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Assemblyman Roosevelt misses Alice Lee Roosevelt and is looking forward to seeing her on Friday. He had a successful sparring session and bloodied his teacher’s nose. After an exciting debate, Roosevelt’s Reform Charter bill has been ordered for a third reading. Date on the letter reads “Feb. 6th,” but the original cataloger suggests that it was actually written on the 5th.
1884-02-05
Assemblyman Roosevelt took dinner with the Danforths and was amused with his ability to get Mrs. Danforth “fired up.” He was pleased with his speech on the “aldermanic bill.”
1884-02-06
Assemblyman Roosevelt was pleased to receive Alice Lee Roosevelt’s note, which made him wish he was back home. He had a pleasant dinner with the Newbolds and then went to a reception at the Fort Orange Club. Tonight he has a dinner with Mr. Howe and other party leaders, which will not be amusing but could bring results. Roosevelt hopes to be home late tomorrow evening.
1884-01-30
All of the men who visited were enchanted with the house, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and Alice Lee Roosevelt. Dining engagements with the Newbolds and Howe will prevent Assemblyman Roosevelt from returning home until late Thursday.
1884-01-28
Assemblyman Roosevelt was able to get back for the evening legislative session. He had his first sparring session in five years and feels better but out of training. Roosevelt feels like he has the reins in his hand and has been better able to enjoy things.
1884-01-22
Theodore Roosevelt has been anxiously expecting a letter from Alice Lee and Rose Saltonstall. He has been avoiding making any engagements for Saturday. Roosevelt would like Saltonstall to know that he enjoyed the pleasant Thanksgiving at her home. From the accounts he has heard, Lee’s dress must have been a success at the New Bedford party.
1878-12-06
New York State Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt informs his wife Alice he has dined with the Rotches. It reminded Roosevelt of when he and Alice went on the Whitney’s private train to the Yale-Harvard boat race; Alice was so pretty and fascinating.
1883-04-18
Assemblyman Roosevelt wishes he could be with his pregnant wife Alice when she gets ‘crampy.’ He dined with the Rathbones last night and went to the Governor’s reception. He does not anticipate much fun in the Legislature. Date on the letter states “Feb. 6th,” but the original cataloger suggests it was actually written on the 7th.
1884-02-07
Writing to his wife Alice from Joseph A. Ferris’s ranch in Dakota Territory, Theodore Roosevelt reports he finally received Alice’s letters and was so happy he could have cried. He shall start home in a few days from “the pleasantest and most successful trip I have ever made.” He is bringing home many trophies and is in great health. He describes a typical day and says after talking with the Ferris brothers and Bill Merrifield, he has decided to go into the cattle business.
1883-09-23
Theodore Roosevelt reports from his Dakota territory hunting trip that on the ninth day his luck turned and he has shot a buffalo and two “superb stags.” He goes on to describe the hunt and says he plans to stay another week.
1883-09-20
Theodore Roosevelt writes his wife Alice from his Dakota territory hunting trip. The buffalo are very scarce and every day he scrambles over the rocky terrain of the Badlands on horseback. Roosevelt has killed a good deal of small game.
1883-09-17
Theodore Roosevelt describes his hunting trip in Dakota Territory to his wife Alice. He describes traveling over the badlands with his guide Joseph A. Ferris, how the water made him sick, chasing a herd of bison, being charged by a wounded bull, and being awakened by wolves. He still has not killed a bison.
1883-09-14
Theodore Roosevelt details his arrival in Dakota Territory for his wife Alice including taking the train, staying in a hotel, viewing the land with Henry H. Gorringe’s secretary, and hiring Joseph A. Ferris to be his guide hunting in buffalo country.
1883-09-08
New York State Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt confesses to his wife Alice how much he misses her and loves her so much he could cry. He contemplates canceling his trip but feels hunting will do him good. Roosevelt took a walk with his Mother and engaged a man to begin work on their home in Oyster Bay, New York. He details some plans he has for the house.
1883-09-02
New York State Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt writes his wife Alice about the beautiful weather and the people he has been visiting with, including Aunt Annie and Uncle Jimmie. He wants Alice to invite her family to Rickfield Springs as Roosevelt feels it will do her mother good.
1883-06-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes his fiancee Alice Hathaway Lee that he has sent a letter to his Uncle Jim informing him of their engagement and written to his family that he has something important to tell them. He expresses how happy he is and how he cannot wait to come to her home at Chestnut Hill openly.
1880-01-28
New York State Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt tells his wife Alice that all the “small curs” on the floor of the House and in the newspapers are “howling” at him, but no one has dared say anything to his face. He dined with the Howes last evening, presumably referring to his colleague in the Assembly, Walter Howe.
1883-03-06
New York State Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt expresses how much he misses his wife Alice as he sits in his hotel in Albany. He faces a tough fight in the Assembly and says his chances of winning seem even with William O’Neil and Isaac Hunt acting as his lieutenants, probably referring to his nomination as Speaker of the Assembly. He adds that Alfred Clark Chapin will get the Democratic nomination and probably win the Speakership.
1882-12-31
New York State Assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt reports to his wife Alice he has caused quit a stir with his speech against the Elevated Railroad Judges. There is a real fight ahead getting the debate from the table. He wishes he could be with Alice during her “nervous fits.”
1882-04-06
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his deep love to his wife Alice and how he could not live without her. His election as a New York state assemblyman seems assured and he is enclosing an article. His book is nearly finished but he confesses he is not in “a good condition from a monetary point of view.” Uncle Jimmie is standing by him.
1881-11-05