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Theodore Roosevelt needs a license for his firearms and assumes he needs to apply with the Secretary of State. He asks Edward Lazansky for a license for himself, Kermit Roosevelt, Archibald B. Roosevelt, James Amos, and Charles Les.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-15
President Roosevelt recommends Charles H. Lee as “an admirable steward” and “an extremely trustworthy and capable man.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-02
William Loeb informs William Augustus Patton that his instructions to allow Charles H. Lee to ride in the caboose while accompanying President Roosevelt’s horse from Oyster Bay to Washington, D.C., were not followed. Lee had to purchase a ticket on another passenger train. Loeb asks for the ticket cost to be refunded.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-06
William Augustus Patton has investigated the complaint by Charles H. Lee, and sends William Loeb copies of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s reports. Patton believes that Loeb’s instructions were fully carried out by railroad employees, and that Lee’s reports of the journey are misleading and untrue. He assures Loeb that the railroad is happy to provide services for the President.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-12
William Augustus Patton, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, informs William Loeb that he received his note and has arranged for Charles Lee, President Roosevelt’s African American coachman, to ride in the caboose on the train from Jersey City to Washington D.C.. Patton has given direct instructions to each of the Division Superintendents on the railroad, so there should not be any trouble, as had previously happened.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-03
Natalie A. Naylor describes the relationship of Theodore Roosevelt and his family with the hamlet of Oyster Bay, New York, and his home, Sagamore Hill. Naylor looks at the history of the Roosevelt family on Long Island, and she emphasizes the important role Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt played in managing the Sagamore Hill farm and its finances. She highlights Theodore Roosevelt’s participation in gathering hay on the farm and his fondness for rowing in the nearby waters. Naylor also recounts the roles played by African Americans who worked and lived at Sagamore Hill, and she details the products of the farm and how they sustained the family.
Eight maps showing the evolution of Sagamore Hill and Long Island accompany the article as do seven photographs, five of which feature Theodore Roosevelt working and playing on his estate.
Excerpts from 597 letters exchanged between Marion Morrison King and Edith Kermit Roosevelt. The letters shed light on Roosevelt’s love of books and reading, her relationship with her children, life at Sagamore Hill, and her health difficulties in later life.
A photograph of Roosevelt and two photographs of King accompany the article. A photograph unrelated to the article shows Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association John A. Gable with three members of the Roosevelt family at Sagamore Hill.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1981