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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about current happenings with the family. Alice is away at school, and brother Elliott sent Roosevelt a Christmas gift. He and Edith continue to socialize quite a bit. He feels the Civil Service Commission is accomplishing something but his book is not really coming along. Roosevelt goes for scrambles in Rock Creek Park.
1893-12-31
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about his Civil Service Commission work. He is trying to make President Cleveland make extensions of classified service. He has been spending time with Senator Lodge riding and hiking. Edith is improving and daughter Alice’s ankles are bothering her.
1894-01-06
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about recent happenings in Washington. He has been getting along well with President Cleveland and his new colleague at the Civil Service Commission, John Robert Procter. Roosevelt enjoyed his most recent White House and Cabinet calls. He and his wife Edith continue to socialize quite a bit, and they introduced the Bellamy Storers to Judge William H. Taft.
1894-01-07
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Archie, serving in the military in Europe, with the latest family news.
1917-06-28
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Archie Roosevelt to give him his love and to report on how his wife Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt and his brother Quentin Roosevelt are doing. Roosevelt says everyone is working but him, who is spending his time fighting German sentiment in the United States.
1917-07-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes of how pleased he and Edith are to have Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt visiting them. His grandson, Richard Derby Jr., was taken to the hospital. Roosevelt then asks Archie to tell the lieutenants he is reading Longfellow’s Saga of King Olaf. He tells of his battles at San Juan and ends with explaining that the current administration does not wish to have Roosevelt’s help.
1917-08-02
Theodore Roosevelt reports that Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt is visiting for a fortnight. Little Richard is in the hospital with appendicitis. Ted Roosevelt was promoted. Roosevelt is very frustrated with the slow preparations for the war.
1917-08-08
President Roosevelt thanks Walter Hines Page for the check and inquires as to when he will receive his copy of the Wallihan book. Roosevelt hopes to “accomplish some good in the south.”
1901-11-27
President Roosevelt thanks Walter Hines Page for the article Page wrote about him. He hopes to see Page in Washington soon.
1902-09-11
President Roosevelt discusses with Joseph Bucklin Bishop the articles Bishop enclosed in his last letter. Roosevelt says that scandalous articles about Bishop, Colonel George W. Goethals, Secretary of War William H. Taft, and himself will appear, but they do not bother him.
1908-05-23
President Roosevelt writes that he is glad Joseph Bucklin Bishop agreed with how he dealt with “the Cleveland business,” which dealt with an article in The Outlook.
1908-09-10
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his letter, saying it is one of the nicest he has received and that he will keep it always.
1908-11-17
President Roosevelt thanks Joseph Bucklin Bishop for his letter, saying it is one of the nicest he has received and that he will keep it always.
1908-11-17
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss his anger over the attitude of Congress toward Bishop, but notes that President William H. Taft and Senator Elihu Root have agreed to look out for Bishop.
1909-03-10
Theodore Roosevelt tells Joseph Bucklin Bishop he spoke with Colonel George W. Goethals and he hopes Goethals understood Roosevelt’s confidence in him. Roosevelt also discusses the political landscape in New York, which he characterizes as corrupt. He mentions that Henry L. Stimson is backed by honest men.
1910-10-20
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to discuss his dissatisfaction with the way Bishop is being treated by the current administration. Roosevelt asserts that the best thing for Bishop to do in Panama is to support Colonel George W. Goethals.
1911-01-17
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to inform him that Ian Hamilton will be visiting the Panama Canal and asks Bishop to show him special courtesy since he is Roosevelt’s friend. Roosevelt also praises Hamilton’s writings about the Russo-Japanese War.
1911-04-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to say he is glad that Bishop clarified some issues regarding an article in The Outlook and makes plans to have lunch with him.
1911-07-21
Part of the speech Progressive Party presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt delivered at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after being shot in the chest.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912-10-14
Theodore Roosevelt complements Grace Stackpole Roosevelt on the photograph of her and the new baby. Roosevelt then discusses the telegram concerning Archie Roosevelt’s injuries.
1918-03-17