Elizabeth Green Perkins Wadsworth invites Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and her family, including Theodore Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt, and Kermit Roosevelt, to visit her and her husband, William Austin Wadsworth, at their homestead for a week in October. Wadsworth also expresses her relief that Roosevelt’s recent fall was not serious.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-05

Creator(s)

Wadsworth, Elizabeth Greene Perkins, 1869-1943

Recipient

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Language

English

Period

(1911-1912) Progressive Party Candidate

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

3

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Elizabeth Greene Perkins Wadsworth to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [October 5, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o71044. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Wadsworth, Elizabeth Greene Perkins, 1869-1943. Letter from Elizabeth Greene Perkins Wadsworth to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [5 Oct. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o71044.

APA:

Wadsworth, Elizabeth Greene Perkins, 1869-1943., [1911, October 5]. Letter from Elizabeth Greene Perkins Wadsworth to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o71044.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.