Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles
Subject(s): Derby, Ethel Roosevelt, Entertaining, Health, Liquor laws, Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914, Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933, Roosevelt family, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Roosevelt, James Alfred, 1825-1898, Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943, Sternburg, Hermann Speck von, Freiherr, 1852-1908, United States. Congress, United States. Navy
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Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about recent house guests and his disgust with Congress. Sister Corinne is beyond help until she begins to help herself. Uncle Jimmie Roosevelt wrote he enjoyed his visit to Anna. Roosevelt provides updates on the family and says he did inspections to see how the new liquor law is working.
Collection
Creation Date
1896-05-03
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931
Language
English
Period
NYC Police Commissioner (May 1895-March 1897)
Repository
Harvard College Library
Page Count
4
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 Anna Roosevelt Cowles. [May 3, 1896]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o283730. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles. [3 May. 1896]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o283730.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1896, May 3]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o283730.
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 12, 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.
