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President Roosevelt thanks William Austin Wadsworth and his wife, Elizabeth Greene Perkins Wadsworth, for hosting Kermit Roosevelt and giving him “the most useful educational days he has ever had.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-18
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt send “heartiest congratulations” to William Austin Wadsworth and his wife Elizabeth Greene Perkins Wadsworth upon the birth of their son William P. Wadsworth.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-17
President Roosevelt has no suggestions of improvement for the volume and asks William Austin Wadsworth if there is a specific matter he is concerned about. He sends his regards to Wadsworth’s wife, Elizabeth Greene Perkins Wadsworth.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-24
President Roosevelt hopes F. V. Greene’s wife will enjoy her brief trip to Europe and wishes Walter W. Warwick will travel to Manila soon. Roosevelt discusses his efforts in bringing about the peace conference to end the Russo-Japanese War and says that although it is a great success and he is being broadly praised, he is sure that by next year, new issues will have arisen, and he will be attacked in the press.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-05
President Roosevelt wishes to see William Austin Wadsworth when he returns and hopes that Elihu Root will run.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-22
William Austin Wadsworth apologizes for not replying to President Roosevelt sooner, but he could not as he was helping care for his son, who had been sick. Wadsworth is going to New York tomorrow and would like to visit Roosevelt when convenient. He read in the paper that Roosevelt supports renominating Governor Charles Evans Hughes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-01
William Austin Wadsworth thanks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for the letter. Elizabeth Green Perkins Wadsworth is also fine and seems pleased.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-17
Theodore Roosevelt expects Justice Charles Evans Hughes Hughes to be the Republican presidential candidate because no one knows Hughes’s position on any issue. Hughes is a capable man but Roosevelt is unsure if Hughes can be a war leader. Roosevelt does not consider himself a legitimate candidate but will give Representative Wadsworth’s check to George W. Perkins for the campaign. Perkins is placing advertisements on Roosevelt’s record in as many newspapers as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-05-04