Groton School

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt was pleased to read in the papers that his son Ted Roosevelt got to play in a recent football game, although he read that he was hurt, and would like him to write to tell the family whether or not it was serious. He wishes that his son could visit his brother Kermit Roosevelt at Groton, and also reminds him that he can come and visit whenever he wants. He also warns him not to go to too many prize fights, because the newspapers have noticed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Endicott Peabody

President Roosevelt will do his “level best” in the matter Groton School Rector Endicott Peabody wrote about. He will get Secretary of War William H. Taft, a Yale man, involved, and asks if Peabody happens to know of any distinguished men from Princeton. He discusses the Roosevelt family’s schedule at Oyster Bay in the coming weeks and asks when Peabody can visit. He also asks if the Groton rules will allow his son Kermit to eat lunch in his canoe with his mother Edith when she visits him.

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1905-09-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Lawrence

President Roosevelt agrees with Bishop Lawrence’s plan. Roosevelt wonders if Kermit Roosevelt can be put at the house or in the dormitory, since Kermit would like to hear him speak at Memorial Hall. If that is not possible, Kermit can go to a hotel or stay with one of his aunts in Boston.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt shares his concerns about grades with his son, Kermit. Roosevelt encourages Kermit to concentrate less on homesickness and more on his work, and everything will be well. Roosevelt describes a recent trip to Philadelphia, and a hand-to-hand combat match between U. S. Grant and  Professor Yoshiaki Yamashita.

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1905-02-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas W. Sidwell

President Roosevelt wants Archibald B. Roosevelt to attend Groton School the following fall and asks Principal Sidwell of Friends’ Select School if he believes Archie will be able to pass the entrance exams.

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1905-02-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sherrard Billings

President Roosevelt thanks Sherrard Billings of Groton School for his note to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about Kermit Roosevelt.

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Creation Date

1905-01-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Endicott Peabody

President Roosevelt informs Endicott Peabody that Finley Peter Dunne plans to put his fifteen month old son, Finley P. Dunne, on the list for Groton School. Roosevelt hopes Peabody will give them a special advantage because they are “Chicago people” and therefore westerners, even though Dunne is currently living in New York. The president supports Peabody’s desire for Groton to be “the representative school of the country.”

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1904-12-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Endicott Peabody

President Roosevelt thanks Groton School Rector Peabody for his note and indicates he has written to Kermit Roosevelt accordingly.

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1904-12-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Endicott Peabody

President Roosevelt writes to Groton School Rector Endicott Peabody regarding Kermit Roosevelt’s performance at the school. Kermit has done poorly the past two months, and, although the president questioned Kermit’s efforts the first month, he believes Kermit did his best the second month. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has written to Arthur Woods to see about a tutor for Kermit.

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1904-11-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Finley Peter Dunne

President Roosevelt agrees with Finley Peter Dunne about protesting against the “Anglo-Saxon alliance” theory because he believes Americans are “a new race, composed of many Old-World stocks.” While the president is not against friendliness to the English government, he is not going to ignore other European governments. Roosevelt declares himself a “strong home-ruler” and gives examples of a number of individuals who have hated their country of origin, noting it is impossible for him to champion every hatred. The president expresses his gratitude for the support he has received from young men, “Catholic by faith and of Irish descent,” and discusses a number of Irish and Catholic individuals he has put in government positions.

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1904-12-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Finley Peter Dunne

After inviting Finley Peter Dunne and Margaret Ives Dunne to the White House, President Roosevelt spends the rest of his letter discussing Finley Peter Dunne’s recent article entitled the “Anglo-Saxon Triumph.” Roosevelt takes umbrage with Dunne’s belief that individuals should look down on particular Americans due to their ancestry and specifically references those of Irish and German ancestry. In a postscript, Roosevelt states the current temptation is toward Anglophobia, not Anglomania, and the easiest thing for a politician to do is find fault with England. The president prides himself in getting a greater portion of Irish and Catholic Americans to vote for him than any previous Republican candidate without any significant attack on England.

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Creation Date

1904-11-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt tells Kermit Roosevelt about the family’s trip to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and how he walked through the exposition grounds with an enormous bruise without letting any reporters know he was experiencing pain in his leg. The president was most interested in the North Dakota and Philippine exhibits. President Roosevelt includes a handwritten note encouraging Kermit to “keep pegging away” in his studies and to not lose heart.

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1904-11-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Codman

President Roosevelt assures Bishop Codman that he trusts Sherrard Billings to run Groton School just as well as Endicott Peabody.

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1904-10-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Sherrard Billings

President Roosevelt thanks Sherrard Billings for his letter and would be sorry to feel that they had lost any moral influence. Ted Roosevelt will not be returning to Groton School but will take a tutor and attempt to enter Harvard College when he is eighteen. Roosevelt would prefer for Ted to stay at Groton but has accepted his decision. Kermit Roosevelt will be returning to Groton.

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Creation Date

1904-09-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles William Eliot

Theodore Roosevelt has finished fourth form at Groton School and President Roosevelt is looking for a tutor to prepare him for education at Harvard College.

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Creation Date

1904-08-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Endicott Peabody

President Roosevelt writes to inform Endicott Peabody that Ted Roosevelt will not be returning to Groton School. He will be attending Harvard next fall.

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1904-08-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Endicott Peabody

President Roosevelt thanks Endicott Peabody for his note and requests several copies of his speech that will appear in the Groton School publication, the Grotonian.

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1904-06-30

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Endicott Peabody

President Roosevelt thanks Endicott Peabody for inviting him to Groton School for prize day, and he encloses a corrected copy of his speech for publication in the Grotonian.

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1904-05-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

President Roosevelt congratulates Ted on his victory at Groton, and then begins to describes a normal day at the White House. Roosevelt discusses his and Mrs. Roosevelt’s enjoyment of the White House and the White House Gardens, and details which trees and plants are flowering. Roosevelt also highlights his and Mrs. Roosevelt’s favorite entertainment of horseback riding and travel.

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1904-05-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hermann Speck von Sternburg

President Roosevelt regretfully cancels his plans with Ambassador Sternburg. He will see if Alice Roosevelt is available.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1904-05-09