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Douglas Robinson has agreed to forward a letter to President Roosevelt from W. Butler Duncan, a friend of President Roosevelt’s father.
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1903-01-05
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson has been ill but appears to be recovering well and President Roosevelt should not worry. Douglas Robinson wishes Roosevelt a belated happy birthday and congratulates him on his successful handling of the Anthracite Coal Strike. He asks if Roosevelt can attend the fiftieth anniversary of the Children’s Aid Society.
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1902-10-28
A convention on the coal situation has appointed a committee, chaired by Mayor Maybury, that would like to meet with President Roosevelt. The convention approved of Roosevelt’s efforts to end the strike.
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1902-10-10
G. P. Putnam’s Sons would like a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, President Roosevelt’s father, for an upcoming publication.
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1902-06-13
Jacob A. Riis advises President Roosevelt about a letter he received.
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1902-06-02
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
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
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson requests President Roosevelt’s opinion concerning an enclosed pamphlet from W. E. Dodge. Dodge would like to privately circulate the pamphlet to friends, including members of the Union League Club.
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1902-03-24
Alberta G. Burton sends President Roosevelt a document concerning his father’s death which she thought he might like for the family scrapbook.
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1902-03-11
Jacob A. Riis encloses a letter from an unnamed woman that has some “mischief brewing” against the Roosevelt family.
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1901-12-27
Caroline Eliza Hyatt Pell is proud that President Roosevelt, whom she knew as “Teddy” as a child, has become President of the United States. Pell asks Roosevelt a favor, to find her son, also named Theodore, a position. Theodore Roosevelt Pell is employed with Farmers Loan and Trust Company, but has no prospects of being able to marry the girl he cares for, as he does not earn enough to support her.
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1901-12-14
Cornelius Roosevelt thanks President Roosevelt for the “beautifully expressed” message. Roosevelt’s father would have been proud if he were still alive.
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1901-12-04
Charles Pratt believes that the photograph of President Roosevelt’s parents in the Atlanta Journal does not depict Roosevelt’s mother the way he remembers her. He consulted with others who also knew Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and they agree. Pratt encloses photographs of locations important to the Bulloch family. He tells the story of when he and Roosevelt’s uncle, Irvine S. Bulloch, painted a Confederate flag on the old academy.
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1901-11-27
William Felix Alexander shares a joke and reveals a family connection to President Roosevelt.
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1901-11-15
The premiums on President Roosevelt’s three life insurance policies have been paid and Douglas Robinson recommends a fourth. He has arranged for the commissions on two of the policies to be paid as charitable contributions to the Orthopaedic Hospital and the Children’s Aid Society. James W. Alexander, president of Equitable Life Insurance Company, has requested to meet Roosevelt.
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1901-11-16
F. B. Seay grew up with President Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and shares some memories of her.
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1901-11-12
James Petrie, owner of the Petrie Press of East Rutherford, New Jersey, lived at the Newsboys’ Home from 1873 to 1877 and remembers seeing President Roosevelt accompanying his father on visits to the home. Petrie wishes Roosevelt all the best.
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1901-10-21
If President Roosevelt visits Roswell, Georgia, the home of his mother’s family, he may be able to meet the minister that married his parents, Reverend James Bulloch Dunwody. Roosevelt’s parents, Martha Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt, were married in Roswell, Georgia, on December 18, 1853. Even though the marriage took place in Georgia, it was recorded in South Carolina, where the preacher’s parish was located.
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1901-10
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
Elizabeth Norris Emlen Roosevelt, President Roosevelt’s aunt, congratulates him on his succession to the presidency.
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1901-10-03