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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-1919
Wolcott, Frances M. (Frances Metcalfe), 1851-1933
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-22
Wolcott, Frances M. (Frances Metcalfe), 1851-1933
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1917-1918
Wolcott, Frances M. (Frances Metcalfe), 1851-1933
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-1918
Wolcott, Frances M. (Frances Metcalfe), 1851-1933
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
English
Frances M. Wolcott informs President Roosevelt that she has given a woman a letter of introduction, which may be presented to Roosevelt. The woman is the daughter of an American mother and an Italian father. She is married to an Italian naval officer, and has never been to the United States, but has lived in Turkey and Asia. Wolcott thinks she wishes to write about her impressions of America, and thinks Roosevelt will find her intelligent and interested in understanding the real conditions of the country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-12
Frances M. Wolcott updates President Roosevelt about the comings and goings among her friends and family in Paris, many of whom are ill with Diphtheria. She also explains the gift she sent him, a thermos.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-13
Frances M. Wolcott asks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt if she could have a copy of the Storer pamphlet, as she thinks she could “say a word that counts on the right side.” Her son, District Attorney Lyman Metcalfe Bass, is trying his first case and complimented President Theodore Roosevelt to her.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-11
Frances M. Wolcott’s son, Lyman Metcalfe Bass, is handling the passport applications for her and her maid, Mary McQuilken, in preparation for a possible trip to Russia. Wolcott wonders if President Roosevelt would also write her a letter of introduction. She is unfamiliar with Russia and wants to err on the side of caution. Wolcott met Judge William S. Andrews and his wife, Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, at an enjoyable dinner attended by Roosevelt’s political supporters. Wolcott apprises Roosevelt of her travel plans for the next few days.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-01
Frances M. Wolcott informs President Roosevelt of the work done by the archaeologist Giacomo Boni in Rome and of lectures he has recently given in England. Boni is trying to raise money for a library at the Roman Forum. Wolcott wonders if a lecture tour in the United States would be worthwhile, and if so, how to go about arranging it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-29
Frances M. Wolcott writes to President Roosevelt regarding the shipping of bobwhite quail to the estate of Count Pourtales in Silesia. Wolcott also recounts his attendance at the Democratic State Convention in Buffalo, New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-11
Frances M. Wolcott, who is traveling in Italy, asks President Roosevelt to send a copy of Emory Upton’s The Military Policy of the United States for a literary friend who needs it. She also reports her recent meeting with Cardinal Raphael Merry del Val, who spoke warmly of Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-14