Theodore Roosevelt to H. L. Shaw re: assuming the Presidency, inviting his Harvard friends - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02793.053
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to the 1900s
Title	Theodore Roosevelt to H. L. Shaw re: assuming the Presidency, inviting his Harvard friends
Date	25 September 1901
Author	Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
Recipient	Shaw, H.L.
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Signed as President on black-bordered stationery. Alludes to a dinner with his Harvard friends held as Governor of New York two years prior.
Subjects	President Assassination Death Government and Civics Entertaining and Hospitality Education
People	Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) Shaw, H.L. (fl. 1901)
Place written	Washington
Theme	The Presidency
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Transcript	Show/hide September 25, 1901 Dear Sammy: I liked your letter. The job has come to me, and there is nothing in the world to do but to carry it out as best I can. I want to see all of your boys, in company with Bob Bacon, on here for dinner at the White House this fall, just as you dined at the Executive Mansion at Albany two years ago. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. H. L. Shaw Care E. Rolling Morse & Bro., Boston, Mass.