Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Kermit Roosevelt would like to see John Wallace Riddle. He outlines his schedule and commitments. Hopefully, Riddle can work in an afternoon to visit.
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Arizona Historical Society
“I hope to pay one last visit to the ranch, with little Ted, who will then be nearly eleven; and I shall think of you very often, riding over the immense rolling plains, with their mat of short, sun-scorched grass; for it has always seemed to me that we two felt those plains as no one else I have ever seen does,” wrote Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes in 1897.
Established by an Act of the First Territorial Legislature on November 7, 1864, the Arizona Historical Society (AHS) is Arizona’s oldest historical agency. The items in their collections illuminate Roosevelt’s relationship to the Great Plains, as well as his connections to the Selmes, Greenway, and Ferguson families. Isabella Greenway was the first U.S. congresswoman in Arizona history, as well as the daughter of Patty Selmes. The Selmes family called North Dakota home.
Materials in this collection include correspondence from Gutzon Borglum regarding the creation of Mount Rushmore, letters examining national politics, as well as items relating to the history of the Rough Riders. Most importantly, this collection shows the value Roosevelt and his family placed on developing and preserving relationships over a lifetime.
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Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Kermit Roosevelt congratulates John Wallace Riddle on being appointed to Saint Petersburg and leaving Romania. He hopes that Riddle will write about what is happening there. Roosevelt will also be spending the Christmas holidays in Washington.
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1906
Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Kermit Roosevelt is sorry he missed seeing John Wallace Riddle in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He had to leave earlier than expected and hopes to see Riddle for Thanksgiving. Roosevelt thanks Riddle for the resource on piquet.
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Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to John Wallace Riddle
Anna Roosevelt Cowles invites John Wallace Riddle to visit. The visit will be quiet as Admiral Cowles will be in Washington, D.C.
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1911-05-22
Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Kermit Roosevelt is concerned about John Wallace Riddle’s pneumonia and hopes he is feeling better. Kermit and President Roosevelt are busy making plans for their African safari. He describes their planned itinerary. Kermit has been able to see Isabella and Robert Harry Munro Ferguson many times this summer. He will be joining Ferguson for a September hunting trip in Wyoming.
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1908-1909
Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to John Wallace Riddle
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson congratulates John Wallace Riddle on his appointment as ambassador to Argentina. She is glad for him in every way but one; she is sorry for all who have been welcomed to his home. Robinson asks that he try to be two places at once.
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1921-11-13
Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to John Wallace Riddle
Anna Roosevelt Cowles expresses her happiness for John Wallace Riddle and Theodate Pope. She praises Pope and her genius, and advises Riddle to be “very dear to Mrs. Pope,” to whom the couple’s engagement may come as a shock.
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1916-02-21
Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Kermit Roosevelt requests that John Wallace Riddle come and visit. Roosevelt leaves for the Badlands the following week. Kermit’s brother, Archibald “Archie” B. Roosevelt, will soon return from sailing on the Spray with Captain Joshua Slocum. The Spray was the boat that Captain Slocum sailed around the world.
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1906
Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Kermit Roosevelt acknowledges John Wallace Riddle’s correspondence and has cabled to look after Riddle’s cousin. Roosevelt has not seen Riddle in a long time and misses him at the bridge games at the Knickerbocker.
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1936-01-02
Letter from Isabella Hagner to John Wallace Riddle
Isabella Hagner encloses a ticket for John Wallace Riddle for the play. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will be very pleased if Riddle accompanies her.
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Wedding announcement for Alice Roosevelt and Nicholas Longworth
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt announce the marriage of their daughter, Alice Roosevelt, to Representative Nicholas Longworth.
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1906
Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to John Wallace Riddle
Anna Roosevelt Cowles congratulates John Wallace Riddle on his new post as ambassador. She appreciates Riddle’s friendship and hopes he can visit before taking his new post.
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1906-12-22
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Commissioner Roosevelt acknowledges the letter, book, and paper sent by John Wallace Riddle. His summer reading is now set. Roosevelt will be making a flying visit out west in August and wishes Riddle could join the family for the Fourth of July.
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1889-06-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Theodore Roosevelt invites John Wallace Riddle to visit his home in Oyster Bay, New York.
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1888-11-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles
President Roosevelt returns the letters from John Wallace Riddle and Mrs. Root to Anna Roosevelt Cowles. He is extremely fond of Mrs. Root and believes she is going on her trip in the right spirit. Roosevelt is having a great time and getting most of what he wants done.
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1906-06-28
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Theodore Roosevelt was sorry to have missed John Wallace Riddle and invites him to dinner on Tuesday.
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Letter from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt thanks John Wallace Riddle for the small library that he sent and for providing her and her guests their summer reading. She hopes that Riddle will not return to St. Paul, Minnesota, early in the summer and instead spend the Fourth of July with them at Oyster Bay, New York.
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1889-05-08
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Theodore Roosevelt has written to Mr. Johnston and encloses the letter to Colonel Conger.
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1918-05-22
Letter from Anna Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Anna Roosevelt invites John Wallace Riddle to dinner and would like a lesson in piquet afterwards.
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1890-05-18
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Commissioner Roosevelt encloses a note that John Wallace Riddle can give to Mr. Rock, Roosevelt’s tailor. He considers Rock to be very good, and so does Elliott Roosevelt, which is more to the point. Roosevelt enjoyed the “alligator-bagger” clippings, and he will send them on to his family.
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1889-10-08