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President Roosevelt encloses a letter for Kermit Roosevelt. Roosevelt has written to Edgar Huidekoper Wells about Kermit’s study of Greek, which he encourages as he did Ted Roosevelt’s reading of Latin. Both Roosevelt and William Loeb approve of Kermit’s course schedule.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-03
Kermit Roosevelt describes the success of his hunting trip and lists the animals he has shot. He tells Theodore Roosevelt he has “quite a reputation” among the guides because of the clothes he has worn while hunting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09
Kermit Roosevelt misses riding with President Roosevelt and has nothing to do. He asks Roosevelt to give him information on the “negro troop question,” likely referring to the events that took place in Brownsville, Texas, as the newspapers are not saying anything about the matter. He mentions a “nasty cartoon” he saw about it in Harper’s Weekly, as well as a poem he had read in Collier’s Weekly about President Roosevelt, which was “very nice.” He also comments on a recent letter he received from a cattle rancher.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-13
Kermit Roosevelt tells President Roosevelt what he is reading and how the weather has been recently. He asks whether the Ute braves finally came to Roosevelt and if Roosevelt has sent the “Tartar tribe” back to Utah. Roosevelt mentions that he requested papers regarding the “Brownsville discharge affair” from William Loeb, as Barclay is debating on it and he has been working hard with him, although he belongs to the opposite camp. He asks if President Roosevelt thinks he will get “those two big battleships of the dreadnought class” that he has asked for.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-20
Kermit Roosevelt writes to his father requesting a note to depart from Groton School on March 2, 1905, rather than on March 3, 1905. Kermit says he is reading Othello, given to him by his mother, and As You Like It, given to him by his father. He says everything is covered with ice and he has been out skating.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about Archie, how he is getting on at Harvard, and what he plans to do in the future. Roosevelt also mentions Ethel visiting with her baby Richard, and how Roosevelt has gotten the whole family involved in burning brush heaps. Roosevelt says he is glad Belle married Kermit and he hopes they can come live in America again.
1915-02-17
A list of names and items that appears to be in Kermit Roosevelt’s handwriting, possibly a list of Christmas presents and who should receive the appropriate thank you letters.
1904-01
Kermit Roosevelt writes to his nephew Quentin regarding Quentin Roosevelt’s grave. Black and white image of gravesite.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1927
Kermit Roosevelt tells Theodore Roosevelt about a dinner he had with David Goodrich, during which they discussed the work Goodrich has done with the Progressive Party and the possibility of war with Japan. He also talks about a lunch he had with Percival Farquhar. Roosevelt expresses the desire to pick up more contracts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912
Kermit Roosevelt describes the work he is doing in Brazil. He finds the work very interesting and something he is fitted for. He also talks about the wildlife there and an encounter with a “barefooted old man” who brought him an armadillo, which he “saved.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912
Theodore Roosevelt receives a telegram, presumably from Kermit Roosevelt, that says “capricious.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912
Kermit Roosevelt expresses his regret that he could not be at home to take part in the “grand fight” of the Progressive Party, but feels it is for the best that he has come to Brazil. He tells Theodore Roosevelt that he will be trying a hand “at all the difficult smaller branches” of the project, and may be put in charge of the construction work afterward. He tells Roosevelt about the other men he works with and a fight he got into with one man.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-20
Kermit Roosevelt expresses his worry over the recent assassination attempt on Theodore Roosevelt and wishes he could be with him. He also discusses the work he is doing in Brazil and two wild mammals he saw while taking a break.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-10-15
Kermit Roosevelt tells President Roosevelt about a skin condition he is currently suffering from and comments on the awful time Roosevelt must be having with everyone in the house sick. He also encloses a letter from John Heard, in which Heard mentions Archibald Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911
Kermit Roosevelt tells President Roosevelt about an upcoming football game which he is confident his team will win. They needed a referee for the game and Walter Camp and Charles Dudley Daly were unavailable, so they have Harvard coach, Joshua Crane. He explains to Roosevelt his plans to take up boxing next year, because he wants to learn how to use his fists. He also mentions that Bishop Charles Henry Brent is visiting and has invited him to stay with him in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908
Kermit Roosevelt has been traveling and unable to write to William Loeb to ask him to keep the Vanity Fair at Washington for him as intended. His work is going well and is not as hard as he had expected it to be. He also requests that Loeb have an army sweater sent to James S. Wadsworth.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-05
Kermit Roosevelt is glad President Roosevelt has written to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and was touched to see how the clerks and men in the office behaved after Ferguson’s surgery. He tells Roosevelt about his recent trip to Geneseo, New York, and the horse riding he did while there. He also encloses a letter, not knowing who it is from or what else to do with it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-03
Kermit Roosevelt wears size seven.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-09
Kermit Roosevelt writes to his father about the start of his time at Harvard College. Kermit also describes reading President Roosevelt’s published correspondence with William Jennings Bryan, attending a speech delivered by William H. Taft, and seeing Frederic Remington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-03
Kermit Roosevelt tells President Roosevelt he is meeting “lots of fellows” by trying out for the football team at Harvard. Kermit explains the trouble he had scheduling his courses, thanks his father for the allowance he sent, and asks for a pair of rubber soled shoes and another with hobnails on them. He asks what happened to the cotton-soled shoes and if the “modified duffel bags” have arrived for their upcoming trip to Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-06