Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Subject(s): Americans--Travel, Convalescence, Diseases, Groin--Surgery, Health, Roosevelt family, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt tells Anna Roosevelt Cowles that she does not need to travel to Washington, D.C., because Edith Roosevelt’s condition is satisfactory.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1898-03-07

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

1

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Telegram

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:

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles. [March 7, 1898]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285698. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles. [7 Mar. 1898]. Image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 1, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285698.

APA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.: , [1898, March 7]. Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285698.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 1, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.

APA:

Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.