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President Roosevelt informs Mrs. Charles E. Willett that the Superintendent of Schools has made an exception to allow her daughter to attend school in Tennallytown. He warns her to keep the arrangement confidential, because it is not going to set a precedent.
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1908-10-15
President Roosevelt was impressed with Thomas W. Sidwell’s school when he sent his son Archibald B. Roosevelt there. Under similar circumstances he would send his other boys there if possible. Roosevelt requests that Sidwell not print his letter but instead just show it privately.
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1908-04-07
President Roosevelt thanks Cheng Liang for the letter and returns his compliments to Cixi, Empress Dowager of China. Roosevelt wishes that he could speak to Liang in person about China, but now understands the reasons he is not returning to the United States. However, he is encouraged by Liang’s letter, especially regarding schools and the lessening of opium traffic.
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1908-04-06
President Roosevelt asks Bishop Cranston to give him more details about the Puerto Rico school question so that he can begin an inquiry into the matter.
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1908-03-30
President Roosevelt explains to Headmaster Waldo B. Fay why he wants Quentin Roosevelt to attend the Fay School for the 1908 term, citing the end of his presidential term as a primary reason.
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1906-09-24
President Roosevelt asks Groton School Rector Endicott Peabody if Quentin Roosevelt is registered for the 1909 term.
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1906-09-24
President Roosevelt informs Waldo B. Fay he wants to enroll his son Quentin Roosevelt in the Fay School in two years. Ultimately, Quentin will attend Groton School.
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1906-09-17
President Roosevelt informs Endicott Peabody that Finley Peter Dunne plans to put his fifteen month old son, Finley P. Dunne, on the list for Groton School. Roosevelt hopes Peabody will give them a special advantage because they are “Chicago people” and therefore westerners, even though Dunne is currently living in New York. The president supports Peabody’s desire for Groton to be “the representative school of the country.”
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1904-12-10
Kermit Roosevelt will be heading back to school, but President Roosevelt is concerned about his condition and only wants him to perform “light work.”
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1903-03-06
Mrs. L. L. Clark asks Theodore Roosevelt to donate a flag to her school. The school’s only boy, L. Theodore Clark, is named after Roosevelt.
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1911-10-25
Mina M. Bruere invites Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to join the Sunday morning meeting of the Music School Settlement
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1911-05-04
Leonard Eckstein Opdycke asks Theodore Roosevelt for the name of the school in Arizona that Archibald B. Roosevelt attends. He feels it may be an option for James O. Green’s son, Norvin H. Green.
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1911-04-22
S. M. Barrett is pleased by attempts in Oklahoma to enact educational reform and remove political influence from its schools. He sends Theodore Roosevelt an editorial he is free to quote from on the matter. Barrett also informs Roosevelt that he will be publishing a book on Native Americans soon, and plans to send Roosevelt a copy.
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1911-03-11
Sherman Day Thacher asks Lawrence F. Abbott to tell Theodore Roosevelt how delighted the Thacher School would be to have him and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt visit sometime, commenting that he does not write to Roosevelt directly, “because he must be overwhelmed with correspondence at this time.” Thacher also thanks Abbott for previously recommending he read James Anthony Froude’s Life and Letters of Erasmus, which he is greatly enjoying.
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1911-02-23
Anna Grossman Roberts tells Theodore Roosevelt that her school class has been reading about his western trip, and asks if it would be possible for him to stop by their school to give a speech at some of their commencement exercises.
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1911-02-23
Martha Berry was pleased to visit Theodore and Edith Roosevelt at their home in Oyster Bay, and says that the children at her school were very interested in hearing about it. They remember Roosevelt’s visit to their school and the speech he gave there. If he has time, Berry would like Roosevelt to write an article about her school for The Outlook.
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1911-02-08
William J. Hunter credits Theodore Roosevelt for the schools in Alaska and thanks him. He made enemies by exposing political corruption but feels he “did right.” Hunter offers to guide Roosevelt on an Alaskan hunt and provides a list of references.
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1911-01-29
William Codman Sturgis heard Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt was obliged to leave Groton due to the climate. He discusses the school based in his house in Colorado and sends Theodore Roosevelt information about it, feeling it is ideal for Archie.
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1911-01-26
The change in date is fine with J. Alden Loring. Loring also has fifty feet of cable to make electrical connections if the school does not have electricity.
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1911-01-16
Asahi Kitagaki, son of Japanese official Kunimichi Kitagaki, thanks President Roosevelt for his kindness. He plans on spending Christmas in Washington, D.C., and will attend school for the next year before practicing shipping transportation in New York City.
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1907-12-07