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President Roosevelt thanks Cardinal Gibbons for the telegram remembering his daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s wedding.
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1906-02-19
President Roosevelt asks Commander Key “what the devil” he is supposed to do in light of the enclosed document. He asks Key to discuss matters with his wife and let him know.
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1906-02-19
President Roosevelt informs Paul Morton that his telegram arrived too late. Drake has already gone to Chicago and it will now be “utterly impossible” to take the action Morton desires.
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1906-01-30
President Roosevelt telegraphs General Wright, “Telegram received. Bully for you. You are a trump!”
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1906-01-11
In accordance with Lee De Forest’s request, William Loeb encloses a telegram from President Roosevelt to be used at the opening of the electrical show in Chicago on January 15.
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1905-12-27
President Roosevelt would like to personally thank J. Bjornson Brekke for sending the copy of the play Sigurd Slembe. He is amused that Brekke noticed his telegram to King Haakon VII of Norway and says that he was tempted to mention other old Norse kings. Roosevelt is “particularly fond” of Norse sagas.
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1905-12-22
President Roosevelt tells his son Theodore Roosevelt that all eight tickets have been sent to Alice Roosevelt at Farmington. He asks him to wire her or use this telegram as authorization to obtain “any tickets to which I am entitled.”
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1905-11-22
William Loeb instructs Collector of Customs Stratton to give Alice Roosevelt the telegram that has been sent to her in his care.
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1905-10-17
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Root’s opinion on whether or not Charles Evans Hughes should accept the nomination for Mayor of New York. Roosevelt thinks it is a good idea, but William Loeb believes the people will see Hughes’s nomination as a way to sidetrack him from his current investigation.
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1905-10-08
President Roosevelt acknowledges he received the memorandum sent by Walter Camp, although he expected its arrival sooner. He is very pleased with how Camp has “taken hold” of the issue and asks him to let him know if he can be of assistance.
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1905-10-11
President Roosevelt tells Ambassador Reid that he sent British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand communications relating to the peace negotiations between Russia and Japan. He explains to Reid that he did not communicate with Reid because he was communicating freely with the British, French, and German ambassadors and legations directly.
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1905-09-29
President Roosevelt acknowledges Chinese Ambassador Rockhill’s telegram and gives permission for his daughter Alice Roosevelt to accept.
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1905-09-12
President Roosevelt appreciates Governor Torres’s telegram.
William Loeb instructs Acting Secretary of State Loomis to dispatch a message from President Roosevelt to Emperor Guangxu of China. Roosevelt shares Guangxu’s happiness with the results of the peace negotiations between Russia and Japan and sees it as an “incalculable benefit” to the world and the Far East.
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1905-09-08
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Overman for his telegram of congratulations.
The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Penrose for his telegram of congratulations. He reassures him the the report about Secretary of the Navy Charles J. Bonaparte visiting Philadelphia is unfounded. Roosevelt is still considering the matter of Senator Philander C. Knox and William S. Leib, and wishes that Leib would simply resign his office.
The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.
President Roosevelt thanks Thomas Collier Platt for his telegram. He asks if he will be in Washington, D.C., in October, as there are things he would like to talk with him about.
The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.
President Roosevelt was very pleased to receive Eugene F. Ware’s telegram. He sends his regards to Ware’s wife and daughter.
The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.
President Roosevelt thanks Senator Wetmore for the telegram of congratulations.
The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.
President Roosevelt thanks Ohio Senator Dick for his congratulatory telegram.
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1905-09-01