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Theodore Roosevelt is not able to accept any invitation right now. He is also not a yachting man and needs to be home with Edith Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-15
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Sternburg for the interesting pamphlet and letter. He agrees that Sternburg does not need to be present with the yachtsmen and describes his plan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-10
President Roosevelt approves of the list of ships that will participate in an upcoming naval review, and asks Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte to find out from Admiral Robley D. Evans what time of day would be best for the review. Roosevelt hopes to have the captains of all the ships come on board the presidential yacht for lunch, which will either be before or after the review as Evans suggests. He also asks Bonaparte to speak with Admiral of the Navy George Dewey if he can be present on the Mayflower, and suggests that the naval attaches should attend also. In postscript, Roosevelt mentions an incident with Japanese seal poachers, and Navy should have “possible contingencies clearly in view” if there should be any trouble with Japan. Roosevelt also suggests inviting Cornelius Vanderbilt and Commodore and E. C. Benedict to lunch as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-10
George L. Whitcomb asks Theodore Roosevelt to lecture to his men’s club in mid or late May in Milford, Connecticut.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-28
Senator Proctor suggests that President Roosevelt bring his sons to Vermont where they might take a yacht up the East Coast. Proctor describes the troubles his son Fletcher D. Proctor has encountered in the Vermont gubernatorial race, but also suggests that it would be best if Roosevelt did not intervene.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-15
Philip J. Roosevelt and John A. Gable recount the life and work of P. James Roosevelt, the only Roosevelt family member to have been President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA). They note his love of sailing and yacht racing, his devotion to his Christian faith and missionary work, and his assumption of many leadership roles in the TRA. Roosevelt and Gable also highlight his support of the Roosevelt family genealogical project and his leadership of Youngs Memorial Cemetery. Two photographs of P. James Roosevelt appear in the section.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1999
Former Rough Rider Woodbury Kane accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to lunch on the yacht, The Mayflower.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-04
R. A. Alger writes to President Roosevelt to tell him about the time he was on Senator Dryden’s yacht and a rainstorm brought them past Oyster Bay and through Hell Gate. He sends his regards to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and is sorry about George Y. Wisner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-05
John Burroughs is rewriting an article in response to William J. Long regarding animal behavior and nature writing. He enjoyed the day on the presidential yacht.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-30
Cleveland H. Dodge offers President Roosevelt the use of his yacht, “Hester.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-11
Seth Low offers to take President Roosevelt out on his yacht.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-06
Major William Austin Wadsworth invites Governor Roosevelt to visit him at his yacht, which is anchored in Tompkinsville, New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1899-09-20