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Adelaide Wallace asks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to visit her at the National Home to discuss two of her friends from New York. She wants Roosevelt to bring her daughter, Alice Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-03-10
Wells, Fargo & company issues a receipt for a crate from the Alexandria Hotel to be shipped to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-22
Receipt for one hundred dollars sent from Abigail B. and Emma L. Tompkins to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-05-29
Mary Catherine Purroy Mitchel sends her sympathies to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt following the death of Quentin Roosevelt. While her son did not have the chance to serve, Mitchel believes Quentin died a glorious death while fighting for the country.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-07-18
Augustus J. Mattos, a former butler for Henry Cabot Lodge, has applied for a civil service position as a Portuguese interpreter and appeals to Mrs. Roosevelt for help.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1903-09-16
An anonymous “poor but respectable wife” expresses shock and outrage that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt accepted an invitation to a musical given by Jessie R. Belmont who is an “adultress” [sic].
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906
Kermit Roosevelt describes his time in South America, travel companions, and draws a small diagram of the land.
Arizona Historical Society
1912-1914
President Roosevelt outlines the schedule for the drive from Groton School to Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-12
On her calling card, Cassie Mason Myers Julian-James writes a note to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, asking her to share an enclosed letter with her husband.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-24
Theodore Roosevelt was interested in the story of the burglar and the Roosevelt family agrees that Edith Kermit Carow’s mother has more courage than any other lady. Roosevelt visited Richmond and then went to Hastings, which is on the coast, with his father after his asthma acted up. In Hastings they saw a castle, visited a waterfall, purchased some strawberries, and played croquet.
1869-07-10
Theodore Roosevelt had an asthma attack but has recovered. He explored a cave in the Albano area and has been playing soldiers with some Roman friends. Of the Roman sites, Roosevelt has seen the Colosseum and tombs along the Latin way. The Roosevelts are looking forward to returning home and leave for New York on May 15.
1870-01-28
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is caring for Ted Roosevelt, who is recovering from an illness. President Roosevelt updates her on the other children and their activities. He has been busy with work, including meetings regarding the Philippines and completing a memorandum on the Schley case. Emperor William II sent a telegram with congratulations on Ted’s recovery and announced that Prince Heinrich had sailed.
1902-02-16
Theodore Roosevelt did not enjoy the voyage to England as there was not much to do. He learned how to tell time by the bells and the names of the sails. Roosevelt met his cousins after arriving and thinks that they kiss too much. He finds Liverpool to be a “very funny place.”
1869-05-29
Since Corinne Roosevelt had been writing so much, Theodore Roosevelt had not previously written to Edith Kermit Carow. Roosevelt has been enjoying the trip and killed several hundred birds with a shotgun his father gave him. He particularly enjoyed Egypt and camping in Syria.
1873-04-13
Mary Locke Sumner Sewall copies a note from her son, Sumner Sewall, who was in the 95th Aero Squadron with Quentin Roosevelt.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-11-07
Captain Hamilton Coolidge writes to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt after the death her son, and his friend, Quentin Roosevelt. Coolidge reflects on Quentin’s efforts in aviation and believes his attitudes helped establish the squadron’s “slight but definite supremacy in the air.” Coolidge hopes to find the time to write a small biography of Quentin.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-10-12
Mary Goulding Hooff Fawcett has seen Ambler Mason Blackford’s article in The Outlook about Quentin Roosevelt during his time at Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Virginia, and adds to this account her own remembrance of Quentin. Fawcett reflects on the receiving photographs, letters, and kind words remembering her own son, Lieutenant Richard Hartshorne Fawcett, who also was killed while in the Air Service.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-10-21
Mary Elizabeth Whiton Washburn writes a letter of condolence to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt after the death of her son Quentin Roosevelt. Washburn remembers when Quentin called on her as a boy and conversed about turkeys and their price. Washburn is glad to have known Quentin.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1918-09-05
Commissioner Roosevelt is unsure when he can leave due to work commitments and a scheduled meeting with President Harrison regarding the extension of the classified service. He cannot accept Rachel Sherman Thorndike’s invitation as he must have lunch with Representative Henry Cabot Lodge and dinner with Francis C. Lowell. However, he will make sure to see Thorndike. Roosevelt would love to see Ted Roosevelt and wishes that Archie were better.
1894
Complimentary 1902 pass for free travel on the lines of the International & Great Northern Railroad for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01