Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
Subject(s): Exercise, Horses, Kentucky--Boone County, North Dakota--Elkhorn Ranch, Plains, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944, Travel, Washington (D.C.)
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Assistant Secretary Roosevelt hopes that Patty Selmes has reached Boone County, Kentucky. Roosevelt hasn’t been able to get exercise and hopes to visit his ranch one more time where he will often think of Selmes while enjoying the plains. He has been enjoying his work and this week Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is staying in Washington, D.C.
Collection
Creation Date
1897-08-08
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Selmes, Martha (Patty) Macomb Flandrau, 1861-1923
Language
English
Period
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (April 1897-April 1898)
Repository
Arizona Historical Society
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 Arizona Historical Society. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes. [August 8, 1897]. Arizona Historical Society.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291698. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes. [8 Aug. 1897]. Multi-image.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291698.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1897, August 8]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291698.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Arizona Historical Society. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society.
APA:
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society.
