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The Captain heard that Robert Harry Munro Ferguson was not well and Kermit Roosevelt gave him Ferguson’s address so they could correspond. Roosevelt is completing his exams and looks forward to visiting the Fergusons.
1909-02-10
Kermit Roosevelt thanks Robert Harry Munro Ferguson for the compass and Gillette safety razor. Roosevelt has been spending time at home with many other Roosevelt family members.
1909-03-22
Kermit Roosevelt is on his travels with Theodore Roosevelt across the Mediterranean and Middle East. They have been busy reading, visiting ruins, and taking photographs.
1909-04-09
Kermit Roosevelt describes hunting a leopard and hippopotamus. Theodore Roosevelt is doing very well.
1909-06-21
Kermit Roosevelt describes the Roosevelt family’s visit to Scotland and the various families with whom they have socialized. He recounts a horse riding mishap and their plans to visit Edinburgh, Scotland.
1910-06-09
Kermit Roosevelt is planning on visiting the Fergusons and wants to go on a hunting trip in conjunction with the visit. It has been very hot in New York and Theodore Roosevelt is working on a new writing project.
1911-07-04
Kermit Roosevelt describes a recent dinner at the Porcellian Club. Theodore and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are having a difficult time regarding the presidential campaign. Edith and Ethel Roosevelt have left for Panama.
1912-02-26
Kermit Roosevelt had a successful hunting trip in Great Britain. Roosevelt asks Robert Henry Munro Ferguson to let him know when she will be in New York and encloses a Kate Greenaway picture for Martha and Robert Munro Ferguson.
1912-06-20
Kermit Roosevelt describes his work for the railroad and says he is enjoying it. He expresses his sympathy at the death of Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s sister. Roosevelt acknowledges receiving a Rudyard Kipling book.
1913-01-25
Kermit Roosevelt will send Robert Harry Munro Ferguson the Cuban negatives. Roosevelt says “Hurrah for July 15!” and hopes that Ferguson received their telegram.
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Mr. Gardiner would like Robert Harry Munro Ferguson to visit the following Sunday or the Sunday after that. Kermit Roosevelt’s last letter was addressed incorrectly and was probably lost.
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Quentin Roosevelt thanks Robert Harry Munro Ferguson for the book. He has failed to write to Isabella Ferguson with his impressions of the West but he would like to return next year. Roosevelt might work for John Greenway next summer and has plans for another trip to the Southwest.
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Theodore Roosevelt regrets he cannot join Robert Harry Munro Ferguson on an upcoming trip. He expects that Ferguson will have a difficult time, especially with mosquitoes, but that Ferguson is doing something worth doing. Roosevelt wishes he could go but is happy at home with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and the children.
1889-1895
Theodore Roosevelt discusses travel and hunting plans for the summer. He may be delayed if Congress holds an extra session.
1889-1895
President Roosevelt has done everything he can for Lord & Hewlett in their suit against the Department of Agriculture, and he does not believe the case can be furthered.
1903-08
Ticket to the 1900 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1900
Theodore Roosevelt will discuss ranch matters and more important things after Robert Harry Munro Ferguson arrives. He discusses the content of his upcoming annual report. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt continues to recover from an unnamed health issue.
1889-1895
Commissioner Roosevelt recently traveled to his ranch; the hunting went well but his cattle were in poor condition. Roosevelt jokes that his tales of antelope will not compare to Ferguson being in the real wilds with caribou and white bear.
1894-10-16
Commissioner Roosevelt announces the birth of his son, Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt. All concerned are doing well and the other children are delighted with the baby. Roosevelt asks Robert Harry Munro Ferguson to plan to be at Sagamore Hill the first two weeks of July. Cecil Spring Rice will also be visiting.
1894-04-12
Commissioner Roosevelt enjoyed visiting Thomas Hitchcock in Aiken, South Carolina. There was a great deal of exercise with shooting, fox hunting, and polo. However, the “mental companionship” was lacking. Cecil Spring Rice has returned but is “very blue.” Roosevelt hopes Spring Rice will join them when Robert Harry Munro Ferguson visits Sagamore Hill. He inquires about Ferguson’s travel plans.
1894-03-28