Note from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt is unable to use his right arm for writing, so all of his letters will be signed in his name by his secretary.
Collection
Massachusetts Historical Society
Creation Date
1912
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Arm--Wounds and injuries
Letter from Kermit Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle
Kermit Roosevelt has returned to school and is having a fine time. His arm had been bothering him while stag hunting in England but he is feeling better now. Roosevelt supposes John Wallace Riddle will be seeing Robert Harry Munro and Isabella Ferguson in New York; they have been having a tough time due to Robert’s health. He hopes their relocation to the southwest will help.
Collection
Creation Date
1908-1912
President’s battle scar received at Santiago and not at La Guasimas
This article corrects a mistake made in a previous article of this title, regarding Captain William E. English’s report of how and where President Roosevelt became wounded during the Spanish American War.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-03-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt writes to his son, Kermit, that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have been riding regularly and have had many visitors, including the Grant La Farges, Winty Chanlers, John Fox, Procter and William Dudley Foulke. He says Senator Hanna enjoys playing with the kitten and Ethel had a friend over. Roosevelt also complains about the pain in his arm and says that Kermit and Ted should go to Harvard.
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Creation Date
1903-01-25
Letter from Jean Jules Jusserand to Theodore Roosevelt
French Ambassador to the United States Jusserand tells President Roosevelt that he is ready to admire what those “who have full possession of all their limbs” and who “know how to direct those of the creatures under them” can do.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-05-11