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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about their brother Elliott’s illness and alcoholism. Roosevelt feels strongly that Elliott needs to enter into an asylum for treatment, and must do so very quickly. Everyone knows Elliott is “out of his head.” Elliott and his wife Anna suffer in the eyes of the public and “have no right to have children.”
1891-01-25
Theodore Roosevelt encloses a letter to Albert Warren Ferris detailing a difficult situation in which a man who has been in the United States for six years is being separated from his daughter and sent across the ocean. Roosevelt says federal authorities will keep the daughter in an asylum “if proper bond is furnished.” He finds the situation impossible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-14
Lawrence B. Grant intends to advise Theodore Roosevelt on economics. He then discusses how his father had him arrested and sent to an asylum.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-20
Owen M. Waller thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter commending the work on the Howard Asylum, and hopes Roosevelt will allow him to use the letter as positive publicity to appeal to the public.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-08