Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
President Roosevelt is sorry he must deny the request of Patty M. F. Selmes and Madam de Mores.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-27
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President Roosevelt is sorry he must deny the request of Patty M. F. Selmes and Madam de Mores.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-27
President Roosevelt will expect Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes later. No vacancies were found in the Quartermaster’s Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-15
President Roosevelt asked Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes how long she will stay in New York and if she can put off her visit until more people get back to Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-11
Vice President Roosevelt cannot give advice about the appointment of messengers to individual senators as they would not tolerate such advice from a vice president. Roosevelt will be alone at Oyster Bay, New York, but he would be pleased with a visit from Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes and Isabella Selmes. He is unsure of the exact dates he will be home but will inform them as soon as possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-07
William T. Emmet sends Martha Selmes a copy of his book, Good Hunting, to send to President Roosevelt. Emmet jokingly explains why “this so called book is beneath contempt,” and hopes it does not bore Roosevelt “to death.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-18
President Roosevelt hopes to have Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes over to dinner sometime so that they can have a satisfactory talk. Roosevelt has forwarded Selmes’s letter to Secretary of War Taft, and says that if he wins the election Roosevelt believes they can get the Manila Constabulary Band to come play. He says that Taft would like to hear from Selmes, as she was the wife of his old friend Tilden Russell Selmes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-30
Kermit Roosevelt encloses an item that he had given to Martha Ferguson.
1909-04-26
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt invites Patty Selmes to Alice Roosevelt’s “little dance.” Roosevelt is pleased that Selmes will be able to visit.
1901-12-31
The Roosevelt children love Sagamore Hill and President Roosevelt doubts they could be driven away with a club.
1902-06-10
Theodore Roosevelt acknowledges the book and card sent by Patty Selmes. He would like to see Selmes the next time she is in the neighborhood.
1911-07-07
Theodore Roosevelt is home safe and well again. Roosevelt is very busy and their house is thronged by the press. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt instructs Patty Selmes what clothes to bring if she finds the money to visit.
1898-1899
Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt that was included with the invitation to a memorial service for Roosevelt held by the United States Congress.
1918
Invitation to a memorial service commemorating the life, character, and public service of Theodore Roosevelt being held by the United States Congress.
1919-02-01
President Roosevelt wishes Patty Selmes a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
1906-12-25
Governor Roosevelt asks Patty Selmes to visit for a few days when she returns to New York.
1900-05-08
President Roosevelt asks Patty Selmes how long she will be in the neighborhood and if she can spend a night at the White House.
1901-09-28
President Roosevelt thanks Patty Selmes for the kind letter.
1902-02-19
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt invite Patty Selmes to dinner at the White House on January 16, 1902.
1902-01-16
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt invite Patty Selmes to dinner at the White House on January 9, 1902.
1902-01-09
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt invite Patty Selmes to a White House reception on January 7, 1902.
1902-01-07