Vacations

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Moody

President Roosevelt encourages Attorney General Moody to get plenty of rest. If he is able, Roosevelt would encourage him to be personally involved in the beef trust business, but says he can decide whether to take or reject his advice. He is pleased at the outcome of the negotiations at Portsmouth; he has had a great deal of worry about them over the past several months.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-31

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. Grant La Farge

President Roosevelt wishes he could come visit C. Grant La Farge, but he has found that while he is president his vacations need to be at his home at Sagamore Hill. While that is the case, however, he invites La Farge to visit him with his wife, Florence Bayard La Farge, and instructs him to bring Owen Wister, if possible. He was proud to read what La Farge wrote about his son, Ted Roosevelt. Roosevelt was amused at the furor his going down in the submarine Plunger caused, especially because his son and La Farge were in more danger sailing on top of the water that day.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-31

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jacob A. Riis

President Roosevelt reassures Jacob A. Riis that he is never a nuisance. He hopes Riis enjoys his vacation and will be able to rest.

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Creation Date

1905-08-23

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles J. Bonaparte

President Roosevelt generally agrees with the conclusions of Newton E. Mason, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, in the serious matter Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte mentions, but would like to hear from Bonaparte and the General Board before positively giving his own. He encourages Bonaparte to stay at Greenock Inn as long as he can, and to greet others at Lake George.

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Creation Date

1905-07-17

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Seth Bullock

President Roosevelt’s son, Kermit Roosevelt, is greatly looking forward to visiting Seth Bullock at the end of August, and Roosevelt hopes he will not be a bother. Kermit will arrive around August 20 or 21 and stay ten days, in which Roosevelt hopes Bullock will be able to take him horseback riding and camping. Roosevelt hopes to see Bullock and his wife, Martha Marguerite Bullock, in Washington during the upcoming winter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Andrew Lyon

President Roosevelt is fine with living in the camp. He reminds Cecil Andrew Lyon not to take him out bear hunting unless he is confident they will get a one. Any failure of Roosevelt’s will be “advertised throughout the length and breadth of the United States.” He does not want to have any engagements to speak after April 1, as he “must have a real holiday.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-10

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

After Judge Alton B. Parker’s letter to John G. Milburn, President Roosevelt thought it wise not to use the extract from Elihu Root’s speech in his letter of acceptance. Roosevelt hopes that Root stays in Newfoundland for as long as he can.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-26

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to David Banks Sickels

President Roosevelt is trying his best to take a vacation and has to “fight for every spare hour.” When he is back in Washington, D.C., he would like to take lunch with David Banks Sickels. George B. Cortelyou will also want to see Sickels.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Carroll D. Wright

President Roosevelt thanks Commissioner of Labor Wright for his letter from Marblehead, Massachusetts, and tells him to “take a full holiday,” inviting him to visit the Roosevelts at their home in Oyster Bay, New York. He expresses interest in hearing more about “Murphy.” Roosevelt includes a letter and articles by newspaperman Walter Wellman regarding the labor conflicts in Colorado involving the Western Federation of Miners, which Wellman regards as a criminal organization. Roosevelt shares Wellman’s negative view of labor leaders William Haywood and Charles Moyer.

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Creation Date

1904-08-14

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt knew he was right about the decoration. Roosevelt hopes Secretary of State Hay will have a good holiday and hates hearing that Hay has been under the weather.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-15

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Watson Gilder

President Roosevelt is pleased with the allusions to himself. He is concerned about Richard Watson Gilder’s poor health and hopes Florida will agree with him. Roosevelt invites the Gilder family to dinner after their return.

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Creation Date

1904-02-16

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to A. T. Mahan

President Roosevelt has had a good deal of vacation over the summer and spent part of it rereading A. T. Mahan’s book. He also read a biography of military men. Roosevelt’s reading also led him to realize the “eternal tendency to injustice in humanity,” and views this injustice in the American public’s high opinion of Nelson Appleton Miles and Admiral Winfield Scott Schley.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-01

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware

President Roosevelt is obliged to Eugene F. Ware for the information. Roosevelt was delighted with the way the Grand Army of the Republic behaved and with General John Charles Black’s election.

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Creation Date

1903-09-01

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Seth Bullock

President Roosevelt was pleased to receive Seth Bullock’s telegram and hopes that the boys are behaving well. Roosevelt has had a “mild amount” of rest over the summer but has spent a great deal of time with “visiting statesmen” and is facing opposition from the “big Wall Street men.”

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Creation Date

1903-08-25

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

President Roosevelt encourages Postmaster General Payne to leave for vacation and is interested in the information regarding the Indianola, Mississippi, post office.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-15

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Seth Bullock

George Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. will arrive in Deadwood, South Dakota, on August 21. President Roosevelt thanks Seth Bullock for taking the trouble to entertain the boys and assures him that they can handle any sort of hardship.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-20

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Seth Bullock

Ted Roosevelt and his cousin, George Emlen Roosevelt, will be reaching Deadwood, South Dakota, on August 20 for a trip to the Black Hills with Seth Bullock.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-07

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Eugene F. Ware

President Roosevelt does not want Commissioner of Pensions Ware to resign. He suggests that Ware take a long vacation and then remain in office at least until the election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-08

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry C. Payne

President Roosevelt thanks Postmaster General Payne for the letter and instructs him to “get all the holiday you can as quickly as possible.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-11

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Guild A. Copeland

President Roosevelt is pleased with the settlement of the Anthracite Coal Strike and would like a wilderness vacation after the election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-17

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919