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Charles M. Woodbury thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter, and for the letter from Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary. It will become a family heirloom, just like his letters from Abraham Lincoln.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-18
Article describing Eleanor Butler Roosevelt’s flower garden and heirloom wedding presents.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1910
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary will ensure that the president receives the letter and bandana sent by Charles A. Van Wormer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-04
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary thanks Charles A. Van Wormer for the letter and the “very interesting bandana.” However, Roosevelt has decided to return the bandana as it has been in Mrs. Van Wormer’s family for many years.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-10-31
Gifford Pinchot, chief of the U.S. Forest Service, has given President Roosevelt a copy of the conversation Pinchot and Silas McBee had with Mott. It is now one of Roosevelt’s most cherished possessions that he will leave to his children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-16
President Roosevelt will keep and prize the letter from Judge Francis J. Heney, and praises Heney’s character and acts as a judge. When Roosevelt first heard of the assassination (or, as he heard later, attempted assassination) of Heney, Roosevelt was filled with grief and anger, and wanted to carry on the work that Heney had done. He is pleased that Heney is almost recovered, and tells him to take no chances and follow the instructions of his doctor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-11
President Roosevelt was greatly pleased by a letter he received from Speaker of the House Cannon, calling it “generous and manly.” Roosevelt says he will keep it to hand down to his children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-14
President Roosevelt sincerely thanks Justice Harlan for his kindness. He will frame the letters at once.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-13
Herman Henry Kohlsaat asks Theodore Roosevelt to look at a letter from Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis, which he had promised to send. Kohlsaat also encloses an interview with Senator Albert Baird Cummins and expresses his doubt that Cummins will remain loyal to the Republican cause.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-05
New York Postmaster Edmund W. Voorhies thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the autographed photograph, and pledges that it will be treasured by his family for generations to come.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-10
Anna C. Alger wants President Roosevelt to have a plate given to her by his mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, as she is no longer young and her things will soon go into other hands. She regrets she cannot send a sponge cake with it, as his mother taught her how to make.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-30
Cameron McRae Winslow sincerely thanks President Roosevelt for the letter praising his work on the commission investigating the Slocum Disaster. He promises that he will keep and treasure Roosevelt’s letter during his life, and that it will be passed down to his descendants.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-15
Isabella Greenway thanks Louise Adriana Wood for the “very wonderful” letter from Leonard Wood, which will be an heirloom for her family.
1928-07-24