Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson
Subject(s): Adult children--Death, Armies, Colonial--Medals, badges, decorations, etc., Battle casualties, Death and burial of a person, Derby, Ethel Roosevelt, Derby, Richard, 1881-1963, Grandchildren, Maine--Islesboro, Military operations, Aerial--American, Miller, Flora Whitney, Parental grief, Roosevelt family, Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943, Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944, World War (1914-1918)
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Theodore Roosevelt recounts his visit to see Ethel Roosevelt Derby and her children. It was a great comfort in their time of sorrow after Quentin Roosevelt’s death. Roosevelt’s sons have done well as soldiers and he would not have had them act otherwise.
Collection
Creation Date
1918-08-09
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Ferguson, Robert Harry Munro, 1868-1922; King, Isabella Greenway, 1886-1953
Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
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 Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson. [August 9, 1918]. Arizona Historical Society.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291731. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson. [9 Aug. 1918]. Multi-image.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 22, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291731.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1918, August 9]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291731.
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 22, 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.
