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President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit and describes his trip to Georgia and Florida. In Georgia Roosevelt visited the family home of his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. Roosevelt says he was well-received on the trip.
1905-10-22
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit to tell him about Ted’s visit and playing tennis. Roosevelt says he is leaving on a southern trip soon with cousin John Elliott, John McIlhenny, and John Greenway.
1905-10-17
President Roosevelt introduces his cousin, John S. Elliot, to Provisional Governor of Cuba Magoon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-10-10
President Roosevelt sends his childhood nurse, Dora Watkins, twenty dollars and wishes her a merry Christmas. He describes his sons Archie and Quentin playing in the snow with their cousins behind the White House. He shares his plan to play hide-and-seek with the children and their friends inside the White House on Saturday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-19
President Roosevelt praises William De Witt Hyde’s book From Epicurus to Christ and says he has sent copies to Secretary of State Elihu Root and George Otto Trevelyan. He encloses a poem of Walt Whitman’s that he had not seen before.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-08
President Roosevelt was glad to have his son Ted unexpectedly visit with a friend and tells him that he is welcome to bring whoever he wants to the White House at any time. Roosevelt is in the middle of a speechmaking trip through the South, where he was greeted most enthusiastically by the public, noting that they had “nothing sufficiently bitter to say of me” just a year prior.
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1905-10-22
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit about how his trip through the southern states has gone thus far. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and a cousin, John S. Elliott, accompanied Roosevelt as far as Atlanta, and had a lovely time. They also visited the childhood home of Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. Roosevelt, now accompanied by John Campbell Greenway and John Avery McIlhenny, believes that the next part of the trip will be hard work going forward.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-22
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit about a surprise weekend visit from Ted Roosevelt. Ted, who brought a friend, is enjoying Harvard even though he will not make the freshman football team. Roosevelt leaves tomorrow for his southern trip, and looks forward to it being over, when he will be done with “tours of speech-making.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-17
President Roosevelt informs Senator Foraker he has submitted the name of John Stuart Elliott to the Senate for Commissioner of the Interior of Puerto Rico. Although Elliott is Roosevelt’s cousin, he made the nomination based on Puerto Rico Governor Beekman Winthrop and Secretary of War William H. Taft’s recommendations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-04
Theodore Roosevelt is glad Matilda Moxley Elliott enjoyed herself, but he regrets he cannot tell his aunt, Lucinda Ireland Sorrel Elliott, what she wishes to know about her son, John S. Elliott. Roosevelt recently dined with him in New York, but he knows nothing of his current affairs or whereabouts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends Mayor William Lafayette Strong another recommendation for the position of police magistrate, Rufus P. Livermore. He does not know Livermore personally, but his friend, John S. Elliott, testifies to his character.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-08
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
After hunting in Iowa, Theodore and Elliott Roosevelt have returned to Chicago, Illinois, to prepare for a trip to Wisconsin. They are enjoying themselves and have had “fair sport.” A visit to John Elliott is still under consideration. The weather has been lovely and Roosevelt has enjoyed driving across the prairies.
1880-09-12
President and Edith Roosevelt have been worried about Anna Roosevelt Cowles, but they are pleased that she and Helena are doing better. He and Edith enjoy their meals outdoors when possible, and have arranged trees on their terrace so they cannot be seen by the public.
1906-06-13
Anna Roosevelt Cowles has sent a very helpful letter, for which President Roosevelt sends his thanks.
1905-10-15
During their stay in Germany, three Roosevelt children and their Elliott cousins formed the Dresden Literary American Club, which met on Sundays to write stories and poetry. Left to right: Theodore Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Matilda Moxley “Maud” Elliott, Corinne Roosevelt, and John Elliott.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1873-07-01
Senator Lodge returns a letter from John Elliott regarding Gallego immigration to an island (Cuba). Lodge believes their immigration would be valuable to the island. He also discusses some of the troubles that he is having getting the Philippine bill through. Lodge wants permission to use Elliott’s letter in debate on the Senate floor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-05-03