Letter from Charles Henry Brent to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

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

Champlain Brent writes to Edith Roosevelt from Quentin Roosevelt’s gravesite and describes the grave in detail.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1918-08-14

Creator(s)

Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929

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

2

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-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 Charles Henry Brent to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [August 14, 1918]. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276647. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929. Letter from Charles Henry Brent to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [14 Aug. 1918]. Multi-image.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276647.

APA:

Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929., [1918, August 14]. Letter from Charles Henry Brent 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/o276647.

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. January 29, 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.