Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
Subject(s): Entertaining, Exercise, Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924, Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980, Presidents--Attitudes, Presidents--Social life and customs, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930, United States. Secret Service, Weddings
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President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to say he will see him in February for Alice Roosevelt’s wedding. Roosevelt says January and February are the hardest months because of all the social obligations and no time for exercise. He has ridden with Edith and sometimes Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Secretary of State Elihu Root, and Secretary of War William H. Taft. Roosevelt ends by saying Keating, who he put in the Secret Service, went on one of his “sprees” and died of heart failure.
Collection
Creation Date
1906-01-08
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Harvard College Library
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
Electronic copy sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. For reproduction or publication permission, contact the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Houghton Library. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt. [January 8, 1906]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o280681. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt. [8 Jan. 1906]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o280681.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1906, January 8]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o280681.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Harvard College Library. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.
APA:
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.
