Death and burial of a person

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Taft

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt regrets to inform Judge William H. Taft of W. Hallett Phillips’s death due to drowning after being knocked into the water by the yacht’s boom. Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge is deeply affected by Phillips’s death, and Roosevelt dreads informing Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Phillips was a kindly soul who did not think of himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-10

Letter from William T. Hornaday to Theodore Roosevelt

William T. Hornaday sends his condolences to Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on the death of their son, Quentin.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-07-23

Letter from Edith Wharton to Theodore Roosevelt

Edith Wharton extends her sympathy after the confirmation of Quentin Roosevelt’s death. She recalls the one time she met Quentin in person, during which he made a deep impression on her.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-07-23

Letter from Edith Wharton to Theodore Roosevelt

Minnie Jones has fought so hard and so successfully for Edith Wharton’s war charities, and Wharton thanks Theodore Roosevelt for supporting the charities on her own and Minnie’s behalf. Roosevelt’s gift of $500 will be devoted to the convalescent home for refugee women and children. Wharton saw Ted Roosevelt in Paris, France, and he looked well. She wishes the Roosevelts could have seen the great outpouring of sympathy in France after the death of Quentin Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-09-02

Letter from W. J. Oliver to William H. Taft

W. J. Oliver extends his sympathy to President Taft upon the death of Major Butt, Taft’s military aide. Butt was lost during the sinking of RMS Titanic.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-04-18

Letter from Kogoro Takahira to Theodore Roosevelt

Kogoro Takahira informs Theodore Roosevelt of Jutarō Komura’s death on November 26 in Japan. Following Komura’s involvement with the Treaty of Portsmouth, he was initially unpopular in Japan. However, the people gradually recognized that the Treaty was the only possible solution to prevent further bloodshed, and they greatly regret Komura’s death. Takahira comments on China’s “most terrible condition.” He sends Roosevelt and his family best wishes for the season.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-05

Letter from Annie Augusta King Cole to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Augusta King Cole’s recently deceased daughter, Mary Lawton, requested Theodore Roosevelt’s autograph to send to their friend Henry F. Dickens, which Cole sent him. His wife, Marie Roche Dickens, recently thanked her and thought it was touching that Mary had thought of it. Many have spoken fondly of Mary and her kindness. Cole discusses her sea voyage to England. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-14

Telegram from F. S. Fearrington to Theodore Roosevelt

F. S. Fearrington informs Theodore Roosevelt of the death of Rough Rider James E. Young.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-31

Letter from William Williams to Theodore Roosevelt

William Williams thanks Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for their sympathy and the beautiful flowers. He cannot describe the pain of losing his mother, Elizabeth Hoyt. Williams hopes Edith is recovering.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-25

Letter from David E. Thompson to Theodore Roosevelt

David E. Thompson thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his kind letter upon the death of his wife, Jeanette M. Thompson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-16

Letter from James H. Long to Theodore Roosevelt

James H. Long read that Theodore Roosevelt is friends with Leigh S. J. Hunt. He heard that Hunt had been ill and died and wants to know if this is true.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-08

Letter from George Hamlin Fitch to Theodore Roosevelt

Despite being a “jaded book-reviewer,” George Hamlin Fitch thoroughly enjoyed Theodore Roosevelt’s African Game Trails. He sends his book inspired by his son’s death. Fitch also enjoyed Roosevelt’s speeches in California more than anything in years.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-07

Letter from Eliza A. Lawton to Theodore Roosevelt

Eliza A. Lawton requests Theodore Roosevelt’s assistance in remedying an error made on her father’s memorial that excludes her from his list of daughters. Roosevelt approved the volley of shots fired at General Robert Anderson’s memorial services at West Point, so Lawton hopes he will be of assistance in changing the inscription when all other options have failed her.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-31

Letter from George U. Young to Theodore Roosevelt

George U. Young shares a conversation he had with a group of prominent men in 1901, including Major William H. H. Llewellyn and then-Governor Miguel Antonio Otero, on the train following the burial of President William McKinley. He also includes a personal manuscript that Theodore Roosevelt might draw on for speech ideas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-14

Telegram from George Mortimer to The Outlook

Vice Consul Mortimer asks the staff of The Outlook to inform Theodore Roosevelt of Consul William H. H. Webster’s death.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-16

Letter from William Lawrence to Theodore Roosevelt

William Lawrence is sure Theodore Roosevelt will miss Francis C. Lowe as friend and host. He and his wife, Julia Cunningham Lawrence, invite Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to stay with them anytime they are in Boston, Massachusetts. Lawrence hopes Roosevelt can attend a meeting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-20

Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

William Emlen Roosevelt sent the money from Uncle Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt’s estate to Douglas Robinson as requested by Theodore Roosevelt. Emlen telegraphed Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, informing her of Noah Seaman’s death. Overall, Emlen’s family is well. However, his wife, Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt, had an attack of “grippe,” likely due to anxiety over Lucy Margaret Roosevelt’s surgery, which appears to have been a success. Christine Kean Roosevelt Shelley was at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and is headed to San Antonio, Texas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-20

Letter from Horace G. Knowles to W. G. Glick

U. S. Minister Knowles sincerely thanks W. G. Glick for his telegram, the first of many after the “terrible affliction” he and his wife, Edith Ella Wallace Knowles, experienced. He discusses the circumstances surrounding the accident and death of Malcolm G. Knowles, his seven-year-old son. Knowles recalls Malcom’s talents and his joyous and kind nature. Due to the circumstances, Edith cannot remain in Bolivia. Therefore, Knowles asks Glick if he can be transferred to another post as he does not want to finish his assignment without his wife.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-17

Letter from William F. Roche to Mrs. F. W. Downs

William F. Roche informs Mrs. F. W. Downs that Arthur D. Hulburd and his family are quarantined due to scarlet fever and cannot send mail. Regretfully, their daughter Helen died from the disease. While the rest of the family is sick, they are receiving care and doing well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-26

Telegram from H. B. Parks to Theodore Roosevelt

H. B. Parks informs Theodore Roosevelt of Abraham Grant’s death and provides funeral information.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-24