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Theodore Roosevelt tells Mrs. J. W. Spencer that he is unable to advise her as he did not personally know her son. He tells her his own son is enlisted in the army at the Aviation Camp.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-06-02
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Findley B. McGrew for his letter and the photograph of McGrew with his three sons.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-07
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased to introduce Joseph Bucklin Bishop’s son to people at The Outlook on the “off chance” that there is “something to do in the office.” Roosevelt would be pleased to have Bishop’s son consult him freely and to be of use to him and quotes a Russian proverb. Roosevelt will tell The Outlook of Bishop’s “O.K. on the canal interview.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-25
President Roosevelt presents to Frederick Haynes Newell the case of the son of an officer killed in battle. He wants to help if he can and asks if Newell can do what is desired.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-10
President Roosevelt informs Acting Secretary of War Oliver he would like to appoint Thomas Jonathan Jackson Christian and a son of Harry Stillwell Edwards to the United States Military Academy. The president asks Oliver to correspond with John Charles Woodward and Edwards about these appointments.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-01
President Roosevelt congratulates John Robert Procter on how his boy handled himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-21
President Roosevelt thanks Frederick C. DeLang for the recollections of his boy’s life and extends to him his deepest sympathy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-13
President Roosevelt poses on a couch with his sons. The photograph is addressed to Nannie Lodge, wife of Henry Cabot Lodge.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1904
Since he last wrote, William Wingate Sewall has a new son. Mary Alice Sherman Sewall and the boy are doing well. There are 250 cows on the ranch and, even though some of them do not have calves, their herd is doing the best out of any along the Little Missouri River.
State Historical Society of North Dakota
1886-08-07
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb congratulates James Andrew Drain on the birth of his son.
1903-11-11