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Frederic C. Wagner invites Vice President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to a dinner at the Union League Club on April 6.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-03-23
On behalf of the Union League Club of New York, secretary George S. Terry congratulates Governor Roosevelt on his vice-presidential nomination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-06-22
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
John A. Sleicher, invites Theodore Roosevelt to a dinner to meet the Governors of the West at the Union League Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11
Representative Olcott has received the letter from President Roosevelt stating that in light of a statement from Representative Herbert Parsons, he should withdraw from the running to be party chairman. Olcott fears that if he withdraws, in spite of Parsons’s statement declaring his independence, it will appear to be a victory for former Governor of New York Benjamin B. Odell’s faction.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-30
Scrapbook containing an array of newspaper clippings of articles and photographs relating to the 1912 presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1912
1902 printing of Proceedings of February 14, 1878, Union Club Meeting in New York City remembering the good works and character of Theodore Roosevelt, Senior. The proceedings include a review of events by William E. Dodge Jr. and a letter, read at the meeting, from Dodge to Joseph Hodges Choate.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1878
Governor Roosevelt asks Frederick William Holls to explain matters to the Germans who are “[feeling] hot” because Roosevelt could not attend the Singers’ Festival. He would like Holls to contact him at the Union League Club. He notes that the enclosed letter should explain itself.
1900-06-28
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Charles Russell Burke for his letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt is unable to attend the annual banquet of the Union League Club of Brooklyn and the Ulysses S. Grant Post No. 327 of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-04-24
Theodore Roosevelt replies to Nicholas Longworth that he agrees with the letter Longworth enclosed about Roosevelt’s nomination, but says that his attitudes about William H. Taft are wrong. Roosevelt does not believe anything more needs to be done regarding the Sheldon matter and wonders how the World found out that Longworth was at Roosevelt’s interview.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-29
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary invites John Callan O’Laughlin to the Union League Club tonight to talk. If Roosevelt is not there promptly, he asks O’Laughlin to wait until he returns.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-14
Theodore Roosevelt will be away at Groton School visiting Quentin Roosevelt but will return Friday. He can meet Nicholas Longworth on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning before his other engagements. Roosevelt looks forward to talking and regrets Alice Roosevelt Longworth cannot join them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-24
Theodore Roosevelt thanks William D. Murphy for writing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-23
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to Liston L. Lewis regarding Roosevelt’s speaking arrangements. Roosevelt’s speech is titled “Abraham Lincoln and Progressive Democracy.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-23
President Roosevelt questions the wisdom of William H. Taft going to a dinner or other function at the Union League Club before he speaks downtown.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-14
President Roosevelt informs George R. Sheldon, President of the Union League Club, that he will “take that matter up with [Secretary of State Elihu] Root.” Roosevelt thinks that Root would like to attend if he can.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-10
President Roosevelt is saddened that Charles Morgan cannot attend. He recently spoke to his son Ted about Morgan’s role in getting both men membership in the Union League Club. The death of “Teschy” is “dreadfully sad.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-14
President Roosevelt congratulates George Rumsey Sheldon on becoming president of the Union League Club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-01