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William H. Kuhl asks Theodore Roosevelt for advice regarding his life choices moving forward. He is twenty years old with a weak constitution due to asthma and would appreciate knowing whether Roosevelt would recommend setting out on his own or remaining at home.
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1911-12-18
Kuhl, William H., -1945
Frank B. Kellogg thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the invitation to Oyster Bay and hopes to call on Roosevelt soon to discuss the current political climate. His wife, Clara May Cook Kellogg, heard of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident and Kellogg hopes Edith Roosevelt has now fully recovered.
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1911-12-12
Senator Robert M. La Follette will be leaving Washington soon to campaign aggressively in Ohio, William H. Taft’s home state. Public opinion has changed, indicating La Follette is not in the running for the nomination, instead Theodore Roosevelt and Taft will be the ones to fight to lead the Republican Party.
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1911-12-14
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit Roosevelt about his busy days in Washington. He has not been able to go riding, but has been going on walks and playing tennis. Roosevelt has recently received an interesting Buddha statue from China and is happy that Ethel Roosevelt has a friend visiting.
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1907-09-27
President Roosevelt asks Mrs. John Van Vorst when she expects to be in Washington, D.C., as there are several people whom Roosevelt would like to meet her. Roosevelt suggests a day in December if she is going to stay that late. Otherwise, a day in the first part of November would be better.
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1907-09-16
President Roosevelt invites Representative Hayes to meet him in Washington, D.C., to go over the matter in Hayes’s letter. The president plans to take the ground that Hayes advocates regarding the Great White Fleet, observing that the Pacific Coast is as much America’s coastline as the Atlantic Coast is.
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1907-09-19
President Roosevelt asks Colonel Lyon if he plans to be in Washington, D.C., fairly early that winter and invites him to spend a night at the White House.
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1907-09-19
President Roosevelt tells Richard Kearton that he is looking forward to seeing him and his photographs of birds. Roosevelt also mentions how good the work of Herbert Keightley Job and George Shiras is as well. The president plans to introduce Kearton to Shiras when he comes to Washington, D.C.
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1907-09-14
President Roosevelt agrees with Albert Shaw that he would have thought “mighty little” of Shaw if he had not gone home to his wife, Elisabeth Leonard Bacon Shaw and their quarantined children. The president says he will wait until Albert Shaw comes down to Washington, D.C., to see him.
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1907-09-13
President Roosevelt instructs Acting Secretary of War Oliver how to respond to letters he has received regarding official travel expenditures. Roosevelt tells Oliver to ask Baldwin to come to Washington, D.C., to meet with the president. He also informs Oliver that Secretary of War William H. Taft is visiting the Philippines on duty and therefore his expenses are covered while in official capacity. Roosevelt promises to carefully review the circumstances before any vouchers are approved.
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1907-09-13
President Roosevelt tells Asahi Kitagaki that Archibald B. Roosevelt mentioned meeting Kitagaki at Oyster Bay, New York. Roosevelt is sorry to have missed him there, but hopes to see Kitagaki in Washington, D.C.
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1907-09-11
President Roosevelt thanks William H. H. Llewellyn for his letter, which the he has passed along to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt encourages Llewellyn to tell New Mexico Governor George Curry the case and have him meet the president in Saint Louis, Missouri. Afterwards, Roosevelt would like Llewellyn to meet with him and Judge Alford Warriner Cooley in Washington, D.C.
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1907-09-09
President Roosevelt informs New Mexico Governor Curry that he has told William H. H. Llewellyn that he should lay his whole case before Curry. Roosevelt gives Curry permission to meet with him in St. Louis and discuss the matter. Roosevelt also wants to meet with Curry in Washington, D.C., a few weeks later and go over everything with Judge Alford Warriner Cooley.
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1907-09-09
President Roosevelt enjoyed Arthur Train’s book and relates it to his own time as a police commissioner. If Train and his wife, Ethel Kissam Train, will be in Washington, D.C., Roosevelt would be pleased to have them for lunch or dinner.
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1907-09-04
Unfortunately President Roosevelt will not be able to accept Henry P. Bridges invitation after all. After his Mississippi River trip, there will be no way for Roosevelt to leave Washington, D.C.
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1907-09-04
President Roosevelt thanks Myron T. Herrick for the letter, and says he has encouraged Representative Theodore E. Burton to accept. Roosevelt asks if Herrick can come to Washington, D.C. in September or October.
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1907-09-03
President Roosevelt asks Customs Collector Sewall to wait until next winter to come to Washington, D.C. Although Roosevelt would enjoy a hunting trip, it will likely not happen soon, and the boys are now at school during the year. The maple sugar Sewall sent has been appreciated by the Roosevelt family.
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1907-09-03
President Roosevelt asks Charles A. Moore if there is any way the Duke can wait until after September 25th, when he has returned to Washington, D.C., to schedule a visit. It is becoming a great strain for Roosevelt to see visitors in an unofficial manner at present.
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1907-09-02
President Roosevelt enjoyed the editorial sent by Alfred Henry Lewis. When he returns to Washington, D.C. he will ask Bat Masterson to bring down Lewis’s brother, William Eugene Lewis. Roosevelt agrees that there is a dangerous possibility that any supposed public support for himself could always turn in favor of someone more radical.
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1907-09-02
President Roosevelt encloses Bishop Charles Henry Brent’s sermon and assures Silas McBee that he will talk to Brent. Unfortunately, Roosevelt must return to Washington, D.C., early, and he asks if it would be possible for McBee to bring Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram to visit in Washington, D.C., rather than Oyster Bay. Roosevelt will play tennis with Ingram on the White House court.
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1907-08-31