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Letter from Bernard J. Cigrand to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Bernard J. Cigrand to Theodore Roosevelt

Bernard J. Cigrand thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter and for the information about his ancestry. Cigrand is glad that Roosevelt appreciated the Roosevelt family crest, and he looks forward to continuing to send Roosevelt more information about the heraldic ancestry of his family. Cigrand asks Roosevelt to autograph his print of a portrait made by Sydney Lawton Smith.  

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-27

Creator(s)

Cigrand, Bernard J., 1866-1932

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bernard J. Cigrand

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bernard J. Cigrand

Theodore Roosevelt informs Bernard J. Cigrand that he is certain Lambert Van Rooseveld was one of his ancestors and discusses the alternate spellings of his name. Roosevelt also lists Andrew De Veaux of South Carolina as his Huguenot ancestor and the Huguenots Querrau as Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s ancestors. Roosevelt thanks Cigrand for offering the Roosevelt coat of arms, but politely refuses it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919