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President McKinley is recovering nicely after being shot in an attempted assassination. The “hideous” thing about the incident is that the perpetrator will likely not receive a sentence longer then ten years. Vice President Roosevelt views the greater crime as against the republic and free government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-07
Vice President Roosevelt is in Buffalo, New York, because of the news of the attempted assassination of President William McKinley and he feels that the President will recover. He requests a series of dates to visit Anna Roosevelt Cowles and says that he will speak in Ohio and Iowa in October.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-07
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-01-19
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-12-31
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-30
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Theodore Roosevelt sends an enclosure and asks Anna Roosevelt Cowles if she can find out if the calfskin lace boots were delivered and if they could be sent to him in Washington.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-28
Frances E. Monson asks Anna Roosevelt Cowles if her brother, President Roosevelt, can recommend a ranch where young men can go to “work hard in the open air all day,” with no access to alcohol. Her son, Charles Monson, is “fighting for his future against drinking” and would benefit from such a place.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-16
Hugh Thompson sends Anna Roosevelt Cowles a book that he would like for her to give to President Roosevelt. It contains 13th-century hunting illustrations from a Scottish princess who pictorially documented her hunting exploits in her prayer book. Thompson sends best wishes to William Cowles and hopes they can visit him in the next year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-08
Painter Mary Helen Carlisle asks Anna Roosevelt Cowles if she could speak to President Roosevelt about granting her access to the White House grounds to sketch. William Loeb granted her a permit, but only for the front of the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-15
Major General Corbin asks Anna Roosevelt Cowles to tell President Roosevelt that Corbin has once again been passed up for promotion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-26
Mabel Thorp Boardman sent this list of names to Anna Roosevelt Cowles, intended for President Roosevelt, as possible candidates for the office of president and trustees for the Red Cross committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-08
In six letters to his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles, dating from April to September of 1885, Theodore Roosevelt describes various aspects of his life as a rancher in the Dakota Badlands, touching on subjects such as the weather, working on cattle roundups, and hunting. Roosevelt notes the long hours spent in the saddle tending to cattle herds, inquires about Cowles’s health, and always asks after his infant daughter, though never by her given name of Alice. Roosevelt mentions his ranch hands Wilmot S. Dow and William Wingate Sewall in some of the letters and even highlights his favorite horse Manitou.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1885
In four letters to his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles, Theodore Roosevelt discusses the Washington, D.C. dinner party scene, frets over the poor condition of his brother Elliott Roosevelt, and comments on British and American politics. Roosevelt expresses his displeasure with what he perceives as the poor performance of President Grover Cleveland in his second term, and he comments on his health as well as that of his son Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1890-1894
President Roosevelt returns the letters from John Wallace Riddle and Mrs. Root to Anna Roosevelt Cowles. He is extremely fond of Mrs. Root and believes she is going on her trip in the right spirit. Roosevelt is having a great time and getting most of what he wants done.
1906-06-28
Theodore Roosevelt has arrived safely in Lenox, Massachusetts. He ate eight sandwiches and twenty-four peaches while traveling. Uncle Hill picked them up and is glad to have “somebody to talk and swim with.” Martha Bulloch Roosevelt is homesick but made friends with a Shaker named Sister Belle. Roosevelt sends his love and gives instructions on how to care for his various pets.
1872-08-11
Theodore Roosevelt provides a brief update on his attitude and appearance while studying in Dresden. He provides illustrations of an incident where the family lost their keys, when he brought a dead bat to the Minkwitz home, and a humorous view of Darwinian theory.
1873-09-21
Theodore Roosevelt is grieved to learn of George Cabot Lodge’s death. His worry over the sorrow Corinne Roosevelt Robinson continues to experience because of the loss of her son causes Roosevelt to reflect on how one should approach life and handle the grief that comes with the death of a loved one. Roosevelt notes that he is “on safari” as he writes this letter and will leave East Africa for Uganda and the Nile in mid-December.
1909-10-17
Theodore Roosevelt is happy that the safari has been a success, although he is homesick and will not listen to those who tell him he should wait to travel home until after the fall elections. Roosevelt is eager to see his articles published in book form, and hopes that it will be received as well as the recent publications were.
1909-12-17
President Roosevelt thanks his sister for her congratulations.
1904-10-27
President Roosevelt and his family are very concerned about William Sheffield Cowles Jr., who is ill.
1904