Gracie, Anna Bulloch, 1833-1893

Photograph of Anna Bulloch Gracie, Theodore Roosevelt’s aunt.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1865-1893

Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to hear from Sarah Bancroft Leavitt. He wishes Leavitt could have been at the Orthopaedic. He always associates Leavitt with his father, mother, and aunt Anna Bulloch Gracie who had such fun together and did so much good for others.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-02-09

Theodore Roosevelt, traveling by train, writes of his improving health after a bout with cholera. He also sends his regards to his aunt Anna Bulloch Gracie and to Mrs. Leavitt (Sarah Bancroft Leavitt).

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1883-09-04

Theodore Roosevelt thanks H. B. Pratt for the letter and book he kindly sent. He confirms that several of his relations, to whom H. B. Pratt asked to be remembered if they were still living, have passed away.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-08-05

President Roosevelt does not support Henry Mottet’s plan of a memorial at the Church of the Holy Communion to Roosevelt’s uncle, James King Gracie, and supporting the orthopedic doctor. Rather, Roosevelt tells Douglas Robinson he would like to give some inheritance money to Margaret Gracie Higginson Fiske. The president is glad he was able to see Robinson and his wife, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-15

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-22

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

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.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Hermann Hagedorn uses quotes from various friends, family, and colleagues of Theodore Roosevelt to demonstrate that he had an active Christian faith that he nurtured with Bible study and regular church attendance. He employs these quotations to counter the argument that Roosevelt was not a Christian and because Roosevelt himself seldom spoke openly about his faith.

 

Reverend George E. Talmadge, the Rector of Christ Church in Oyster Bay, New York, provides a view of Theodore Roosevelt the parishioner. He provides a number of anecdotes about Roosevelt’s participation in Sunday services and his support of church ministries. Talmadge discusses Roosevelt’s religious roots in the Dutch Reformed Church, his work with the Boy Scouts, and the death of Quentin Roosevelt.

 

Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to hear from Sarah Bancroft Leavitt. He wishes Leavitt could have been at the Orthopaedic. He always associates Leavitt with his father, mother, and aunt Anna Bulloch Gracie who had such fun together and did so much good for others.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-02-09

Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna of changes to his upcoming schedule. Due to work commitments, he will have to delay his trip west. He remarks how sad it is to see Uncle Jimmie Bulloch after the passing of his sister Aunt Anna, who was like a mother to Roosevelt.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1893-07-03

Lucas Kean sends a message of condolence to President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt regarding the passing of Roosevelt’s uncle, James King Gracie.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-24

Nancy Jackson, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt’s childhood nurse, expresses best wishes to President Roosevelt and hopes to meet him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-06