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Theodore Roosevelt acknowledges Edwin Lincoln House’s invitation to attend church at the All Saints Cathedral. However, he is unsure if his schedule will allow him to do so.
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1911-02-10
Theodore Roosevelt denounces the interview as false. He explains to William Hutchinson Cowles that he is giving a speaking tour because he wants to visit each state and acknowledge them as the former president. Roosevelt hopes to see Cowles during his visit to Spokane, Washington.
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1911-01-14
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary directs F. R. Cuthbertson to contact Senator Miles Poindexter to learn more about Roosevelt’s upcoming speech in Spokane, Washington.
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1911-01-12
Theodore Roosevelt agrees to speak in Seattle and Spokane. He does not have time to see Robert Moran, but he would have liked to do so.
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1911-01-03
Theodore Roosevelt will speak at the Seattle Municipal League as Senator Poindexter suggests. Regretfully, it is unlikely he will be able to stop in Spokane, Washington.
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1910-12-24
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Horace Kimball of the Progressive County Central Committee in Spokane, Washington, for the information in his letter and congratulates him.
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1912-11-18
President Roosevelt is unsure what to tell William Hutchinson Cowles about the Spokane case that Cowles mentioned. Roosevelt says that Senator Jonathan Bourne is a bit of a fanatic in taking a third-term attitude, but that all of Roosevelt’s other friends are strongly in favor of Secretary of War William H. Taft’s campaign.
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1908-03-18
President Roosevelt saw John P. M. Richards’s letter to Jacob A. Riis. Richards is welcome to visit Roosevelt whenever he is in Washington, D.C.
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1908-01-17
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock regarding charges against Hal J. Cole, who was endorsed by Senator Turner for the register of the Spokane land office. The charges are being investigated and Roosevelt will keep Turner informed.
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1903-11-27
President Roosevelt encloses telegram correspondence with Senator Hanna and asks if Joseph Bucklin Bishop saw the speech he made in Spokane, WA and repeated in Butte, MT. He wants Bishop to pay special attention to the “absolute clearness” in which he spoke about the crimes of the criminal rich and poor.
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1903-05-27
Vice President Roosevelt wants to meet the “Spokane brother-in-law” when he arrives. Roosevelt supports the Isthmian Canal and has done so publicly. He had a good time in Vermont with Stewart’s father even though their time was cut short by the attempted assassination of President McKinley. Roosevelt is confident McKinley will recover.
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1901-09-07
Michael McMahon sends Theodore Roosevelt a letter and roses. Additionally he inquires about the previously sent for a battleship.
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1911-06-16
Paul Lietzow recounts to Theodore Roosevelt how he has often been told he resembles Roosevelt, and how he decided to impersonate the former president in a parade in Spokane. The reaction was “beyond [his] expectation,” culminating in Lietzow being brought on stage to give an address. He encloses his speech, alongside photographs of the event.
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1911-05-30
William Wingate Sewall asks Theodore Roosevelt whether he might help the daughter and wife of James Cicle, the guard who died while Roosevelt was president. Sewall reports that his family is well and that his wife’s nephew heard Roosevelt speak in Spokane, Washington, on his trip out west. He wishes Roosevelt would visit and come stay at one of his camps.
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1911-05-03
Ada Sexsmith wishes she could have seen Theodore Roosevelt during his trip to Spokane, Washington, but a recent operation prevented it. However, Sexsmith sends her “hearty good wishes” and affirms her belief that he is “blazing a trail for the progress of humanity.”
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1911-04
Lillian Shannon Caple welcomes Theodore Roosevelt to Spokane, Washington. She wishes she could have entertained him and hopes to meet him before his speech at the armory along with her family.
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1911-04-07
J. C. Fisher welcomes Theodore Roosevelt to Spokane, Washington. He expresses loyalty and admiration on behalf of himself and the “Bad Land boys.”
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1911-04-07
Stanley A. Beadle recounts his credentials as an outdoor enthusiast. He wants to shake Theodore Roosevelt’s hand during his visit to Spokane, Washington, and requests that Roosevelt autograph and return the attached letter.
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1911-04-08
On behalf of himself and his partner, T. C. Cannon, Ellis LeMaster sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of a resolution he introduced to the Chamber of Commerce of Spokane, Washington. He asks for Roosevelt’s endorsement or comments on it.
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1911-04-08
George T. Blair introduces himself as one of the first men Theodore Roosevelt hired as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He wants to shake hands one more time while Roosevelt is in Spokane, Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-09