Letter from Rudolph Forster to Riggs National Bank
Rudolph Forster asks Riggs National Bank to deposit funds in the accounts of Ted, Kermit, and Ethel Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-31
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Derby, Ethel Roosevelt
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Nathaniel Curzon
With pleasure, President Roosevelt accepts the invitation from George Nathaniel Curzon, Chancellor of Oxford, to give the Romanes lecture and receive an honorary degree upon returning from his African trip. The invitation relieves Roosevelt from the problem and “horror of ex-Presidents traveling around with no real business.” Roosevelt thanks Curzon for his comments on Roosevelt’s presidency and likewise praises Curzon for his public career. Roosevelt wants to discuss the future dangers both nations may face.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-18
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur Hamilton Lee
President Roosevelt is looking forward to visiting Arthur Hamilton Lee while in England. If Roosevelt visits in the fall he would be pleased to visit Lee’s hunting lodge, and he details his experiences in deer stalking and fox hunting. Roosevelt agrees with Lee on international athletics and finds that such competition often ends in an unhealthy bitterness. Roosevelt will read The Quarterly, in particular the article on Germany, and he has things to say to Lee in person rather than on paper.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-09-17
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Telegram from Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to Roger Williams
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt informs Roger Williams that her children, Theodore and Ethel Roosevelt, will meet the USS Sylph at 4:20 p.m.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-12
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Yick Nam Quan
President Roosevelt thanks Yick Nam Quan for the birthday gift he sent to his daughter, Ethel Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-11
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt sends Kermit Roosevelt a poem that reminds him of Quentin, as well as letters relating to his upcoming African safari. He tells Kermit that he will come with him, provided he does not let it distract him from preparing for his future and will treat it as a college course. Roosevelt also updates his son on the activities of other members of the family.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-04-23
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit Roosevelt about his busy days in Washington. He has not been able to go riding, but has been going on walks and playing tennis. Roosevelt has recently received an interesting Buddha statue from China and is happy that Ethel Roosevelt has a friend visiting.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-27
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Laurence H. Grahame
President Roosevelt thanks Laurence H. Grahame for the photograph. He does not think his children, Ethel and Theodore Roosevelt, will be able to go to Puerto Rico in the winter. Roosevelt invites Grahame to dine with him at the White House when he is next in the area.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-24
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emily Tyler Carow
President Roosevelt asks Emily Tyler Carow if she could bring a book about Rome by Italian historian Guglielmo Ferrero, which he believes is entitled The Greatness and Decline of Rome. Roosevelt tells Carow the family is looking forward to her visit and updates her on their last days at Oyster Bay, New York.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-13
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge
President Roosevelt gives Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge an update on his life and family. He laments the end of summer and tells Lodge how each member of the family has spent it, remarking upon how his children are growing up. Roosevelt has been vacationing during the summer months and now looks to his work ahead. He wants to ensure that his plans for the Navy and Panama Canal cannot be undone by his successor.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-20
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt that he is glad that the cavalry march and chicken shoot went well. Roosevelt details various happenings in the family for Kermit, and wishes him well.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-09-06
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Letter from William Loeb to Riggs National Bank
William Loeb encloses a draft and pass-books belonging to Ted, Kermit, and Ethel Roosevelt. He requests the draft be credited their accounts and the books to be returned.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-29
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt describes his recent trip to Provincetown to his son Kermit Roosevelt, including his speech, a banquet, and meeting “five hundred Gloucester fishermen.” Roosevelt feels Kermit’s trip with the cavalry “was such a fine thing.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-21
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emily Tyler Carow
President Roosevelt requests his sister-in-law Emily Tyler Carow tell Mr. Bovet that while he sympathizes with the movement to preserve the Alps, as president, he cannot sign a petition that is essentially a request for action by another government. Roosevelt updates Carow on the family’s summer activities in Oyster Bay.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-13
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt expresses concern about his son Kermit Roosevelt’s health. He mentions the Brownsville matter, the opposition from the Senate over the battleships and offers his view on Native Americans. Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit has been reading and studying, and updates Kermit on recent family activities.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-26
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alice Roosevelt Longworth
President Roosevelt suggests guest accommodation arrangements on the train when his daughters Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Ethel Roosevelt come to visit along with others.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-26
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt
President Roosevelt is very sorry to hear that Ted Roosevelt has broken his collarbone playing football. He hopes Ted is getting on well with his studies. Although it is not an easy job being president, Roosevelt is enjoying it and the family is finding time for fun.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-19
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joel Chandler Harris
President Roosevelt thanks Joel Chandler Harris for the autographed gift for Ethel Roosevelt and expresses his fondness for Harris’s writings.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-12
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Letter from Mary Cadwalader Jones to Theodore Roosevelt
Mary Cadwalader Whitridge had been sailing and only just heard the news of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident. She hopes Theodore Roosevelt will send word on what happened and how Mrs. Roosevelt is doing.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-11
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Letter from Elizabeth Greene Perkins Wadsworth to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Elizabeth Green Perkins Wadsworth invites Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and her family, including Theodore Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt, and Kermit Roosevelt, to visit her and her husband, William Austin Wadsworth, at their homestead for a week in October. Wadsworth also expresses her relief that Roosevelt’s recent fall was not serious.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-05