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President Roosevelt thanks Thomas R. Lounsbury for the letter and encourages him to be philosophical about a difficult situation.
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1904-01-16
The President and Fellows of Yale University invite Vice President Roosevelt to stay at the home of William Whitman Farnam during the two hundredth anniversary celebrations of the founding of Yale College.
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1901-09
President Roosevelt returns the clipping and congratulates E. A. Sumner on his LL.D. from Yale.
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1902-07-22
President Roosevelt will discuss Charles M. Heald’s suggestions about the train with George B. Cortelyou and jokes that his opponents accuse him of giving offices “chiefly to Yale men and Rough Riders.”
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1902-07-26
President Roosevelt has received Philip Battell Stewart’s letters and compliments his service. He has appointed another Yale graduate, Henry C. McDowell.
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1901-11-16
Vice President Roosevelt says he will come to visit as long as he is not called to speak for the campaign. Alice wants him to walk through the swamp and Edith and Quentin have had a hard time. He will join Edith for a stretch of three or four days one week from Sunday.
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1901-08-28
William T. Hornaday thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the congratulatory note about Hornaday’s honorary degree from Yale University. The riots in East Saint Louis, Illinois, and personal observations of lawlessness in New York City lead Hornaday to suggest that the American people place too much value on “personal sovereignty.”
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1917-07-07
Allen M. Hiller asks Theodore Roosevelt to give a lecture at the New Haven University Extension Centre, offering flexible dates, a warm welcome, and emphasizing the positive impact his visit would have on the community and the program.
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1911-09-12
Joseph Barrell invites Theodore Roosevelt to give a lecture at Yale University on his African safari under the auspices of the Sigma Xi Society. He discusses the purpose of the society.
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1911-11-07
J. J. Dodds informs Theodore Roosevelt of his search for a job in the city and entails his lengthy employment history hoping Roosevelt can lend a hand at finding an opportunity.
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1911-10-23
William N. Freeman shares with Frank Harper an argument by Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard University and his own response to the argument of American history. Freeman would like to begin a correspondence with Roosevelt through Harper to send him occasional letters where he updates what Hart is doing.
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1911-10-21
Warren F. Hickernell would like to publish a translation of Ferdinand Lassalle’s “Essay on the Nature of a Political Constitution” and asks Theodore Roosevelt if he would like to advise him on the project. Hickernell is drawn to Lassalle’s work founding the Social Democratic Party of Germany while applying science to social reform. Hickernell believes Lassalle’s work can be applied directly to American history to support Lassalle’s theory.
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1911-10-19
John Christopher Schwab informs Frank Harper that no one at Yale has ever written a thesis on Saint Bernard of Clairvaux’s poem “De Contemptu Mundi,” and that no complete printed English translation of the poem exists. He wonders if Harper has confused the poem with a more famous poem of the same name by Bernard of Cluny. There are partial translations of this one, and a complete prose translation.
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1911-07-11
Wallace Batchelder said in a previous letter to Frank Harper that 7% of American men identified with any church. However, Batchelder has now realized that this type of survey has not been completed, so this number is inaccurate. Rev. C.O. Gill, who is working on the survey, was a Yale football man, which Batchelder thinks Harper might fight interesting.
Sinclair Lewis asks Theodore Roosevelt to provide a note to James Brown Scott approving the application to the Carnegie Peace Fund to bring British peace poet Alfred Noyes on a lecture tour of the United States.
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1911-04-22
Frederick W. Randall asks Theodore Roosevelt if he would be willing to write a message on the dangers of intoxicating beverages to be read to the boys and young men of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of New Haven, Connecticut, on Temperance Sunday.
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1911-02-27
Henry Fairfield Osborn was pleased that President Roosevelt sent him a manuscript of his Romanes Lecture, and is equally pleased with the choice of subject. He will carefully study the manuscript to offer candid advice. Osborn will consult his wife about the dates of the diplomatic reception and Supreme Court dinner. He regrets being unintentionally disingenuous about being unable to attend Saturday because he is working on his book. In truth, although he is working “continuously” on his book, on Saturday he will be attending the Yale-Princeton football game with his sons.
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1908-11-12
Thomas R. Lounsbury has been working on a book recently, and asks for President Roosevelt’s assistance to make sure that he has clearly expressed an idea of Roosevelt’s. Lounsbury also tells Roosevelt about a recent visit William H. Taft made to Yale during its commencement week.
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1908-06-25
Ambassador Reid updates President Roosevelt on the activities of the American Embassy in London. Reid has attended and given some short speeches at the dedication of memorials related to Harvard or Yale alumni, noting that relationships forged though the universities strengthens ties between Great Britain and the United States. Reid has made a proposal for the arbitration between the United States and Great Britain regarding fisheries off of Newfoundland. Arthur F. Winnington Ingram, the Bishop of London, is looking forward to visiting the United States and will be present when Roosevelt dedicates a lecturn to Bruton Parish Church. King Edward VII and Parliament are still at work until August, but the current Parliament has not yet achieved much in the way of legislation. Reid describes the King and British people’s reactions to the International Peace Conference at The Hague, and the prevailing attitude about the immunity of private property at sea. Finally, Reid describes some press coverage at the recent 4th of July events at the Embassy.
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1907-07-19
Representative Parsons forwards several letters to William Loeb regarding Edward M. Morgan, postmaster of New York. Parsons agrees more with William G. Rull than what Elihu Root expressed in his Yale lectures. Parsons thanks Loeb for how he handled Max A. Mosle when he tried to visit Sagamore Hill recently and explains Mosle’s background.
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1907-07-09