Grief

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt is grieved to learn of George Cabot Lodge’s death. His worry over the sorrow Corinne Roosevelt Robinson continues to experience because of the loss of her son causes Roosevelt to reflect on how one should approach life and handle the grief that comes with the death of a loved one. Roosevelt notes that he is “on safari” as he writes this letter and will leave East Africa for Uganda and the Nile in mid-December.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1909-10-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edith Howell Rockhill

Theodore Roosevelt conveys his condolences to Edith Howell Rockhill upon the death of her husband, American diplomat William Woodville Rockhill. Roosevelt speaks highly of Rockhill’s character and service to his nation.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1915-01-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Jay Chapman

Police Commissioner Roosevelt expresses his condolences to John Jay Chapman for the death of Chapman’s wife.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1897-02-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt describes a visit to his sister Corinne Robinson Roosevelt’s house in upstate New York, where many family members and friends gathered after the death of Corinne’s husband, Douglas Robinson, three days earlier. Roosevelt describes Corinne’s anxiety over hosting the large number of people, her concern for her daughter’s state of mind, and her feelings about the absence of Anna Roosevelt Cowles.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-09-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

By the President of the United States of America

A proclamation issued by President Roosevelt declaring September 19, 1901 a national day of mourning following the death of President McKinley. This proclamation was Roosevelt’s first act as President.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site

Creation Date

1901-09-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

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.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1893-07-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from William Loeb to Theodore Roosevelt

The Loeb family thanks the Roosevelts for “sending the flowers on the occasion of their great sorrow.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-02

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler to Theodore Roosevelt

Nicholas Murray Butler is grieving for his late wife and tells President Roosevelt how much she admired him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-16

Creator(s)

Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947

Letter from Ellen Grant Sartoris to Theodore Roosevelt

Ellen Grant Sartoris thanks President Roosevelt for his expression of sympathy on the death of her mother, former first lady Julia Dent Grant.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-06

Creator(s)

Jones, Ellen Grant Sartoris, 1855-1922

Letter from C. Grant La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt

C. Grant La Farge is saddened by the death of his daughter and would like to visit the Roosevelts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-29

Creator(s)

La Farge, C. Grant (Christopher Grant), 1862-1938

Letter from John M. Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt

Someone close to John M. Wilson has passed away and he thanks the Roosevelts for the flowers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-19

Creator(s)

Wilson, John M. (John Moulder), 1837-1919

Letter from Hal Sayre to Theodore Roosevelt

Hal Sayre thanks President Roosevelt for his remembrance of Sayre’s son after his death.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-19

Creator(s)

Sayre, Hal, 1835-1926

Letter from Stuart E. Bulloch to Theodore Roosevelt

Mourning for William McKinley has reached all the way to Stuart E. Bulloch’s home in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He has followed President Roosevelt’s career and congratulates him on his succession to the presidency. Bulloch and Roosevelt are cousins and Bulloch requests a few lines and a photograph of the Roosevelt family.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-19

Creator(s)

Bulloch, Stuart E., 1871-1939

Letter from Minnie Paget to Theodore Roosevelt

Minnie Paget expresses her sympathy after the death of William McKinley and President Roosevelt’s succession to the presidency. Great Britain is mourning McKinley.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-17

Creator(s)

Paget, Minnie

Letter from Adolf Mensing to Theodore Roosevelt

Germany has joined in the mourning for William McKinley. Adolf Mensing is confident that President Roosevelt will be a successful president.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-15

Creator(s)

Mensing, Adolf, 1845-1929

Letter from Seth Low to Theodore Roosevelt

Seth Low writes to encourage President Roosevelt in the wake of William McKinley’s death. Low hopes Roosevelt will keep the current Cabinet, especially Secretary of State Hay, Secretary of the Treasury Gage, Secretary of the Navy Long, Secretary of War Root, and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson. Low praises Roosevelt’s service as Governor of New York and wishes him the same success as President. Low reminds Roosevelt that he is likely to be judged more by those he appoints than by what actions he takes and that good appointments result in good government and good administration. Low expresses his pleasure that people are now saying that McKinley will be remembered as one of the nation’s great presidents.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-15

Creator(s)

Low, Seth, 1850-1916

Letter from Myron T. Herrick to Theodore Roosevelt

Myron T. Herrick is mourning his friend, William McKinley, but is comforted that the presidency has “fallen upon the broad shoulders of an honorable and capable gentleman.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-14

Creator(s)

Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929

Telegram from George E. Green to Theodore Roosevelt

Mayor Green says the citizens of Binghamton and Broome County, New York, are mourning the death of William McKinley but rejoice that the presidency has “fallen upon so worthy a successor.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-14

Creator(s)

Green, George E., 1858-1917

Letter from Anna Bulloch Gracie to Archibald Gracie

Anna Bulloch Gracie thanks Archibald Gracie for his condolences on the loss of Martha (Mittie) Bulloch Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt. The deaths were so sudden and unexpected that the whole family, and most especially Theodore Roosevelt, has much to bear.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1884-05-14

Creator(s)

Gracie, Anna Bulloch, 1833-1893