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William Emlen Roosevelt tells President Roosevelt that he has taken the money inherited from Uncle Corneel and sent it to be invested in his principal account. Roosevelt also tells the president that his financial affairs are not looking good.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-19
George Cabot Lee provides information about Alice Roosevelt’s inheritance from her mother’s family, the Lees, as Alice is just about to come of age.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-02-06
In one circle, President Roosevelt holds a box labeled, “Nobel Peace Prize.” In another, Andrew Carnegie cuts a paper labeled “Inheritance” that is divided in half. One side reads, “This piece is for the children,” and the other reads, “This piece is to be returned to the ‘community.'” In the last circle, Henry Watterson faces Roosevelt and holds a bag with a tag, “To Europe,” and a paper sticking out that says “T.R. is all right.” Two men are outside the circles with a paper that says, “We got ours,” while a government clerk looks through a telescope at the number “20%.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-17
A young rake stands beneath a cloud of past exploits, smoking, and spilling a glass of alcohol, in the presence of a young woman fashionably dressed in red. An overturned chair and empty champagne bottle litter the floor in the background, as well as the shade of a child reaching up toward him.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1906-08-01
An old man labeled “Millionaire” sits in a chair atop a pile of moneybags, bemoaning the fact that he now has little time to give away his money in a satisfactory manner. On the left are the church and the university looking for contributions and on the right are the hated “Relatives” looking to inherit new found wealth. Caption: “If I had begun earlier I might have had some fun in giving it away. Now I must leave it either to relatives whom I hate or to churches and colleges in which I have no interest.[“]
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1901-08-07
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 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 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
President Roosevelt tells William Kent that he is right, and that it is enough to do the deed and not “stencil one’s own name on the benefaction,” regarding the naming of Muir Woods National Monument. Roosevelt congratulates Kent on his five sons who will carry on his name, and says he has four of his own sons who he hopes will do the same thing for the Roosevelt name.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-05
On behalf of President Roosevelt, William Loeb encloses the signed receipts for the distribution of income from the estate of his uncle Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt. Roosevelt would like William Emlen Roosevelt to turn the money over to Douglas Robinson to be deposited in his personal account.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-13
Cornelius V. V. Kingsland asks Theodore Roosevelt for Representative Nicholas Longworth’s address. He understands that Longworth is looking into a French spoliation claim for a woman who claims to be a direct heir. Kingsland is also a direct heir and wants to communicate with Longworth on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-13
W. P. Crane tells Theodore Roosevelt of a woman from San Francisco, California, who has evidence that she is the direct heir to a valuable property in New York City currently owned by the city. He noticed that Roosevelt’s grandfather, Cornelius Van Schaack, is listed on the papers in connection to the property. Crane asks Roosevelt how he should proceed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-08
Henry E. Huck reports to Theodore Roosevelt that he finally got away from the sanitarium at Guelph, Ontario, and is currently safe in Detroit, Michigan. However, Arthur Heurtley will not help him, even after Huck shared how letters were stolen and that the sanitarium’s attendants were anarchists who harmed Marshall Field’s heirs. He sends a paper slip and does not think the American consul reported on it. Huck asks Roosevelt for help with the Field estate and to be admitted to a sanitarium, not an asylum. He would have reported the mail theft to Governor General of Canada Albert Henry George Grey but did not have the money or protection to get to Ottawa, Ontario.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-27
Julia Hunt requests Theodore Roosevelt’s help in sorting out a matter of probate. She believes that some right to a small sum, and hopes that Roosevelt can assist her.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-08
Henry E. Huck tells Theodore Roosevelt about the difficulties with his sister Albertine Drummond, primarily that he is held at a sanitarium and is deprived of his rightful inheritance. He asks Roosevelt to speak to her and explain the situation. While he could have sold the story about the row and flag, the century’s biggest scandal, he refused. However, the resulting row will be dreadful if Huck is not given a hearing. Upon proving his sanity, he asks Roosevelt to help him get work to aid in keeping anarchists out of the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-15
William Emlen Roosevelt sent the money from Uncle Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt’s estate to Douglas Robinson as requested by Theodore Roosevelt. Emlen telegraphed Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, informing her of Noah Seaman’s death. Overall, Emlen’s family is well. However, his wife, Christine Griffin Kean Roosevelt, had an attack of “grippe,” likely due to anxiety over Lucy Margaret Roosevelt’s surgery, which appears to have been a success. Christine Kean Roosevelt Shelley was at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and is headed to San Antonio, Texas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-20
William Emlen Roosevelt sends Theodore Roosevelt a receipt for $3,400, coming from the division of the estate of Theodore Roosevelt’s uncle, Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt. The division will not technically be made until later in the year, but Emlen thought that Theodore Roosevelt would be away at that time. He asks for the receipt to be returned with instructions regarding what he would like to be done with the money.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-03
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
Asa P. French has received the letter from William Loeb regarding a will from Benjamin Hadley, where Hadley left a large sum of money to President Roosevelt to be used for charity. French will act as President Roosevelt desires in order to let Hadley’s relatives gain possession of the estate, and says that it is possible that the only thing that will be necessary will be a formal declination of the trust by Roosevelt. He will confer with the legal firm of Warner, Warner & Stackpole, which is managing the estate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-29
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1892 to December 1898. Notable events include the death of Elliott Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt is appointed New York City Police Commissioner, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Spanish-American War, and Roosevelt’s gubernatorial campaign.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association