Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
President Roosevelt wishes Dora Watkins a merry Christmas, and tells her that he thinks of her often.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-26
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Watkins, Dora, 1822-1909
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
President Roosevelt sends his childhood nurse, Dora Watkins, twenty dollars and wishes her a merry Christmas. He describes his sons Archie and Quentin playing in the snow with their cousins behind the White House. He shares his plan to play hide-and-seek with the children and their friends inside the White House on Saturday.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-12-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
President Roosevelt sends Dora Watkins, a former servant in the Roosevelt household, a check for $50 so that she can get any Christmas present she wants.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-12-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
President Roosevelt sends Dora Watkins a recent photograph and asks what she would like for Christmas. He wishes they could see each other, as she would be much surprised to see Ted Roosevelt who is now as tall as the elder Roosevelt. The president reminisces about all the things he did with Watkins when he was little, including going to Philadelphia.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-29
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
Theodore Roosevelt is staying with his family in Barrytown, New York. They have a new pony and Roosevelt is now able to paddle the rowboat. He hopes to see Dora Watkins soon and requests a return letter.
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Creation Date
1867-06-06
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that his mouse is doing well and would like to hear more about him in the next letter. Roosevelt has been feeling ill and cut his foot yesterday. He asks when Dora Watkins will visit.
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Creation Date
1867-06-29
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
Theodore Roosevelt describes the little house the family is staying in. There are crawfish, minnows, and eels in the nearby brook. Roosevelt caught an eel yesterday and has two bird nests.
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Creation Date
1868-08-21
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
Theodore Roosevelt requests that Dora and Thomas Watkins answer his letter. He would like Watkins to send some sweet crackers and promises to send some apples. Roosevelt feeds three cats and four dogs every day. He recollects that Watkins will be visiting on his birthday.
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Creation Date
1868-09-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
Theodore Roosevelt requests that Dora Watkins collect plant and animal specimens for him. Roosevelt misses Watkins and heard that the voyage was unpleasant. He requests that Corinne Roosevelt write more often. Yesterday was the last day of dancing class.
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Creation Date
1868-04-30
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
Theodore Roosevelt announces the birth of his daughter, Alice Roosevelt. Alice Lee Roosevelt is “only fairly well.”
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Creation Date
1884-02-14
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
Governor Roosevelt offers his condolences after hearing of Thomas Watkins’s death.
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Creation Date
1899-11-11
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
President Roosevelt sends a recent photograph of himself and asks Dora Watkins what she would like for Christmas. He often tells his children about Watkins and wishes that she could see Ted Roosevelt.
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Creation Date
1904-11-29
Theodore Roosevelt
Signed, formal portrait of President Roosevelt that was sent to Dora Watkins.
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Creation Date
1904-11-29
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
President Roosevelt encloses a $50 check and instructs Dora Watkins to purchase a Christmas gift for herself.
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Creation Date
1904-12-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Dora Watkins
President Roosevelt wishes Dora Watkins a merry Christmas and encloses a check for her to use on a gift. He wishes that Watkins could see his children play at the White House and describes their recent “romps in the snow.”
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Creation Date
1905-12-19