He thanks Pyle for sending his pamphlet.
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1908-04-23
Philip G. Straus informs Theodore Roosevelt that he is in possession of a letter written and signed by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. Straus encloses a copy of the letter and offers to mail the original to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-28
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Philip G. Straus for sending him a copy of a letter written by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. Since Theodore Roosevelt has several letters from Robert Roosevelt already, he does not wish to obtain the letter Straus has in his possession, but thanks him again for sending the copy.
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1911-10-03
President Roosevelt thanks Henry Rafferty, a bartender in California, for sending him a copy of the New York Observer. Roosevelt thinks the editorial is about a bill of his uncle’s, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
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1909-02-19
President Roosevelt thanks Herman H. Hanson, chemist at the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, for a book written by Roosevelt’s uncle, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
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1909-02-17
President Roosevelt tells William B. Okeson that the Theodore Roosevelt he wrote him about was “doubtless” his father. His father’s father was named Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt and his brother was Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
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1908-11-09
President Roosevelt was pleased to hear from his cousin, Margaret Roosevelt Kimberly, in spite of the circumstances. He has told another of his cousins, John Ellis Roosevelt, that because of affairs in Congress it is unfortunately not possible for him to attend the funeral of his uncle, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
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1906-06-16
Following a recent telegram he sent, President Roosevelt writes to his cousin, John Ellis Roosevelt, to express his sympathy for the recent death of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt–President Roosevelt’s uncle, and John Ellis Roosevelt’s father. Roosevelt wishes he could attend the funeral, but the circumstances at present in Congress will not allow him to leave Washington, D.C. He asks John to explain the matter to Robert B. Roosevelt, another cousin.
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1906-06-14
While the death of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, John Ellis Roosevelt’s father, was “not wholly unexpected,” President Roosevelt sends his cousin love and sympathy from both himself and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
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1906-06-14
In response to a “extraordinary statement” in William Randolph Hearst’s paper, President Roosevelt tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop that although he is fond of his uncle Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, they rarely agree on politics. Roosevelt did not make a statement that he did not intend to accept the nomination for a third term as president without thinking it over, and he stands by his decision even though it is causing him trouble in the Senate. Roosevelt complains about the inability of the Senate to ratify his San Domingan treaty. Efforts from both Democratic Senators and Republicans Eugene Hale and John C. Spooner derailed the treaty.
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1905-03-23
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of the Navy Moody to look into a letter from his uncle, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
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1904-02-20
Bessie G. Straus has an extensive collection of autographed letters and photographs dating back several hundred years, and asks Theodore Roosevelt if he would be able to send her a signed photograph of himself for her to add to the collection. Straus mentions that in her collection is a letter from Roosevelt’s uncle, Robert B. Roosevelt, and offers to let Roosevelt read it if he is interested.
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1911-06-24
Thomas J. Gibbons, an old resident of New York and friend of several of Theodore Roosevelt’s relatives, is turning 69 years old soon, and would like a photo of Theodore Roosevelt and family for his birthday. Although Gibbons is a democrat, he proclaims himself a “Roosevelt man” at heart.
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1911-06-21
Charles M. Richards petitions President Roosevelt to help him get an appointment to a federal position. He lists his many endorsements, and notes that he had asked Roosevelt for help in his previous term as President, but at the time was told that funds were exhausted. He turns again to Roosevelt for help, as he has had trouble finding work after losing his job of 24 years when a store closed.
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1911-01-23
Alexander Del Mar sends Theodore Roosevelt a paper on “distracting laws,” which may be interesting, especially since the writer was a friend of Roosevelt’s uncle, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. He feels reform must come and is disappointed by the governors’ vacillation.
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1910-12-06
Nannie Vance Roosevelt thanks President Roosevelt for his “affectionate thoughts” and the wreath he sent after the death of her father-in-law, Robert Roosevelt. She and her husband, John Ellis Roosevelt, understand why President Roosevelt could not come to see them.
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1906-06-23
Whitelaw Reid asks President Roosevelt if he would like Alice Roosevelt Longworth to give up all social engagements until after the burial of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
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1906-06-15
Margaret Roosevelt Kimberly’s father, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, is too sick to be read the note from President Roosevelt. She believes it will be a matter of hours or days until her father dies.
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1906-06-13
John Ellis Roosevelt will be glad to pick up President Roosevelt for his father’s birthday party.
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1905-07-31
Attorney General Moody discusses with President Roosevelt a speech he gave about the disfranchisement in southern states. Moody points out that he does not agree with the Republican Party platform with regards to the notion that states who disfranchise voters should have their Congressional representation reduced. Moody also mentions that Robert Roosevelt wrote that Harry Earl Biscoe’s family was satisfied with the resolution of the investigation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-05