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Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna that son Ted is sick with the measles and daughter Alice has neck problems. He also mentions that he had a good ten day trip out west.
1893-02-01
Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister Anna on the status of son Ted’s measles. He and Edith have been doing some entertaining, despite the measles situation.
1893-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister Anna on the status of the family. Three of the children now have the measles. Despite the sick children, they have still managed to do a fair amount of socializing. Henry Cabot Lodge has been a “comfort” to wife Edith.
1893-02-12
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt telling her about his recent trips to Boston and Groton. He gave a speech at Groton School where he hopes sons Ted and Kermit will be able to attend.
1893-06-27
J. M. Studebaker received President Roosevelt’s letter thanking him for sending gift of Studebaker wagon to Roosevelt’s son, Quentin. Studebaker describes the founding of Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company. Hopes to see Roosevelt nominated for president in 1904.
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1903-12-31
Yick Nam Quan’s gift was returned and he requests permission to give it to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt as a New Year gift. He also has a gift for Ted Roosevelt. Quan will be able to meet with President Roosevelt on January 7, 1904.
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1903-12-24
Yick Nam Quan describes how much his father and his friend value the cane that has President Roosevelt’s name inscribed on it. Quan is disappointed that his gifts to Roosevelt were returned and asks if he can send them to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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1903-12-24
Douglas Robinson is glad to hear that President Roosevelt approves of putting Robert Ferguson in James King Gracie’s place. While Robinson discourages appointing Theodore Roosevelt Jr. at the moment, he wishes to appoint him to a business position in the future. He encloses a letter from Gustav E. Kissel, and plans to send Roosevelt a photograph of his hunting guide, Tazewell Woody. In a postscript, Robinson reports a recent theft.
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1903-12-04
Freiherr Hermann Speck von Sternburg comments on explorer Clement Littledale’s visit with President Roosevelt in Washington, D.C. Sternburg informs Roosevelt of his own plans to visit in November.
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1903-11-08
Madeline Jackson Lee extends her thanks for the gift of books to her sons. She asks for a photograph of Edith and President Roosevelt’s son, Ted, as well as a photograph of the president.
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1903-11-10
The headmaster at Groton School, Sherrard Billings, writes to President Roosevelt in request of a circular letter to use during his travels in Europe. Billings offers to deliver confidential messages from Roosevelt and conveys that Roosevelt’s sons, Theodore and Kermit, are well.
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1903-11-13
Arthur Woods believes that Ted Roosevelt should play on the lower football team for his own safety. Ted has agreed that he should not try to join the upper team. Ted has been doing well at Groton School.
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1903-10-08
Ted Roosevelt has accepted the situation and is playing hard on the first Wachusett eleven. Endicott Peabody is confident that this was the best solution. In a postscript, Peabody asks President Roosevelt not to forget about Thomas Ewing Moore, consul at Weimar.
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1903-10-13
Sherrard Billings reports to President Roosevelt on the studies of his sons Ted and Kermit Roosevelt at Groton School. He requests an autographed photograph from President Roosevelt and prays for a successful year in Washington, D.C.
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1903-10-01
Endicott Peabody has temporarily removed Ted Roosevelt from the football team’s second eleven. He is concerned that Ted will be seriously injured due to his light frame. Ted will be allowed to play with President Roosevelt’s permission.
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1903-10-01
Endicott Peabody agrees that Ted Roosevelt should stay with the Wachusett eleven for his own safety and to keep him available for “more important work next year.” Peabody admired President Roosevelt’s letter to Ted and his decision to take Ted into his confidence.
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1903-10-08
Clippings from the Philadelphia Public Ledger includes stories about Herman Henry Kohlsaat’s visit to President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill for the third time in two months, where he spoke to the president about financial legislation – Kohlsaat claimed that his visit had no public significance and did not pertain to rumored changes in the Cabinet; Roosevelt plans to attend a memorial for New Jersey soldiers at the Antietam battlefield; Senator Nathan B. Scott spoke about Roosevelt’s upcoming presidential campaign, and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., while visiting Seth Bullock in North Dakota, makes a bet with his father that he can beat the elder Roosevelt’s time riding from Laramie, Wyoming, to Cheyenne, that the president recorded the previous spring.
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1903-08-24
John Avery McIlhenny discusses an upcoming hunting trip to Glasgow, Montana, with Alexander Lambert, and invites President Roosevelt to visit his family in Louisiana.
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1903-08-05
Seth Bullock writes to President Roosevelt to discuss plans for Ted Roosevelt and George Emlen Roosevelt to visit Bullock’s ranch in Deadwood, South Dakota.
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1903-07-14
Senator Lodge found President Roosevelt’s Springfield speech admirable and believes it will be helpful within the business community. Lodge sends a speech he made in Greenfield, Massachusetts. He understands that Roosevelt cannot attend the dedication of the McKinley statue in Adams, Massachusetts but warns that others will ask Roosevelt to attend. Finally, Lodge suggests that Roosevelt thank the Boston and Maine Railroad for having an engine ready for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s use when Ted Roosevelt was ill.
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1903-06-10