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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-22
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Platt, Jeannie Penniman Smith, 1834-1927
English
President Roosevelt reports the details of his uncle James King Gracie’s funeral. Despite the inordinate amount of police inside and outside the church, a crank managed to sneak in. In a postscript, Roosevelt says he is enclosing two poems Nick and Archie Roosevelt wrote for him.
1903-11-28
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Hill for the write-up of the funeral of his good friend and former German Ambassador, Hermann Speck von Sternburg. In the future Roosevelt may ask Hill to enquire about accommodations for hunting in German East Africa, in case his safari brings him to that region. While he is abroad Roosevelt will likely be presented, as a private citizen, to King Edward VII of Great Britain while visiting Oxford University. Should the German Emperor William II expressly request a visit, he would also visit Berlin.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-10
President Roosevelt sympathizes with the Catholic War Veterans’ Benevolent and Memorial Legion, of which John D. McHenry is president. Roosevelt believes that every “good citizen” must sympathize with its goals of honoring those who have died with a proper memorial service.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-11
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit and daughter-in-law Belle to say the artillery training would be good for Kermit. Uncle Douglas Robinson’s funeral was touching and Archie Roosevelt will have his knee operated on again. Ted Roosevelt has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Roosevelt is working on another book. Roosevelt says the letters people have been writing about Quentin Roosevelt are wonderful.
1918-09-21
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say he wrote General Peyton March to get orders for Kermit. He reports that Quentin Roosevelt shot down a German plane and Eleanor wants Belle to join her in Paris. He recounts a visit from his friends Chapman and Cherrie and a story about Cherrie’s sons enlisting. Roosevelt says he and Mother ride horses and row and he was a pallbearer at former New York Mayor John Mitchell’s funeral.
1918-07-13
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about the funeral of former President McKinley’s widow Ida McKinley. He then describes his trip on the train out west as he passed through Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Michigan. Roosevelt closes by saying he needs to talk to Kermit about his hunting trip.
1907-06-01
Governor Roosevelt expresses regret that he can not attend his Aunt Laura’s funeral. He also reveals that Archie had been sick.
1900-03-21
John E. Lewis writes Theodore Roosevelt about his memories of finding Quentin Roosevelt’s grave in July 1918. Lewis believes he was the first American soldier to make an attempt to decorate and beautify the grave. His unit built a fence and placed a wooden cross. Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army held a service. Lewis also asked a French priest to conduct a service at the grave. German bombers dropped wreaths, flowers, and a card on the grave to salute “our brave adversary.”
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1939-03-19
President Roosevelt regrets that he will not be able to be at the funeral of Mrs. Charles E. Bayles. He expresses his sympathy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-03
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about the funeral of former President McKinley’s widow Ida McKinley. He then describes his trip on the train out west as he passed through Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Michigan. Roosevelt closes by saying he needs to talk to Kermit about his hunting trip.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-01
William Loeb requests that George Hay Brown send flowers on behalf of the Roosevelts to Nicholas Murray Butler.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-23
Nothing would have made President Roosevelt miss Uncle Jimmy’s funeral and he has heard a great deal about the “consideration and affection” shown by Archibald Gracie Ogden and his sisters during Uncle Jimmy’s illness.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-01
Uncle James King Gracie has passed away and President Roosevelt will attempt to attend the funeral on Friday. Roosevelt is currently busy with the Panama treaty, Cuban reciprocity, and having General Leonard Wood confirmed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-24
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Ellen A. L. Gray they have received the photograph of Anna Bulloch Gracie she sent, but her letter to his son, Theodore Roosevelt, was lost, and he asks her to send him another. Roosevelt informs Gray his children are upset over the death of their white rabbit and they have held a funeral for it and buried it at Sagamore Hill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-22
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt updates Maude Howe Elliott on several topics including a letter to Macrae and W. Hallett Phillips’s funeral. He will call on Elliott upon his return from the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-11
Hermann Henry Kohlsaat writes to President Roosevelt regarding a wreath received for the funeral of Dr. Hayes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-15
Henry C. Rouse writes on behalf of Clara Louise Stone Hay to thank President Roosevelt for his support at John Hay’s funeral.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-07
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Pamphlet of a speech given by Warren G. Harding to the Ohio Legislature on January 26, 1919 praising Theodore Roosevelt for his patriotism and Americanism. Harding comments on Roosevelt’s involvement in the Panama Canal, support for American involvement in the First World War, and his radical, yet noble views.
1920