Death and burial of a person

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-05-11

Creator(s)

Kisingin, Zakaria Kizito

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-12-26

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Hill, B. H., Mrs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-12-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Armstrong, Emma Gates

Theodore Roosevelt thanks John H. Arnold for remembering him and expresses his sympathy for the loss of Arnold’s son.

Comments and Context

John H. Arnold’s son, John F. Arnold, died from the Spanish Influenza.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Theodore Roosevelt writes to H. D. Minot to express his sympathy and sadness over the death of Minot’s mother.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1880-07-05

Theodore Roosevelt expresses his thanks to H. D. Minot and Mrs. Howe, but writes that he prefers to stay in his own room. Roosevelt writes that Minot’s letter cheered him up and discusses the loss of his father.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1878-02-20

Theodore Roosevelt expresses his sympathy over the death of Ambassador Egan’s mother-in-law. Roosevelt also writes that he enjoyed seeing Egan and his family and praises him for his service.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1910-05-04

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Belle Roosevelt about receiving Quentin Roosevelt’s last letters.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-08-11

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Belle Roosevelt and discusses, at length, the sadness over Quentin Roosevelt’s death. Roosevelt also discusses Archie Roosevelt’s injuries and the status of the rest of the family.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-08-11

Theodore Roosevelt writes from his daughter’s home in Dark Harbor, Maine. He writes what a comfort it has been to him and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to be surrounded by family and especially notes the bond between the grandchildren and Edith. Roosevelt mentions that Flora Whitney, Quentin Roosevelt’s fiancée, is with them and is particularly brave. He both dreads and cherishes the letters from Quentin that keep arriving in the mail.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-08-10

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister during a visit to his daughter, Ethel Roosevelt Derby. He describes his grandchildren and how they have been a comfort to him and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Roosevelt writes about the deaths of Quentin Roosevelt and Stewart Douglas Robinson and the tragedy of death at such a young age. Roosevelt mentions that he and Edith do not wish to publish Quentin’s letters.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-08-03

The picture sent by T. St. John Gaffney, the Consul General at Munich, amuses President Roosevelt. While he grieves the loss of his friend Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg, he mourns for Lillian May Speck von Sternburg’s situation. If he makes it into German East Africa, he will contact Gaffney’s son-in-law, Hans Heinrich von Wolf. Roosevelt agrees with Gaffney regarding the navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-09

President Roosevelt thanks Charles Welsh for the clipping. The tragic story of Welsh’s daughter and her family touched him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-24

President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are shocked and grieved by the news of Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg’s death and send their condolences to his widow, Lillian May Speck von Sternburg.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-24

President Roosevelt is shocked and grieved to hear of Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg’s death. He describes Sternburg as an intimate friend and attests to his character. Roosevelt credits Sternburg, a skilled diplomat who loyally served his country, for strengthening the relationship between Germany and the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-24

President Roosevelt offers Lord North his sympathies for the death of North’s son, Roger A. P. North.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-26

President Roosevelt holds the memory of Mary McCalla Finlay Flagler’s husband in high regard. Roosevelt will not be making a change to the office that Flagler wrote to him about.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-26

L.G. Grebely informs Theodore Roosevelt that Congressman Edmond H. Madison died this morning.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-18

John St. Loe Strachey commends President Roosevelt on his recent speech. Strachey’s family still grieves for his son, Thomas C. Strachey, and is grateful for Roosevelt’s kindness. Strachey describes his disappointment in finding a strong socialist majority among the audience at his lecture on socialism’s destructive influence on the family.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-26

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-25

Creator(s)

Strachey, John St. Loe, 1860-1927

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919