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Theodore Roosevelt agrees to meet his sister and Patty Selmes at the Langdon on Thursday. He mentions that Monroe Douglas Robinson and his wife visited for the christening of his granddaughter, Edith Derby.
1917-11-05
Margaret Chanler hopes that President Roosevelt can attend the christening of his godson, Theodore Chanler. The Lodges informed her that he will be in Rhode Island, and she inquires whether it might be possible for them to plan around his travels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit that Mother received a letter from Belle about the christening of Joseph Willard and he has heard of Kermit’s part in the latest war action. Roosevelt gives updates on Archie Roosevelt and says he heard Ethel Roosevelt Derby’s husband Richard has aged a great deal in the war.
1918-12-03
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to describe the christening of Ethel Roosevelt Derby’s daughter Edie and the lack of supplies and equipment for drafted men in military training camps. He also mentions a visit from Australian officers and novelist Major A. E. W. Mason.
1917-11-09
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say he is not sure his letters are reaching him and he will have to stop writing now as he will soon leave for a five week trip to the West Indies. Roosevelt is working on the proofs for his book, Fear God, and Take your own Part and has had a lot of correspondence to attend to. Roosevelt says Quentin has the grippe, Archie has been accepted into the Pudding at Harvard, and Ted and Eleanor’s christening of their son Cornelius caused a disturbance in the family. He closes by commenting on how old he is and says he cannot wait for Kermit and Belle to return to New York once their baby is old enough.
1916-01-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt (on behalf of Edith), inquiring about the dates of her upcoming visit. Edith would like Anna to be there for the christening of baby Kermit and asks her to thank Corinne Roosevelt Robinson for the dresses.
1889-10-22
President Roosevelt is sorry that he will be unable to attend Guy Murchie’s son’s christening ceremony. Roosevelt is traveling to Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which will prevent him from attending.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-02-09
For fear of setting a precedent, President Roosevelt regrets that he will not be able to attend F. Norton Goddard’s child’s christening.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-17
President Roosevelt approves of the travel plans that will take him to see Winthrop Chanler and be godfather at a christening. However, Roosevelt would like to find time to see Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-20
President Roosevelt would like to keep his trip to Newport quiet as he only intends to be at the Chanler christening.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-02
President Roosevelt asks when Margaret Chanler must have a definite answer, as his schedule is still being developed, and he very much wants to attend the christening.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-21
Robert Harry Munro Ferguson would like President Roosevelt to act as godfather to his son, Robert Munro Ferguson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-05-10
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Newspaper clipping about St. Paul’s Church in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Several weeks earlier, the church baptized thirteen babies in one service. Following the service, they sent photographs to several parts of the country, including to Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt responded by sending an inscribed photograph of himself.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-29
President Roosevelt will discuss with Senator Lodge a controversy over the District Commissionership. Roosevelt encloses a copy of a letter he sent to Commissioner of Pensions Eugene F. Ware. Roosevelt is proud of the showing that the 1st Volunteer Cavalry makes in the loss and pension figures. In a handwritten postscript, Roosevelt suggests he will meet the Lodges in Newport, Rhode Island, for the christening, presumably of Lodge’s grandson, and go from there by car to Nahant, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-08-07
President Roosevelt hopes that Senator George Frisbie Hoar will be reasonable, but he will submit Oliver Wendell Holmes’s nomination to the United States Supreme Court regardless. Roosevelt is speaking in Providence, Rhode Island, on August 23, and then will go down to Newport, Rhode Island, so they can christen the baby (Lodge’s infant grandson who shared his name). He will also spend Monday with the Lodges in Nahant, Massachusetts, but Edith Roosevelt will not be able to attend.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1902-07-29
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt hadn’t seen the poem before, but it is a “bully” one. He is concerned about fireworks in Washington, D.C. Roosevelt details the guests that will attend Quentin Roosevelt’s upcoming christening and promises to send a photograph of Ethel Roosevelt. He wishes Robert Harry Munro Ferguson could take part in their “Sunday scrambles.”
1897-12-22
Theodore Roosevelt holds a large bottle of champagne labeled “My Policies.” Roosevelt looks like he is about to christen a ship depicted as the face of William H. Taft.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-03-03
President Roosevelt greets the school children and Sisters at a Catholic school in Albuquerque. He had hoped to meet them at Santa Fe, where he participated in the baptism of the son of a regiment member.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-05
President Cleveland, as Ferdinand V sitting on a throne, observes as civil service office seekers are baptized at the font of “Civil Service Reform.” Among those depicted are Thomas Hendricks, Charles A. Dana, Thomas F. Grady, “Barnum,” George H. Sterling(?), John Kelly, L. Q. C. Lamar, Thomas F. Bayard, “Pendleton,” “Carlisle,” George W. Curtis, Carl Schurz, and Grover Cleveland. Caption: In 1500, after the conquest of Granada, Ferdinand V. compelled the vanquished Moors to submit to the rite of Baptism.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1885-03-11