Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
President Roosevelt asks if Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has written regarding the day Patty Selmes should arrive.
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1901-12-27
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Selmes, Martha (Patty) Macomb Flandrau, 1861-1923
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
President Roosevelt would like Patty Selmes to postpone her visit to Washington, D.C., until more people return but he does not want to miss her altogether.
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Creation Date
1901-11-11
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
President Roosevelt was pleased to send something to John and knows he will do well. Nothing about Patty Selmes or Isabella Ferguson escapes Roosevelt’s attention.
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Creation Date
1906-12-12
Invitation from Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt invite Patty Selmes to a White House reception on January 7, 1904.
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Creation Date
1904-01-07
White House admittance card
Admittance card to be presented by Patty Selmes at the door of the White House on January 7.
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Creation Date
1907-01-17
Invitation from Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt invite Patty Selmes to a White House reception on January 17, 1907.
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Creation Date
1907-01-17
Invitation from Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt invite Patty Selmes to a White House reception on January 12, 1905.
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Creation Date
1905-01-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes
President Roosevelt does not admit that “time turns the old days to derision.” He wants Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes to come over for dinner and a satisfactory talk. Roosevelt has taken the liberty of sending Selmes’s letter to Secretary of War Taft whom Roosevelt knows would like to hear from the wife of his old friend.
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1908-06-30
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
President Roosevelt enjoys Charley’s writing and is sure he will like “Viva Mexico.” Roosevelt expresses his delight in being able to see Isabella and Robert Harry Munro Ferguson. He hopes Martha Ferguson is now better.
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1908-10-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
Colonel Roosevelt finally has a tent, secretary, and typewriter so he can work on his correspondence. He regrets that he is mostly writing to the families of dead and wounded men. The campaign has been rough with hard fighting but the regiment has performed well. The “cowpuncher” and university men have both been able to show their grit. Robert Harry Munro Ferguson has done well and was promoted to lieutenant. There were many unpleasant experiences but the charge up San Juan Hill “paid for it all many times over.”
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1898-07-31
White House admittance card
Admittance card to be presented by Patty Selmes at the door of the White House on January 7.
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Creation Date
1904-01-07
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
Governor Roosevelt had a busy summer but was able to get some rest. The Roosevelt family is doing well. Roosevelt has enjoyed his time as governor and believes he has “succeeded fairly well.” He has not been getting exercise and feels like a “most orthodox middle aged individual.”
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1899-10-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
Commissioner Roosevelt has been working hard as police commissioner and also delivering speeches for the Republican National Committee. He feels that he needs to do everything he can to help defeat William Jennings Bryan. Roosevelt is glad to have work as he worries that he will someday be idle since he has no regular business.
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1896-10-11
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
Commissioner Roosevelt was saddened by Patty Selmes’s letter. He wishes he could have seen Selmes and comforted her. Roosevelt describes his recent visit to his ranch and how he wished Selmes could have been there.
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1896-10-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
Commissioner Roosevelt acknowledges and describes the photos that Patty Selmes sent to him recently. He misses the Great Plains and the way the people there approach life.
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1896-04-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
Commissioner Roosevelt is very busy and describes his reform work with the New York Police Department. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt does not enjoy living in New York City and one of the Roosevelt children is ill with diphtheria.
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Creation Date
1896-03-15
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Patty Selmes
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt hopes that Patty Selmes has reached Boone County, Kentucky. Roosevelt hasn’t been able to get exercise and hopes to visit his ranch one more time where he will often think of Selmes while enjoying the plains. He has been enjoying his work and this week Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is staying in Washington, D.C.
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1897-08-08
Telegram from Mary Smythe Squires to Patty Selmes
Mary Smythe Squires reminds Patty Selmes to help the Cass Lake National Park scheme. In a handwritten note, Selmes follows through on this request.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-17