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Theodore Roosevelt encloses an annual pass for Quentin Roosevelt and notes that Quentin is being recognized as an athlete in “professional baseball circles.” Roosevelt hopes that Quentin enjoyed himself on the return from California. Roosevelt himself is well and very relieved to have completed the last speaking tour he will ever have to make.
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1911-04-21
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Anna Belle Karow for her letters and kindness, but must inform her that a trip to Savannah at this time would be a “physical impossibility.” Roosevelt explains that accepting such an invitation would require him to make a number of speeches at various stops, which he dislikes if he has no specific message to impart. Roosevelt is especially sorry not to be able to attend the dedication of a monument to their ancestor.
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1911-04-21
Theodore Roosevelt would have enjoyed having Oscar S. Straus accompany him to New Orleans and he wishes Straus could have come.
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1911-04-21
Theodore Roosevelt tells Douglas Robinson that, rather than being critical of Frank, he sympathizes with him for his efforts on behalf of Roosevelt’s finances. Roosevelt is eager to tell Robinson about his trip and wonders if Robinson and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson could have him over next Tuesday evening, April 25.
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1911-04-21
Theodore Roosevelt saw Aunt Lizzie yesterday and was going to visit Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt until he was reminded how sick she had been with typhoid fever. Roosevelt is eager to tell William Emlen Roosevelt about his trip.
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1911-04-21
Theodore Roosevelt is unable to take any trip because of his physical condition.
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1915-01-19
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates the pamphlet that details C. L. Stratton’s trip and wishes him a happy New Year.
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1915-01-04
Theodore Roosevelt is concerned that he did not receive either the two letters or the telegram Emilio Frers sent. Roosevelt hopes Frers likes what he wrote in the Outlook, as it is in line with Frers’s speech in the Colon Theater. Roosevelt is still thankful for the generosity of the Argentine people when he visited there.
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1915-01-07
President Roosevelt informs Melville Elijah Stone that he remains certain that he does not want any journalists, even Lawrence F. Abbott, accompanying his upcoming trip. While on the steamer, Roosevelt will not personally communicate with newspapers and will request that the crew remain similarly silent about his actions.
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1909-01-31
President Roosevelt understands Charles A. Moore’s goal, and sympathizes with it. He believes that the “epic feat” that Moore wishes to undertake in Western Asia will interest President-Elect William H. Taft just as much.
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1908-12-16
President Roosevelt writes to Archibald B. Roosevelt to update him on some things going on with their family. Roosevelt praises his son for his monthly report, and warns him against working too hard, as he does not want to get more headaches. Joseph Wilmer is going on the Mississippi River trip. Douglas Robinson and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson are visiting currently, and are having a nice time. Roosevelt believes that public school and the Y.M.C.A. have been good for Quentin Roosevelt.
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1908-02-16
President Roosevelt has heard that his son Archibald B. Roosevelt has befriended young Leonard Opdyke while at Groton School, and encourages him to invite his school friends to visit over the holidays. He tells Archie about his trip, which he believes will be his last trip of consequence while in office. Roosevelt thinks Archie would quite enjoy his own trip up the Mississippi River next spring.
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1907-10-01
President Roosevelt will ask the naval authorities if the writer Ralph Delahaye Paine will be able to travel with them. He believes that Paine will be able to get good material if he can travel with the fleet.
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1907-07-12
President Roosevelt sends General Wood and Governor Smith a letter of introduction for William W. Cocks and his party of representatives. Cocks is on a tour of the Philippines, China, and Japan.
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1907-05-23
President Roosevelt explains his upcoming Panama trip to William Wingate Sewall. He is traveling by battleship and will only have a few men in official positions accompany him. As Sewall has no official business in Panama, he is not welcomed. Roosevelt has refused hundreds of requests similar to Sewall’s.
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1906-08-27
President Roosevelt asks Hermann Speck von Sternburg to invite St. George Littledale to Washington, D.C. Roosevelt was interested in the map Sternburg shared with him.
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1904-07-19
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sees no reason why French Ensor Chadwick and his wife, Cornelia Jones Miller Chadwick, should not go to Spain, as it seems unlikely there will be trouble with the country. Roosevelt is obliged to Chadwick and shares that Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long is pleased.
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1897-09-30
Kermit and Belle Roosevelt wire Theodore Roosevelt that they will arrive on the twenty-sixth at the port on the East River where the United Fruit Company docks its ships. They send their love and tell Theodore Roosevelt that they are well.
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1916-03-28
J. Alden Loring would like Theodore Roosevelt to write the introduction to his boy’s book before Roosevelt leaves on the South American expedition.
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1913-08-25
J. Alden Loring will take Theodore Roosevelt’s suggestions regarding the changes to the preface and clearly state what is truth and fiction. Loring also found the hunting knife that Kermit Roosevelt loaned him when they were in Africa and will hold onto it until he returns from South America.
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1913-09-27