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Secret Service Agent Tate records comments made by Julia Connor about her former neighbor Lulu Grover. Grover claimed to have known President Roosevelt when he was ranching near Medora, North Dakota, and left her cats to Roosevelt after committing suicide.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-15
Secret Service Agent Flynn presents an extract from the report of Frederick M. Tate regarding the suicide of Lulu Grover. This includes testimony from several neighbors and possible relatives about Grover’s personal history and life in New York City.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-15
United States Attorney Stimson informs President Roosevelt about the funeral arrangements and his investigation into the suicide of Lulu Grover, who left all of her property to Roosevelt. Stimson writes that her only two interests appeared to be her two Angora cats and Roosevelt, as her apartment was filled with his photograph and books about him. Stimson also found in her apartment two letters from Roosevelt in which he thanked her for the gifts she sent to Roosevelt’s son, Theodore Roosevelt III, and asked her to stop sending gifts. Stimson arranged for her to be cremated and for an Episcopalian clergyman to read a service for her. Stimson and the Public Administrator agree that “this woman was one of those harmless cranks.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-14
William Loeb sends Henry L. Stimson a transfer tax bill related to the estate of Lulu Grover. If it is all right, Stimson should transfer it to Douglas Robinson payment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-02
William Loeb sends Douglas Robinson a letter from Henry L. Stimson transmitting a draft from the estate of Lulu Grover to be deposited in Theodore Roosevelt’s account. He also asked Stimson to send Robinson the transfer tax bill for payment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-05
William Loeb tells Henry L. Stimson that President Roosevelt has received his letter and thanks him for his attention. The check has been sent to Douglas Robinson for deposit in Roosevelt’s account. Loeb reminds Stimson that he asked him to forward the transfer tax bill to Robinson for payment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-05
William Loeb encloses a check from William M. Hoes for President Roosevelt for money he has received as a legatee of Lulu Grover. It should be credited to Roosevelt’s personal account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-15
Douglas Robinson sends William Loeb an enclosed letter from United States district attorney Henry L. Stimson to President Roosevelt, as well as $769.82 that was deposited into a trust for Roosevelt by Lulu Grover. Robinson has placed this money to the credit of Roosevelt’s special account at the American Savings Bank. Robinson received the transfer tax bill from Stimson yesterday and is forwarding a check to the state comptroller in Albany, New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-09
United States District Attorney Stimson tells William Loeb that he finds the transfer tax bill from the estate of Lulu Grover correct. Stimson will forward the bill to Douglas Robinson for payment, as Loeb requested.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-08
Douglas Robinson informs William Loeb that the check made out to President Theodore Roosevelt as legatee of Lulu Grover, has been received. Robinson will invest the money as soon as he can.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-21
Henry L. Stimson notifies President Roosevelt that he has received Roosevelt’s check from the estate of Lulu Grover, and that Grover has named Roosevelt as a beneficiary of a trust fund she created. Roosevelt will need to complete and return an authorization to collect the deposit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-14