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President Roosevelt asks Mary Noailles Murfree if she can visit the White House soon, maybe for the Diplomatic Reception or the Army and Navy Reception.
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1907-12-24
President Roosevelt writes to Anna Roosevelt Cowles to thank her for the lamp, and wishes her son, William Sheffield Cowles, could have been at the White House for Christmas. It was Christmas in “the usual style,” and then a three hour ride with the chattering children and Fitzhugh Lee, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Secretary of State Elihu Root. They had lunch with the Lodge and Cooley families and then Roosevelt played tennis with Ambassador J. J. Jusserand, Ted Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt.
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1907-12-25
President Roosevelt writes to E. L. Nichols with copies of a letter he sent to the governors and a letter received from the Chairmen of the National Advisory Board on Fuels and Structural Materials, both on the topic of conservation. Roosevelt feels it important to show the people of the country that their future depends on natural resources, and invites Nichols to a conference on the topic at the White House.
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1907-12-31
President Roosevelt values William Allen White’s friendship greatly, and he will give Ambassador J. J. Jusserand the book immediately. He hopes White and his wife, Sallie Moss Lindsay White, can come visit, perhaps for the Army and Navy Reception.
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1907-12-23
President Roosevelt thanks Lettie Dodge Montgomery for sending him the speech. Her father, Union Army General Grenville M. Dodge, is the kind of man “whose deeds in war and peace give me a certain thrill.”
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1907-12-11
President Theodore Roosevelt hopes that Gifford Pinchot will be able to attend a conference on the conservation of natural resources being held at the White House in May 1908.
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1907-11-13
While concerned about what Governor Comer writes, President Roosevelt feels he cannot say more at present. He is pleased to have met Comer and wants him at the White House for dinner and conversation when Comer can visit Washington, D.C.
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1907-11-11
President Roosevelt invites John Campbell Greenway to stay at the White House when he comes east.
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1907-11-01
President Roosevelt is pleased with Seth Bullock’s news. Roosevelt asks when the Bullocks will be in Washington next, as he would like for them to spend a night at the White House.
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1907-10-26
President Roosevelt thanks newspaper editor, Thomas E. Watson, for his letter and assures he will not surrender to or have “secret midnight conferences” with anyone. Like Samuel Gompers, J. P. Morgan will openly call at the White House, which is receptive to all for a fair hearing. Roosevelt is unsure of his response to the financial situation and will confer with Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou. He wishes to speak with Watson in-person and asks if he is visiting Washington D.C., soon.
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1907-11-12
President Roosevelt shares his thoughts on various topics with Cecil Spring Rice. Roosevelt is planning to swap foreign assignments between John B. Jackson and Richmond Pearson, mentioning that Pearson had trouble with missionaries in Persia. While Jackson has done well as Minister to Greece, Roosevelt does not approve of his strong pro-Russia feelings. Roosevelt thinks the Russian people are good, and feels badly that they oscillate between despotism and anarchy. Roosevelt is interested in what Spring Rice says about the movement of Islam in Persia toward more tolerance, and gives his opinion about progress in Islamic countries in relation to Buddhism and Shinto. The violent incidents in San Francisco towards Japanese immigrants concerns Roosevelt. Roosevelt thinks everyone should be in favor of peace and temperance, but he feels professional advocates of both talk a lot without ever getting anything done. At home, Roosevelt is trying to keep a balance between plutocrats and labor unions. Roosevelt hopes to see Spring Rice and his wife soon.
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1907-07-01
President Roosevelt invites Ernest Ingersoll to visit with him at the White House or at Oyster Bay. Roosevelt is impressed by his work as a naturalist and writer and gave Archibald B. Roosevelt a copy of Ingersoll’s Life of Animals.
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1907-06-15
President Roosevelt thanks John S. Elliott for the book about James Oglethorpe and enjoyed having Elliott at the White House for a visit.
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1907-06-20
President Roosevelt thanks Kenneth Grahame for the books he sent, saying he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will especially enjoy them. Roosevelt invites Grahame to stay at the White House.
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1907-06-20
President Roosevelt has enjoyed the book about Giuseppe Garibaldi that George Otto Trevelyan sent, especially as he was able to read it in connection with Pierre de La Gorce’s book on the history of the French Republic. Roosevelt says that since he has been at Sagamore Hill, he has been able to forget about all the stresses of office and go riding with his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Roosevelt invites Trevelyan or his son, author George Macaulay Trevelyan, to visit at the White House.
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1907-06-20
President Roosevelt will be happy to give a reception at the White House for the International YMCA’s delegates but cannot give an address.
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1907-04-16
President Roosevelt would like Ambassador Reid to get in touch with the London Post regarding their reporter A. Maurice Low, who Roosevelt considers “a liar and a slanderer.” Low has cause considerable trouble for the United States government. Roosevelt also shares his enjoyment of a recent exhibition of American artists.
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1907-02-17
William Loeb regrets to inform J. F. Bliss that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt cannot arrange what he suggests because the program for the White House musicals has already been completed for the season.
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1907-01-30
Due to the increased needs of the president’s office during the winter season, William Loeb informs Commissioner of Patents Allen that he has sent Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock a request for the temporary transfer of William W. Mortimer from the patent office from December 3, 1906 to February 13, 1907. He regrets the inconvenience this may cause Allen, and thanks him for his courtesy.
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1906-11-21
President Roosevelt thanks Horace Vose for sending the White House Thanksgiving turkey.
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1906-11-27