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Douglas Robinson tells President Roosevelt that Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will write him personally about the memorials to the Church of the Holy Communion and the Orthopedic Hospital in honor of their uncle James King Gracie. He also encloses a cartoon from the Glasgow News about Roosevelt and a speech from William Halpin, Republican County Chairman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-19
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson writes about funding for a memorial for their uncle James King Gracie, who died in 1903. She suggests that a memorial at the Church of the Holy Communion or the Orthopedic Hospital would be fitting since Gracie was buried from that church and the hospital received money from Gracie’s will.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-18
Douglas Robinson inquires whether the Roosevelt family would like to do something in memory of President Roosevelt’s uncle, James King Gracie, who died last year. Gracie supported the Church of the Holy Communion, as well as an orthopedic doctor. Church rector, Dr. Mottet, spoke with Corinne Roosevelt Robinson about Gracie’s endowment. Corinne Robinson and Anna Roosevelt Cowles had spoken about the matter, and Douglas Robinson wishes to know how Roosevelt would like to proceed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-12
The law firm of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn send a check to President Roosevelt. It is his inheritance from his uncle, James King Gracie.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-02
Lucius H. Beers sends the forms that must be completed so that Mrs. Edith Roosevelt can be named guardian of Kermit and Ethel.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-23
President Roosevelt remembers Margaret Gracie Higginson Fiske from when she was a little girl. His uncle, James King Gracie, was very fond of her. Roosevelt encloses a check for Fiske in Gracie’s honor and instructs her to use it for her children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-30
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-15
President Roosevelt was pleased by Sarah Bancroft Leavitt’s letter and touched by her personal memory of his father. Roosevelt has been distressed by the recent death of John Procter and of his uncle, James King Gracie.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-15
President Roosevelt understands that Peggy Fiske was left out of Uncle James King Gracie’s will, which he finds to be an injustice. Roosevelt feels that others, including himself, were left excessively large sums and he would like to give some of the money to Fiske.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-05
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
Archibald Gracie thanks President Roosevelt for the kind words of sympathy he sent following the accidental death of Gracie’s daughter, Constance Julie Gracie. He has been shown great kindness by almost every American presently in Paris. Gracie laments the loss of his daughter, and recounts the high hopes he had for her. The type of accident that killed her would not have happened in the United States, he believes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-20
Douglas Robinson notifies President Roosevelt of several upcoming changes that will affect his trust, as well as those of Anna Roosevelt Cowles and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, due to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s illness. He needs Roosevelt’s consent to appoint a new trustee. Robinson has also been contacted by George Lee, who was wondering if Lee, Higginson & Company could arrange Roosevelt’s financial matters while he is abroad. Robinson congratulates Roosevelt on the election results, and enjoyed recently seeing Roosevelt’s sons, Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-30
William M. Cruishank acknowledges William Loeb’s letter enclosing six papers, signed by Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, concerning settlement of Mr. Gracie’s estate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-16
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
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
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
Frank C. Smith asks Theodore Roosevelt to sign and return the enclosed document appointing Robert Harry Munro Ferguson as trustee under the will of Roosevelt’s father.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-28
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about his upcoming travel plans west. He asks Anna if her employee Bob and Alec Lambert would like to go with him. He also updates her on the status of the family. They had a pleasant Fourth of July. Their uncle James King Gracie is sad over the death of his wife. Their brother Elliott is to leave New York Saturday.
1893-07-05
Douglas Robinson will not be attending Broadway Improvement Company’s meeting as every time he makes a suggestion it is voted down by the Roosevelt contingent. He encloses a note from Floyd B. Hurt which he believes is a “typical letter of a Virginia Democrat.” He asks if Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt received the gloves he sent her. He reports that his son, Stewart Douglas Robinson, will arrive on Saturday and that Corrine Roosevelt Robinson is feeling better.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-24