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Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister Anna on the status of the family. Three of the children now have the measles. Despite the sick children, they have still managed to do a fair amount of socializing. Henry Cabot Lodge has been a “comfort” to wife Edith.
1893-02-12
Theodore Roosevelt asks his sister Anna to send him some paperwork. The children are doing better, but are still not allowed out of the house.
1893-02-25
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt updating her on the status of things in Washington. The children are now well and he and wife Edith have been doing quite a bit of socializing. Roosevelt’s writing is making “laboriously painful progress” and he had to go to Philadelphia on an investigation. He describes Rudyard Kipling who dined with them.
1893-04-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt updating her on the status of things in Washington. Roosevelt and wife Edith continue to do a great deal of socializing, despite financial constraints. Roosevelt is deciding whether to continue in his position as Civil Service Commissioner because his finances are in “fearful shape.”
1893-04-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about plans for their upcoming trip to the World’s Fair. Because President Grover Cleveland asked him to do so, Roosevelt thinks that he will stay in his position as Civil Service Commissioner for at least another year though he has not gotten along with his colleagues.
1893-04-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt inquiring if she received his last letter. He updates her on the status of their travel plans. Roosevelt has been dining out, riding horses with Henry Cabot Lodge and hiking.
1893-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about their upcoming trip to the World’s Fair. There has been some confusion about the tickets which Roosevelt is trying to sort out. His schedule has changed so he will now have to cut his portion of the trip short by a couple of days.
1893-05-04
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about the illness of her employee Bob. He wants to know if her household will be quarantined for a month.
1893-06-21
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about the condition of her employee Bob. He also gives her several book recommendations.
1893-06-23
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt telling her about his recent trips to Boston and Groton. He gave a speech at Groton School where he hopes sons Ted and Kermit will be able to attend.
1893-06-27
Elizabeth Mills Reid describes a dinner party she gave with many notable politicians. She discusses the many reasons she is confident that President Roosevelt will be reelected later in the year and describes in detail all of the reasons the other men considered would be poor candidates. She notes a worry that the army’s vote is shifting from Republican loyalty from General Henry C. Corbin. She also discusses criticism of some of the newspapers for their partisanship.
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1904-01-26
Whitelaw Reid has been following the events of the Anthracite Coal Strike and is concerned that the strike’s length will hurt the Republican Party in the upcoming election.
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1902-10-13
William Merrill Draper speaks out against Henry E. Davis, a candidate for Commissioner. Draper has evidence that Davis is a “recognized friend of the bucket-shops” and has legally represented their proprietors on several occasions. Draper does not believe that President Roosevelt would want such a man to be Commissioner.
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1902-08-12
Arthur Hamilton Lee is traveling to the United States and hopes to see Anna Roosevelt Cowles and President Roosevelt.
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1902-08-12
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles about family matters, particularly the new motor vehicle, which has caused them to build a new road.
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1911-07-28
Robert C. Winthrop reproaches Anna Roosevelt Cowles for forgetting to send him a card for Miss Pyemont-Smith which would have allowed her to enter an informal reception at the White House and pay her respects to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1902-03-14
C. C. Nott suggests that President Roosevelt verbally respond to Senator Tillman’s “scrupulously civil” comments, remarking that rudeness can be ignored but not civility.
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1902-02-28