Letter from Louisa Lee Schuyler to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Subject(s): Armed Forces--Officers--Death, Condolence notes, Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918

Louisa Lee Schuyler writes to Edith Roosevelt that she and Theodore Roosevelt made the “supreme sacrifice,” referring to the death of their son Quentin Roosevelt.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-07-23

Creator(s)

Schuyler, Louisa Lee

Recipient

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Language

English

Period

Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)

Repository

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Page Count

1

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between Sagamore Hill National Historic Site – National Park Service and Dickinson State University. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Louisa Lee Schuyler to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [July 23, 1918]. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276590. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Schuyler, Louisa Lee. Letter from Louisa Lee Schuyler to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [23 Jul. 1918]. Image.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276590.

APA:

Schuyler, Louisa Lee., [1918, July 23]. Letter from Louisa Lee Schuyler to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276590.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.

APA:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.