Letter from Mary H. A. Allen to Theodore Roosevelt
Mary H. A. Allen writes a letter of condolence to Theodore Roosevelt after the death of his son Quentin Roosevelt. Allen cares for wounded infantry men who speak “admiringly and affectionately” of Quentin. Allen relates an amusing anecdote of meeting Quentin as a boy while visiting Leila Roosevelt Reeve-Merritt. Quentin’s early death is reconciled with the thought that he died “before ever sorrow had a chance to touch him.”
Collection
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Creation Date
1918-10-01