Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles
Subject(s): Convalescence, Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923, Diseases, Headache in children, Health, Influenza, Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980, Military orders, Military pensions, New Jersey--Atlantic City, Orders, Preparation of (Military science), Roosevelt family, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944, United States. Department of the Navy, United States. Dept. of the Navy
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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt has asked the Secretary of the Navy to reassign William S. Cowles away from the South. Roosevelt is increasingly concerned over Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s health, as well as that of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Roosevelt.
Collection
Creation Date
1898-04-01
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Cowles, Anna Roosevelt, 1855-1931
Language
English
Period
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (April 1897-April 1898)
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 Anna Roosevelt Cowles. [April 1, 1898]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285697. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles. [1 Apr. 1898]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285697.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1898, April 1]. 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/o285697.
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. January 15, 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.
