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Lyman Metcalfe Bass thanks President Roosevelt for helping him gain access to the Republican National Convention and congratulates Roosevelt on winning the nomination. Bass also shares news of his engagement to Grace Holland before it gets formally announced.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-06-26
William Sowden Sims writes to President Roosevelt to say he has recently become engaged to Anne Hitchcock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about his and Edith’s continuing honeymoon through Europe. He thanks Anna for sending him a telegram about the recent death of a friend. Roosevelt needs to discuss the arrangements for his daughter Alice when he returns from his trip and he wants to know if Rowe proposed to Anna.
1887-01-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna expressing anger over the published news of his engagement to Edith Kermit Carow. He does not know how anyone found out, but it is true and Anna is the first he is telling. He was not ready to make this announcement and asks for her blessing and understanding.
1886-09-20
President Roosevelt congratulates Herbert Knox Smith on his engagement to Gertrude E. Dietrich, daughter of former Nebraska Senator Charles Henry Dietrich.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-14
President Roosevelt congratulates U. S. Grant on his engagement to Edith Ruth Root, daughter of Secretary of State Elihu Root, and expresses the family’s friendship and admiration for the Grant family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-30
Charles Beatty Alexander expresses his happiness at the engagement of Grace Green Alexander’s daughter Eleanor to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Charles Beatty Alexander is Eleanor’s uncle. He offers the use of his house if needed for the wedding.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-02-09
Two newspaper articles announcing the engagement of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to Eleanor Butler Alexander.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-02-13
A New York Times article announcing the engagement of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to Eleanor Butler Alexander.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-02-11
A studio portrait of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt taken when they were first engaged.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910-02
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about a letter from the British ambassador regarding getting Kermit a commission in the British military to serve in Mesopotamia. He says everything is up in the air so Kermit should try and get a commission in the United States army and see what happens. He also reports that Quentin Roosevelt is engaged to Flora Whitney and Archie leaving has been difficult for his wife, Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt.
1917-07-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to announce Ethel Roosevelt’s engagement to Richard Derby and to inform him of the death of Christine. He also updates him on Mother and Archie Roosevelt and about an editorial he wrote on the Bulgarians. He criticizes President William Howard Taft’s handling of affairs in Mexico.
1913-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna that he is trying to keep his engagement to Alice Hathaway Lee a secret until Saturday and that his brother Elliott is coming to visit. He wants to know which train Anna will be coming on.
1880-02-10
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Corinne about his recent engagement to Alice Lee. Roosevelt mentions gaining the Lees’ consent to marry in the fall and credits his family’s hospitality and intercession in helping him secure their consent.
1880-03-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about staying with Minot Weld’s family and saying how everyone is so fond of her. He also says that he would not have had a social life if it were not for her. Roosevelt is “dumbfounded” at Jack’s engagement and is now formally a member of the Porcellian Club.
1878-11-10
President Roosevelt is delighted to hear of Theodore Douglas Robinson’s engagement to Helen Roosevelt Robinson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-26
Theodore Roosevelt will read Nancy Neff’s manuscript but will be unable to write a preface or assist with finding a publisher until after the election. He is pleased to hear of Neff’s engagement to Captain Stigand and is familiar with Stigand’s book on his travels in Abyssinia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-10-05
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to see Richard Harding Davis in Chicago, Illinois, and sends his best wishes to the “bride-elect.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-03
President Roosevelt congratulates Merrill Edwards Gates on his engagement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-10
President Roosevelt congratulates William T. Blodgett for his engagement to Hannah Whitney, although he chastises him for waiting so long.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-08