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Due to his heavy workload, Theodore Roosevelt expresses regret in having to decline Robert C. Hubbs’ request for a speech.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-11-01
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-11-01
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1917-11-01
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1917-11-01
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1917-11-01
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Thomas Thompson sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his Chicago speech.
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1912-03-25
Robbins Gilman is glad Theodore Roosevelt intends to visit the University Settlement Society before writing an editorial on its twenty-fifth anniversary. There will be two celebration events in December, of which Jane Addams will speak at one. Gilman proposes Roosevelt correlate the article’s release with the events. He suggests times that Roosevelt should visit and invites him to dinner.
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1911-11-03
Frederic R. Coudert apologizes to Theodore Roosevelt for not sending the magazine articles; his papers and books are disorganized due to his recent move. He sends speeches from approximately nine years ago regarding legal growth and development. Coudert comments on judicial interpretation and theories.
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1911-10-25
M. E. Hennessy invites Theodore Roosevelt to the Boston Press Club’s anniversary banquet.
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1911-10-17
Robert J. Knox asks if Theodore Roosevelt will come speak at his Methodist Episcopalian church to help them raise funds.
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1911-10-16
Louis H. Pink thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his courteous letter, and assures Roosevelt that he understands his position and hesitated long before asking Roosevelt to speak.
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1911-10-11
George F. Booth sends Charles G. Washburn the letter to forward to Theodore Roosevelt, inviting him to the Playground Commission of Worcester’s play festival. Booth wants Roosevelt to give a brief speech if he attends.
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1911-08-21
Louis J. Keller, a member of the Kendallville, Indiana library board, informs Theodore Roosevelt of the recent establishment of a public library in his city by the women’s Civic Club. They are now raising funds to help expand the library and get its own building. Keller wonders whether Roosevelt will be traveling nearby in the upcoming month and would be willing to help them by delivering an address.
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1911-03-27
Margaret Stanislawsky asks if Theodore Roosevelt is truly in favor of women’s suffrage and, if so, asks if he would be willing to briefly address the Nevada Equal Franchise Society when he visits Reno, Nevada, in April.
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1911-02-28
Grace Belden Wilbur Trout, president of the Chicago Political Equality League, thanks Theodore Roosevelt for taking a public stand in support of equal suffrage in one of his recent speeches. Trout recalls having met Roosevelt previously, and has held him up as a model for her sons.
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1911-02-25
Bertha E. Hart received Frank Harper’s letter regarding her request for Theodore Roosevelt to speak to the Local Union of Christian Endeavor of Kansas City, Missouri. She asks that the application be kept on file and be considered before other applications.
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1910-02-18
Bertha E. Hart asks Lyman Abbott if Theodore Roosevelt will speak to the Local Union of Christian Endeavor of Kansas City, Missouri, upon his return.
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1910-01-25
Robert Lincoln O’Brien has enclosed a newspaper clipping showing what he is doing to build up anticipation for the talk that Joseph Bucklin Bishop, executive secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission, will be giving in Boston, Massachusetts, on Tuesday.
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1905-12-14
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary explains to A. S. Hammond that Roosevelt cannot discuss such public matters in private correspondence.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-12-23
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1918-12-12
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt