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President Roosevelt asks if Columbia University President Butler can bring his daughter Sarah Schuyler Butler to stay the night at the New Willard on December 4, and at the White House on December 5, when they entertain the Speyers and Burgesses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-24
President Roosevelt outlines for Nicholas Murray Butler an amended plan suggested by Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for when Butler visits with the Speyers and the Burgesses. The Roosevelts suggest dinner followed by a musical.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-17
President Roosevelt tells Columbia University President Butler that he does not want to have “Hamlet with Hamlet left out,” and asks him to find out whether the Speyers and Burgesses can come to Washington on January 4 for the Diplomatic Reception and supper after. Either that day or the following day, the party will also have lunch with German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg and his wife Lilian May Speck von Sternburg. He hopes Butler can come to both functions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-19
President Roosevelt would like to see Columbia University President Butler, Professor John William Burgess, and James Speyer at the White House for dinner before Burgess sails to Berlin. People like the Roots and the Tafts will also be invited. Roosevelt enjoyed his trip through the South.
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1905-11-04
President Roosevelt encloses a letter of introduction to Consul General John Wallace Riddle for James Speyer, and thanks Speyer for everything he has done during the last three years.
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1904-11-20
George Wood Wingate requests Theodore Roosevelt speak in support of the Girl’s Branch of the Public Schools Athletic League at their upcoming meeting.
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1911-01-20
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson tells her brother, President Roosevelt, about some letters she has received from Frances Theodora Parsons about her husband, James Russell Parsons. James has been highly praised in Mexico, and Frances has written that the current ambassador, Powell Clayton, has said that he wished James could succeed him when he retires. Corinne agrees with this sentiment, and thinks James would be highly qualified for the position. She is excited about the upcoming election, and is looking forward to seeing Roosevelt and his family at Thanksgiving.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-17
James Speyer informs William Loeb that he will not be able to visit President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill on Saturday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-08
Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, James and Ellin Prince Speyer, and John William and Ruth P. Burgess will all attend the diplomatic reception and supper. Butler will spend the night of January 5.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-01