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Sitting room of Grace Green Alexander’s cottage at Profile House, New Hampshire. Eleanor Butler Roosevelt and her mother spent summers there from 1903-1906. When Eleanor married, her mother gave her all the furniture.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-1906
Sitting room of Grace Green Alexander’s cottage at Profile House, New Hampshire. Eleanor Butler Roosevelt and her mother spent summers there from 1903-1906. When Eleanor married, her mother gave her all the furniture.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-1906
Sitting room of Grace Green Alexander’s cottage at Profile House, New Hampshire. Eleanor Butler Roosevelt and her mother spent summers there from 1903-1906. When Eleanor married, her mother gave her all the furniture.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-1906
Foyer of Grace Green Alexander’s cottage at Profile House, New Hampshire. Eleanor Butler Alexander and her mother spent summers there from 1903-1906. When Eleanor married, her mother gave her all the furniture.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-1906
Bedroom at Grace Green Alexander’s cottage at Profile House, New Hampshire. Eleanor Butler Roosevelt and her mother spent summers there from 1903-1906. When Eleanor married, her mother gave her all the furniture.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1903-1906
Theodore Roosevelt tells Edward S. Curtis that he does not possess volume five, only volumes one through four. Roosevelt adds that he would “greatly appreciate” having such a cabinet.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-02
President Roosevelt informs President Pro Tempore Frye that he would like to withdraw his previous letter of December 30, 1908.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-03
President Roosevelt informs Senator Frye, president pro tempore of the United States Senate, that, following the tradition for outgoing presidents to take the chairs that they have used during the term of their presidency, he has directed Colonel Chas. S. Bromwell to order new chairs to exactly replace the ones he will be taking. He has also directed a replacement be made for a small sofa, which Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt purchased for the White House and would like to take with her. A handwritten note states that this letter was later cancelled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-30
President Roosevelt informs Speaker of the House Cannon that, following the tradition for outgoing presidents to take the chairs that they have used during the term of their presidency, he has directed Colonel Chas. S. Bromwell to order new chairs to exactly replace the ones he will be taking. He has also directed a replacement be made for a small sofa, which Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt purchased for the White House and would like to take with her. A handwritten note states that this letter was later cancelled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-30
President Roosevelt sends Colonel Bromwell copies of letters he would like to be sent to Speaker of the House Joseph Gurney Cannon and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks. Along with the letters, Roosevelt asks Bromwell to make copies of several pieces of White House furniture.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-30
Lloyd Carpenter Griscom encloses two copies and translations of a new project which has been introduced into the Chamber of Deputies by Deputy Bernardino to establish a compensating tariff. Griscom thinks the project is of particular interest to the United States because the country would enjoy a 20 percent preferential reduction on merchandise entering Brazil. Griscom is undecided about whether to continue to press Jose Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, for a reduction on a list of specified articles or to urge the passage of the Bernardino act, which he doubts will become law.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-29
The furniture manufactured by Rotting & Sweet for the red room and presented by the Grand Rapids Furniture Association is in place and is greatly admired. President Roosevelt wishes to extend this thanks through Representative Smith.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-16
Speaker of the House Cannon acknowledges receipt of a letter from President Roosevelt requesting permission to take the chairs from the Cabinet room, as well as a small couch, but says that as it was not addressed as “personal,” he believes it should be referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. A handwritten note appended to this letter states that “Mrs. Roosevelt would like this letter to be withdrawn.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-02
John A. Wolf sent a lounge and taboret as a birthday present. He hopes President Roosevelt will accept them despite being late.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-11
Horace K. Devereux writes to President Roosevelt and encloses letters from George H. Shorland and Fred Brown. Shorland will be paid in advance for the attachment on the furniture if Brown finds it acceptable.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-26
George B. Barstow, president of the Grand Rapids Table Company, writes to express his happiness that President Roosevelt will accept his gift of a “Morris Table” and provides additional information about the table’s condition.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-07
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
Two lists. The first list is the items that were moved from the Roosevelt cabin to the Memorial Building. The second list consists of the items that remained in the Roosevelt cabin.
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Unknown
Shown here is the parlor of the Roosevelt home at 6 West 57th Street, New York, New York. Note the elaborate paneling by Daniel Pabst and furnishings by Frank Furness as well as the tiger rug before a tasseled chandelier at the top center. The Roosevelt family moved into this residence (now demolished) in November 1873.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1873-1883
The hearth of Pine Knot cabin is shown with color highlights. Green branches are visible on the mantel with rocking chairs at either side. Pine Knot, located in Albemarle County, Virginia, was a country home for the Roosevelts during the presidential years.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
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