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Commissioner Roosevelt was pleased to receive Frances Theodora Dana’s new book, According to Season, and congratulates her on performing a “service to our literature” and adding “zest to many peoples’ lives.”
1894-03-28
Commissioner Roosevelt asks Frances Theodora Dana why she uses the word autumn instead of fall. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has had another son and is well. She sent a copy of Dana’s book, How to Know the Wild Flowers, to Cecil Spring Rice.
1894-04-10
Commissioner Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed the poem. Roosevelt compliments Frances Theodora Dana’s use of language and offers a few small criticisms.
1894-07-16
Commissioner Roosevelt still has a few small criticisms of Frances Theodora Dana’s poem but he greatly admires it overall. He wants to see the poem published without changing a line.
1894-07-22
Due to a heated exchange with Commissioner Andrew D. Parker and Edward Lauterbach, Commissioner Roosevelt was unable to visit Frances Theodora Parsons’s house after the senate committee. Roosevelt was able to see James West Roosevelt before his death and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson is “terribly broken by the news.”
1896-04-12
Police Commissioner Roosevelt appreciates Frances Theodora Parsons’s advice regarding his high level of nervousness before the hearing. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has made similar comments on several occasions. Roosevelt has always been nervous before a “contest” but usually enjoys the actual fight. The hearing went well with a victory over General Benjamin F. Tracy and Roosevelt, under oath, was able to state to Commissioner Andrew D. Parker what he thought of Parker’s moral character.
1896-07-10
Commissioner Roosevelt congratulates Frances Theodora Parsons on the birth of her son.
1897-01-06
Theodore Roosevelt sends his thanks. Frances Theodora Parsons notes on the verso that the telegram was sent when Roosevelt departed for Cuba with the Rough Riders.
1898-05-12
Theodore Roosevelt announces his engagement to Alice Lee.
1880-02-11
Governor Roosevelt believes that one of the most difficult parts of leaving the governorship is leaving Frances Theodora Parsons and James Russell Parsons in Albany, New York. Roosevelt enjoyed the work and interacting with others “hard at work for decency,” particularly Parsons’s husband, James.
1900-06-26
Vice President Roosevelt appreciated the telegram from Frances Theodora and James Russell Parsons.
1901-03-05
President Roosevelt did not need to hear from Frances Theodora and James Russell Parsons to be convinced of their “steadfast love and affection.” He looks forward to seeing them in Washington, D.C.
1901-09-17
President Roosevelt thanks Frances Theodora Parsons for the book. Ted Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will also enjoy it.
1902-03-15
President Roosevelt thinks Frances Theodora Parsons was right to give a letter, but he cannot do what the “poor fellow” wants Roosevelt to do for him.
1905-05-22
President Roosevelt learned from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson that James Russell and Frances Theodora Parsons are returning to Mexico. Roosevelt hoped to tell them in person of his appreciation and gratitude for the way they have led their lives. He feels this appreciation is not confined to Americans, but extends to the Mexicans as well.
1905-05-23
President Roosevelt offers his condolences to Frances Theodora Parsons following the death of her husband, James Russell Parsons. He loves both of them and assures her that in time the grief will pass.
1905-12-12
President Roosevelt offered a job in Nogales, Mexico, to Charles C. Eberhart but he declined. Roosevelt told the State Department that Eberhart should be given the first available promotion for which he is suitable. Roosevelt learned the details of James Russell Parsons’s death and calls him a “quiet hero.”
1906-02-10
President Roosevelt will take up Mr. Ker’s case and see what can be done. A place was offered to Charles C. Eberhardt but it proved not to be a promotion. Roosevelt will bring up the matter with the State Department. Roosevelt recommends that Frances Theodora Parsons write directly to Secretary of State Elihu Root about Ker and Eberhardt.
1906-05-04
President Roosevelt agrees to meet with Charles C. Eberhardt. He has been enjoying a visit from his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson.
1908-02-21
President Roosevelt describes Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s injuries after a fall.
1911-10-06