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Mary Cadwalader Whitridge had been sailing and only just heard the news of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident. She hopes Theodore Roosevelt will send word on what happened and how Edith is doing.
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt had been thrown from her horse on September 30, 1911, causing her to hit her head and remain unconscious for several days.
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his friend, Frederick W. Whitridge, for two interesting letters, which Roosevelt is returning. He is pleased Whitridge was able to attend a meeting where he could use his “power of inclusive speaking.” Roosevelt was pleased to see Whitridge and his wife Lucy C. Whitridge recently.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-12-06
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his admiration for a letter Frederick W. Whitridge published about President Woodrow Wilson. Roosevelt asks Whitridge to pass on a letter from Roosevelt to the British novelist and suffragist Mary Augusta Ward through Whitridge’s wife, Lucy C. Whitridge, if she approves.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-12-27
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Frederick W. Whitridge for sending him a book and for his kind words regarding an article Roosevelt had written. Roosevelt believes the United States should seize the German raider SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which had interned in an American harbor, until the Germans repay the United States for the William P. Frye, a merchant ship which the Eitel Friedrich had sunk. Roosevelt wishes the Wilson Administration would take a stronger position regarding Germany, but says he must not to speak so forcefully as to alienate the countrymen he is trying to persuade.
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1915-04-06
Theodore Roosevelt thinks that the letter that Frederick W. Whitridge sent is interesting and wants to have lunch with him soon.
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1912-12-03
President Roosevelt sends an amusing telegram he received to Frederick W. Whitridge, Special Ambassador to Spain for the wedding of King Alfonso XIII. Whitridge appears to have made a strong impression on King Edward VII of Great Britain, and Roosevelt hopes that he got on well with German Emperor William II as well. Roosevelt asks Whitridge to “give my regards unofficially and heartily to Mrs. Whitridge; and much less heartily but more formally to the King of Spain.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-12
President Roosevelt values the note he received from Frederick W. Whitridge, and made a point to send a word of thanks for everything that Whitridge has done. He will write again soon to see when Whitridge and his wife, Lucy C. Whitridge, will be able to visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-09
Railroad president Frederick W. Whitridge informs President Roosevelt that he is sending the Roosevelt family a hamper of grouse. He also shares a conversation he heard regarding German interests in Brazil.
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1906-08-24
Railroad president Frederick W. Whitridge, who was appointed special ambassador to Spain for King Alfonso XIII’s wedding, writes to President Roosevelt about the festivities. He notes how the young men in the American group behaved themselves well, and how the Americans hesitatingly wore the insignia they were given to wear at the ceremony so as not to offend their hosts’ hospitality. Whitridge also includes the text of his short speech to King Alfonso, expressing the admiration and affection of the American people and specifically Roosevelt.
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1906-05-30
Frederick W. Whitridge divulges his authorship of the pamphlet to President Roosevelt and is glad that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed it. Whitridge believes that unless Grover Cleveland is nominated, Roosevelt will have an easily beatable opponent in the election. Whitridge discusses notable people he has seen in Rome, especially Hilda Francesetti, who translated Roosevelt’s book, Strenuous Life, and is waiting on the publisher’s answer regarding its publication.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-08