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Letter from William A. Magee to Ethel Roosevelt

Mayor William A. Magee, on behalf of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania and the city of Pittsburgh, invites Ethel Roosevelt to attend an event celebrating the centennial of steamboat navigation of Western rivers. Magee also hopes that Roosevelt will be able to christen a boat during the proceedings. One of Roosevelt’s ancestors built the first steamboat to sail on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The committee has also invited Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-26

Letter from William A. Magee to Theodore Roosevelt

Now that there is a definite plan for an anniversary celebration of the centennial of steamboat travel on western rivers, Mayor William A. Magee issues a formal invitation to Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to attend the festivities to be held in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Roosevelt’s ancestor, Nicholas J. Roosevelt, built the first steamboat to travel from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, and traveled on its inaugural voyage. Magee also hopes that Roosevelt’s daughter, Ethel Roosevelt, may be able to attend the festivities and christen a boat. He also invites Roosevelt to give an address during the proceedings.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-26

Letter from Louise Woodbridge Dippold to Theodore Roosevelt

Louise Woodbridge Dippold inquires if Theodore Roosevelt has any papers related to a steamboat trip taken by his great-uncle, Nicholas J. Roosevelt, down the Ohio river in 1811. Dippold recounts what she has learned so far about the voyage taken by the New Orleans, as the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania will celebrate the centennial of the trip and she is anxious to know all the particulars by their next meeting.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-01