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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
Tweed Roosevelt recounts a murder trial that centered on the granddaughter of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, the uncle of Theodore Roosevelt known as RBR. Roosevelt examines the secret, scandalous life of RBR, who fathered three illegitimate children, and he shows how one of these children, Granville Fortescue, carried on the scandalous life of his father. Fortescue’s daughter, Thalia Massie, would inherit the dissolute traits of her family and would be at the center of high profile rape and murder cases in Hawaii. Roosevelt describes the racial atmosphere of 1930s Hawaii, and he chronicles the two trials, the participation of famed lawyer Clarence Darrow, and the political maneuvering resulting from the verdicts.
The feature is populated with seven photographs, a political cartoon, an illustration, and an arrest document.
President Roosevelt’s Aunt Marion has died and her husband, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, hopes President Roosevelt can attend the funeral. Robert Roosevelt tells that Marion Roosevelt died with a picture of President Roosevelt by her bed and was proud of him. He hopes President Roosevelt can attend, but understands if he cannot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-11
President Roosevelt’s uncle, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, thanks Theodore and Edith Roosevelt for the flowers as his wife has recently died.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-12
President Roosevelt’s uncle, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, describes the funeral of his wife and tells Roosevelt to thank Edith Roosevelt for the flowers. Robert Roosevelt talks of all the mourners who attended the funeral and all of the flowers that people sent. There were so many flowers, Robert Roosevelt writes that they buried his wife in flowers, with those sent by Theodore Roosevelt on her heart.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-13