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President Roosevelt tells his son, Ted, about the housewife that Henry Harrison Blagden gave him to take to Africa. He was particularly amused by the musical instruments inside. He updates Ted about visitors at the White House and an upcoming dinner that will be attended by Robert P. Perkins.
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1908-11-16
President Roosevelt congratulates New York state senator White on his election. He would like White and his wife, Jane Lines White, to attend a function at the White House this winter, and suggests several options.
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1908-11-16
President Roosevelt expects President-elect Taft to come directly to the White House on Saturday night and to spend Sunday there. He asks when Taft will arrive.
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1908-11-08
President Roosevelt instructs James E. West to ensure that the seats for the “colored people” at the Ben Greet play on the White House grounds are just as good as the seats for the white people.
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1908-10-12
President Roosevelt thanks John Henry Patterson for mentioning Newland, Tarleton, & Company for help in planning his upcoming African safari. Roosevelt invites Patterson and his wife to visit him at the White House, after the hot American summer.
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1908-07-27
President Roosevelt updates his son Archie on goings on at the White House. Quentin remains enthusiastic about baseball. Christine and William Emlen Roosevelt visited with the Richardsons, and the flowers are in bloom.
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1908-05-17
President Roosevelt reports that the governors from almost all states and territories will be attending the conference on conservation of natural resources at the White House, May 13-15, 1908. The senators and representatives of the Sixtieth Congress, the Justices of the Supreme Court and members of the Cabinet have also been invited to take part. Roosevelt seeks the cooperation of the Society of American Foresters in presenting the idea to the public.
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1908-04-20
President Roosevelt thanks Edward Everett Hale for sending him the story of the White House.
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1908-04-11
Theodore Roosevelt saw a white sparrow on the grounds of the White House, the first he recollects seeing there. Roosevelt often wishes that he could ask John Burroughs about a particular bird’s call.
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1908-04-17
President Roosevelt thanks Edward Brandegee for the letter and tells him to bring the children to the White House at 2:30 on Monday.
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1908-04-05
President Roosevelt tells William Roscoe Thayer that although Guglielmo Ferrero will spend a few nights at the White House, he is not his guest. Roosevelt hopes that Thayer will make his own arrangements for Ferrero and is sorry that Ferrero will not speak at the Lowell Institute.
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1908-04-08
President Roosevelt tells Samuel A. Leech a sports team with which Leech is associated did well in a recent game, and that Roosevelt hopes the team will play on the White House grounds again sometime.
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1908-03-27
President Roosevelt thanks John A. Vesey for the turkey call, but says that he does not think he would be successful hunting turkeys unless Vesey was with him, just like their bear hunt. Roosevelt says he greatly enjoyed the bear hunters’ dinner, and thinks it was one of the most interesting ever held at the White House.
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1908-03-28
President Roosevelt tells Robert Alexander Long that he has invited the governors of the United States to a conference on the conservation of natural resources, and has received a very positive response. He has additionally invited a number of prominent politicians and members of the public to take part, and extends this invitation to Long as well.
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1908-03-30
President Roosevelt discusses plans to have Gari Melcher paint his portrait. He tells Charles Lang Freer that he cannot give sittings of two hours each. If Melcher is willing to work on Sundays, he could give sittings of three hours, but other days he could only do one hour. Roosevelt will only sit for the portrait at the White House.
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1908-02-24
President Roosevelt thanks John Allison for the letter, and is pleased that he and his wife may visit Washington, D.C., this month. He asks if Allison could be there on the 20th, as that is the date of the Army and Navy Reception.
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1908-02-06
President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about some of the events of the Roosevelt household at the White House. Quentin Roosevelt has had a sleepover with several friends, and Roosevelt fondly remembers playing hide-and-seek with all the Roosevelt children in years past. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is fond of the Roosevelt’s dog Scamp. Edith was not feeling well last night, but after a small dinner party started feeling better.
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1908-01-02
Isabella Hagner informs Charles Myslik that the musical programs at the White House have already been arranged for the season and they cannot take his suggestion.
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1908-01-19
Isabella Hagner informs Flavie Van den Hende that the musical programs for the White House have already been set for the season.
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1908-01-21
William Loeb informs E. F. Droop & Sons that the Steinway piano at the White House is insured for $900 until January 11, 1909. This was the amount it was insured for four years ago, and he has always believed it was considered adequate.
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1908-01-16