Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles is glad President Roosevelt is at Sagamore and done with all of the hand shaking. Her husband William S. Cowles was home for the Fourth of July but has returned to Washington, D.C. Cowles recommends to her brother the volume Heretics by G. K. Chesterton. The Chinese minister mentioned while visiting that he plans to give suffrage to land owners based on a conversation he had with Roosevelt. Cowles’s son William Sheffield Cowles Jr. has been homebound much of the summer to avoid catching the whooping cough which is being passed around children in town, although he is canoeing, playing tennis, and vegetable gardening. The Chinese minister and Cowles both agree that horses are preferable to automobiles, as she is “in deadly terror of running into some one.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-08

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles sends her brother Theodore a letter written by John Riddle. Anna says that Mrs. Root does not feel as if she is doing enough to support Roosevelt’s administration. She is following the news of the Panama Canal.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-27

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles informs President Roosevelt that she has seen a newspaper article stating the Hepburn Rate Act had passed and inquires about his reaction to what was amended in the bill. She also writes that the Maharaja (Gaekwar) of Baroda will be visiting and suggests the President see him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-05-19

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles has written to President Roosevelt, enclosing a letter that she received from Marjorie Holt. She feels that it would be easier for the President to read the letter than for her to explain the contents to him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-19

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles, sister, writes to President Roosevelt, regarding his receipt of a letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-20

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles writes to President Roosevelt regarding lunch plans with Secretary of State Elihu Root and Attorney General William H. Moody.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-10

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles, sister, writes to President Roosevelt regarding a lunch and meeting. She also mentions Lizzie Reid.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-01

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles wishes President Roosevelt a happy birthday.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-27

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Telegram from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles received word that the house on N Street had a fire and asks that Edith Roosevelt find out the cause of the damage and telegraph her.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-08

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles writes to President Roosevelt about two appeals that have been sent to her recently. Sallie Pickman Loring Dwight is concerned that her husband may be assigned to a German consulate rather than Vevey, Switzerland, as they had expected. General Henry Clark Corbin’s wife, Edythe, is distressed that Corbin may not be appointed to succeed General Adna Romanza Chaffee as Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Cowles also discusses other political and family news.

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Creation Date

1905-09-13

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles congratulates President Roosevelt on the peace between Japan and Russia. She also describes a visit she made to her husband on board the USS Missouri.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-30

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles introduces Cabot Ward to President Roosevelt and requests that the President meet with Ward for a few moments. Cowles mentions the possibility of Ward receiving an appointment in Puerto Rico.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-01

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Telegram from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to William Loeb

Anna Roosevelt Cowles asks William Loeb to arrange a special train. She is unsure whether her son, William Sheffield Cowles Jr., will be well enough to be moved until she speaks to the doctor.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-30

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles writes to her brother, President Roosevelt, about Red Cross matters, including Clara Barton’s hasty resignation. She has enclosed a telegram that recently reached her and will send a letter which is expected to follow, as soon as it comes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-21

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles tells her brother, President Roosevelt, about a recent visitor she had, who gratified Cowles by emphasizing Roosevelt’s integrity in a speech. She also tells a story about her son, William Sheffield Cowles, asking an endearing question about whether “all the ladies [will] vote for Aunt Edif.” Cowles plans to visit Washington, D.C. around election day, and will write to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-16

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to William Loeb

Anna Roosevelt Cowles writes William Loeb on behalf of William Bayard Cutting Jr. who would like to arrange a meeting with President Roosevelt. Cowles indicates that Cutting and his father are “devoted adherents” to Roosevelt.

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Creation Date

1904-08-30

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles reports that public opinion in New York may be turning in President Roosevelt’s favor. A business associate of Mr. Mills in Nevada, however, believes that the Republicans will not carry that state. Cowles writes of her visit with the Reids to the Bayards’ camp. Mrs. Reid has been conducting her own “campaign,” with the force of a political boss, to encourage her black employees to educate their friends and associates to vote for Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-18

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles discusses the possibility of Elihu Root running for governor. When she spoke to Root, he felt that he must go back to practicing law.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-09

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to William Loeb

Anna Roosevelt Cowles requests that William Loeb send her a photograph with autograph of President Roosevelt. Cowles wishes to give it to Helen Roosevelt’s governess who has been with the family a long time and is leaving them soon to return to England.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-16

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles is leaving to see her husband. She asks President Roosevelt to talk to Charles Hial Darling, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, about the work on the USS Missouri being completed quickly. Cowles also discusses appointments to the Red Cross committee and urges Roosevelt to contact Mabel Thorp Boardman if anything has to be done about these appointments.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-08

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Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931