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Carow, Emily Tyler, 1865-1939

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about the amazing things American newspapers are saying about Roosevelt’s four sons and how they contrast them with German Kaiser Wilhelm II’s sons. He says Quentin Roosevelt’s grave has been discovered and his fiancee Flora Payne Whitney will stay with Ethel Roosevelt Derby. Roosevelt talks of letters from Belle Roosevelt and Aunt Emily Tyler Carow and how he is doing all he can to get people to speed up the war.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-08-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about his frustration with Ted cutting classes at Harvard and being put on probation. He compares Ted to the title character in William Thackeray’s novel Pendennis. Roosevelt does not think Ted will be able to go on the Mississippi River trip now. Roosevelt closes by saying that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is going to New York with Emily Tyler Carow. Kermit appears to have done some writing and drawing on the envelope.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-03-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Roosevelt, Kermit, 1889-1943

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt laments to his son Kermit Roosevelt that his elder son, Theodore Roosevelt, has been put on probation at Harvard College for cutting lectures. Roosevelt says that he cannot understand why Ted has been so silly, and can not treat him like his younger son Quentin, who has been distracted from his lessons by baseball. He thinks that Ted’s probation means he will not be able to come on a trip to Mississippi and worries about his life after college. Roosevelt feels that people are sure to have defeats in life where they are clearly outmatched, and so cannot understand why people needlessly defeat themselves.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Archibald B. Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Archibald B. Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about some of the events of the Roosevelt household at the White House. Quentin Roosevelt has had a sleepover with several friends, and Roosevelt fondly remembers playing hide-and-seek with all the Roosevelt children in years past. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is fond of the Roosevelt’s dog Scamp. Edith was not feeling well last night, but after a small dinner party started feeling better.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit Roosevelt on some of the goings-on of the family, and reports that Kermit’s brother Ted’s eye surgery went well. The egg-rolling at the White House on Easter Monday was great fun for the children, and the white house grounds are looking nice in spring. Roosevelt relates a humorous story involving Kermit’s younger brother Quentin Roosevelt, who “is a funny small person if ever there was one.” Roosevelt is trying to send aid to California, still reeling after a recent earthquake, and has been continuing his fight for a rate bill and the Panama Canal issue.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919