Your TR Source
Headmaster Peabody tells President Roosevelt that there is no reason why his son, Kermit, should not attend the Inauguration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-19
A Republican elephant stands on its hind legs as it lifts his trunk. President Roosevelt stands on top of the elephant’s trunk. Uncle Sam holds a whip and holds up his hand.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-07
President Roosevelt tells Starr M. Wetmore no former Rough Riders should come to the inauguration unless they are financially able to do so. He also tells Wetmore he does not know about the business of selling books.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-10
President Roosevelt asks Ambassador Reid if he would be able to petition Lord Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes to write to officials in Uganda that Roosevelt would appreciate being given a guide and information that would allow him to hunt a white rhinoceros or elephant. The current unrest in India concerns Roosevelt, and asks what the feelings of British officials are towards it. Roosevelt also remarks briefly on his plans to leave immediately after William H. Taft’s inauguration as president, and comments on a controversy that arose at the 1908 Olympic Games in London, which is still fostering some resentment between the two nations. If Roosevelt can secure a third specimen of the white rhinoceros, he would be happy to send it to the British Museum.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-26
President Roosevelt tells George Rumsey Sheldon that he awaits the advance of “the old guard” with pleasure and expects them all at lunch at the White House on inauguration day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-11
President Roosevelt tells his uncle, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, that he had already read the article and was impressed by it. He is glad that Roosevelt will be there for the inaugural, and confirms that he will be at lunch at the White House that day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-11
President Roosevelt thanks John Campbell Greenway for the skis, and says that although he is not sure if he will get the chance to try them now, his son, Theodore Roosevelt, will try them if he gets the chance. Roosevelt also asks if Greenway will be able to come for the inauguration because he wants him to ride in the parade.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-10
President Roosevelt thanks Reverend Peabody for allowing Kermit Roosevelt to see his inauguration and hopes Peabody and his wife, Fannie Peabody, will come down to visit sometime in the winter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-23
President Roosevelt encourages Edward North Buxton to attend the inauguration with his daughter, although Roosevelt cannot invite him to stay at the White House. The president tells Buxton to write soon about accommodations and says he will be glad to give Buxton a personal letter for the commandant in Yellowstone Park so that Buxton’s daughter can photograph wild animals. Roosevelt promises to help Buxton outfit the camping trip when Buxton says he will definitely use it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-22
President Roosevelt thanks Reverend Peabody for his letter and hopes to see him soon. The president includes a handwritten postscript, inquiring if Kermit Roosevelt could observe his inauguration on March 4.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-17
President Roosevelt thanks Seth Bullock for his congratulations and tells him to prepare for the Inauguration Day parade.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-10
President Roosevelt thanks Major Bridgman and Squadron A of the New York National Guard, and has made the request for them to be his personal escort. Roosevelt may also have members of the Rough Rider Regiment as part of the escort but says he will work out details later. Because Squadron A was his escort when he was made Governor of New York and Vice President, he would like them to be in the same position now.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-10
Secretary of the Navy Meyer tells Theodore Roosevelt what he and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge did after Roosevelt left following William H. Taft’s inauguration. Meyer signed papers reversing an order that former Secretary of the Navy Truman Handy Newberry had Roosevelt sign. He explains his reasoning; mainly, the Senators from Louisiana were unhappy with it, and Meyer believes he can carry out most of what was in the order without an Executive Order being issued.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-03-08
Rachel Sherman Thorndike was troubled to read that President Roosevelt plans to break with tradition and go straight from the Capitol building to the train station after president-elect William H. Taft’s inauguration. She feels that it is “very dignified” for the outgoing president to warmly welcome his successor into the White House. The practice also provides the outgoing president with the opportunity to challenge the new president to uphold his legacy. Sherman apologizes for her enthusiasm, which springs from her pride in and admiration for Roosevelt’s accomplishments in office.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-01
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson congratulates her brother, President Roosevelt, for the fine job he did of representing himself at the inauguration. She shares her pride in his dignity and friendliness as well as in the devotion the people showed to him. Robinson also notes how much she enjoyed the tea she held for the Rough Riders who were present at the ceremony.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-08
John Burroughs asks President Roosevelt not to send him a ticket for Inauguration Day, as Burroughs and his wife are sick and have gone away for their health. Burroughs sends his best wishes to the President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-20
Theodore Roosevelt watches the inauguration parade from a booth with a cluster of flags on top of it. Others watch from reviewing stands behind him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-04
Photograph showing General Adna Romanza Chaffee leading a group of West Point cadets and others on horseback in President Theodore Roosevelt’s inauguration parade. Mounted police line the street.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-06
Photograph showing President Roosevelt being sworn in as President of the United States by Judge Melville Weston Fuller with a large crowd watching.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-06
Photograph showing President Roosevelt surrounded by members of the Supreme Court congratulating him with a large crowd behind them.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905-03-06