Health

Letter from Frederic R. Coudert to Theodore Roosevelt

Frederic R. Coudert thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his kind letter following his accident. He is nearly recovered and expects to ride again shortly. Coudert is disappointed Roosevelt cannot attend the Rockefeller Institute as the microscopic displays are interesting. Alexis Carrel’s experiments dictate when he can come to Sagamore Hill. Coudert is glad Roosevelt is writing on the trust question. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister Anna on the status of the family. Daughter Alice is learning her letters and baby Ted is doing well also. Roosevelt continues to enjoy playing polo and working on his writing slowly. Their brother Elliott is better and Roosevelt wonders if someone should talk to him about his “imprudence.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1888-07-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about how the family is doing. Wife Edith is fair and baby Ted has colic.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1887

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt telling her how the family is doing. Edith Roosevelt is doing well and will be giving birth soon. Roosevelt has been laid up with an asthma attack. Daughter Alice is also doing well and is in good health.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1887-09-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

Theodore Roosevelt expresses concern over his sister’s eye problems and Douglas Robinson’s fall. He writes that Edgar Lee Masters visited and that Ethel Roosevelt has left. Roosevelt mentions a lunch with Theodore Douglas Roosevelt and John King.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-07-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert John Wynne

President Roosevelt is glad that London Consul General Wynne’s wife, Mary Ellen McCabe Wynne, is on the mend. There is no way the activities in question could be formally connected to the administration, but Roosevelt asserts that anyone can publish whatever they like “from Dan to Beersheba.” Roosevelt looks forward to Wynne’s visit.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt sends Kermit Roosevelt a kind letter from Seth Bullock. Roosevelt reminds Kermit that if he becomes ill in Africa he will be sent home. Manuel A. Da Silva has been hired to be Kermit’s guide, and Roosevelt has been discussing the trip with his English friends.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert John Wynne

President Roosevelt appreciates the letter from Consul General Wynne, but he is saddened to hear of Mary Ellen McCabe Wynne’s ill health.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lawrence O. Murray

President Roosevelt is glad he could aid in Comptroller of Currency Murray’s recovery, and instructs him to move forward with the bank deposit matter. When Roosevelt is in Washington, D.C., he would like to see the article.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Endicott Peabody

President Roosevelt encloses a letter for Endicott Peabody, explaining that he had hoped to let Archie Roosevelt “be free” this summer, but an emergency dental situation has thwarted the plan. He asks that the doctor’s suggestion be heeded. Peabody might like to know that Roosevelt has been invited to give the Romanes Lecture at Oxford.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Henry Brent

President Roosevelt is sorry to find out that Bishop Brent had to have surgery, and asks when he will be well enough for Roosevelt to see him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt expresses concern about his son Kermit Roosevelt’s health. He mentions the Brownsville matter, the opposition from the Senate over the battleships and offers his view on Native Americans. Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit has been reading and studying, and updates Kermit on recent family activities.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nevada N. Stranahan

President Roosevelt wishes Nevada N. Stranahan a merry Christmas and is glad to hear his health is improving. Roosevelt leans on him both personally and as a public official in his position as collector of customs at the Port of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John F. Rixey

President Roosevelt acknowledges receipt of Representative Rixey’s recent letter and hopes he is “better.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt encourages Secretary of War Root to stay as long as he needs. Root has a hard winter ahead and should be as well as possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William J. Youngs

President Roosevelt is very sorry to hear that William J. Youngs is in bad health.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt is happy to hear that Secretary of War Root is going to the Adirondacks and would like to issue directions that he should not be interrupted by messages from the War Department. Roosevelt appreciates the letter from General Grenville Mellen Dodge and will return it for Root’s private files.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-01

Letter from Marie De Ronne to Theodore Roosevelt

Marie De Ronne informs Theodore Roosevelt that she has the cure for hoarse throats, which he experienced on a recent lecture tour. She was a singer for 13 years and hopes to make her cure known to the public, with Roosevelt’s support.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-11

Letter from Sarah W. Loud to Theodore Roosevelt

Sarah W. Loud expresses to Theodore Roosevelt her distress over her husband’s treatment and living conditions at the Soldiers’ Hospital, describing poor care, unsanitary conditions, and what she believes is an unjust separation from him, and appealing for Roosevelt’s help in bringing her husband home.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-14

Letter from James Gibbons to Theodore Roosevelt

James Gibbons expresses to Theodore Roosevelt his gratitude for Roosevelt’s presence and words at his jubilee celebration, and explains that poor health prevented him from visiting at Oyster Bay.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-12