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President Roosevelt sends William Wingate Sewall a sock, and asks if Sewall can find him more pairs like it to take to Africa. Despite his predictions about the impact of the prohibition fight, Roosevelt thinks they did well in Maine.
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1908-09-17
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Rosannah Stone Shaw for the pair of socks she knitted him for Christmas.
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1912-12-18
President Roosevelt thanks Elinore Eastman Collins for the socks, and appreciates her kindness.
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1909-02-27
President Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Robert Jordan for the socks she sent him and Kermit Roosevelt. Roosevelt is especially touched that the socks were made by someone from his hometown.
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1909-02-23
President Roosevelt appreciates the socks Jean Chase Walker knitted for him, especially since she is a Daughter of the Revolution and a Colonial Dame. He will proudly wear them in Africa.
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1909-01-26
President Roosevelt thanks Mrs. Anderson for knitting him some stockings. He is proud to think that the mother of ten children would took the time to knit them. He will wear them in Africa.
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1909-01-29
President Roosevelt thanks Flavilla Sleeper Caldwell for the socks, which he has heard about from his friend William Wingate Sewall, and sends a portrait of himself in thanks. He asks Caldwell to give his regards to her husband, Francis M. Caldwell, who he has heard is a veteran of the Civil War.
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1908-12-18
President Roosevelt would be glad to accept the gift of some socks from William Wingate Sewall and his wife, Mary Alice Sherman Sewall. He also wrote to Flavilla Sleeper Caldwell to thank her for the socks, as Sewall suggested. Roosevelt is glad that Sewall approves of what he said about the secret service men, and thinks that Congress is very foolish. He has spoken to President-elect William H. Taft about keeping Sewall in his current position, but also encloses a letter in case there is any question. Roosevelt requests that he keep this letter strictly confidential, otherwise he would receive many other requests for similar letters.
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1908-12-18
President Roosevelt was pleased to hear from William Wingate Sewall. He feels that the victory is a triumph for the common sense of Americans, who stood up to William Jennings Bryan making “every demagogic appeal that could be made.” He does not want the drawers that Sewall offered as he is not going somewhere cold, but the socks are just what he needs.
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1908-11-08
President Roosevelt thanks Mrs. J. W. Campbell for the socks. He will enjoy wearing them because they were made by a friend.
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1908-01-11
President Roosevelt encloses a sample sock and hopes that William Wingate Sewall can find two similar pairs. Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Sewall and his family in January.
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1902-09-11
William Wingate Sewall and his wife, Mary Alice Sherman Sewall, send President Roosevelt several pairs of socks, which they hope he will accept as a Christmas gift. Sewall updates Roosevelt on life in Maine, and mentions that he approves of recent actions by Roosevelt. He would like to see Roosevelt again before Roosevelt leaves on his African safari, and tells him that he plans to be in Washington, D.C., next March.
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1908-12-15
William Wingate Sewall thanks President Roosevelt for all the things he has done on his behalf. Sewall promises that the gift of socks will be started immediately, and that Roosevelt should let him know if they could be improved in any way. He sends his wishes that Roosevelt and his family have a merry Christmas and happy New Year.
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1908-12-21
William Wingate Sewall congratulates President Roosevelt on the election results. He was very glad to hear that William H. Taft and Charles Evans Hughes both carried New York. The result is as much an accomplishment for Roosevelt as if he had run himself. Sewall will send the stockings when they are done. He asks if Roosevelt would also like a few pairs of drawers.
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1908-11-04
Edward North Buxton continues to help President Roosevelt gather equipment and supplies for his Africa trip. Buxton will make more inquiries into mosquito boots, and requests Roosevelt send measurements for himself and Kermit Roosevelt. The sample boots from Flack and Smith are ready, and Buxton suggests a good pair of socks to aid in absorbing perspiration.
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1908-08-25
President Cleveland, as Santa Claus, stands in front of a fireplace where stockings are hung from the mantle. He has a large sack of toys labeled “Navy, Treasury, Interior, Justice, State, [and] War Dept.” on his back, and a cat that looks like John Kelly lies at his feet. Watching from around the room are “Bayard, Randall, Cox, Barnum, McDonald, Slocum, Lamar, Morrison, [Garland], Tilden, Carlisle, Hewitt, Watterson, [and] Thurman,” and asleep in a cradle labeled “Independence” is either Carl Schurz or Joseph Pulitzer.
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1884-12-24