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Mary Cadwalader Whitridge had been sailing and only just heard the news of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident. She hopes Theodore Roosevelt will send word on what happened and how Mrs. Roosevelt is doing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-11
Mary Cadwalader Jones writes to Edith Roosevelt to tell her about seeing her sons while in Paris, the work the Red Cross is doing in France and about the morale of the French people and their attitudes about the American soldiers.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-06-22
Mary Cadwalader Jones thanks President Roosevelt for all he has done for the country and affirms a universally held good opinion of his character. She and others hope that Roosevelt will run for president again in the future. She asks if she can see Roosevelt before he leaves for his Africa trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-14
Mary Cadwalader Jones tells President Roosevelt that she is sending him a history book and hopes he will like it. She also discusses the higher quality of English postal products such as envelopes and cards and sends her good wishes for his success in the coming election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-26
Mary Cadwalader Jones thanks President Roosevelt for the photograph and sends him a copy of “The Book Booster,” a satirical publication that she thinks he will enjoy. She comments on the work of Francis V. Greene as New York City’s police commissioner, noting that he is “rattling the bones” of the police department. A friend overheard a policeman saying Greene is “as bad as Roosevelt.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-16