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On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt thanks Sister M. Sebastian for the gifts for their granddaughter, Grace Green Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-31
Theodore Roosevelt tells his son, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt that he has heard from Mrs. Alexander how wonderful the recent christening was. The Spreckels are visiting and Roosevelt will invite them to stay the night. Roosevelt received a letter from William Kent about a conversation he had with Ted. Roosevelt cautions Ted against speaking out publicly in support of Woodrow Wilson or against President William Howard Taft. Roosevelt also disapproves of Taft, but he still prefers him over the Democrats or past Presidents Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and her husband Nicholas Longworth are traveling to Panama, and they hope to see Ted in San Francisco on their way home. Archibald B. Roosevelt has been studying for his Harvard preliminary exams, and intends to visit San Francisco as well. Quentin Roosevelt has returned to Groton School unhappily. Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is planting a grove of pine trees for their granddaughter, Grace Green Roosevelt, to play in when she is older. Roosevelt is sending Ted a copy of Kermit Roosevelt’s account of a hunt.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944
2025-07-03
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Theodore Roosevelt informs Henry L. Stimson that they will see him shortly now that Roosevelt knows he is in Huntington, and he will also arrange for more tennis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that Sister M. Sebastian and Mother Mary Paul Murphy wrote to him to congratulate the birth of his first granddaughter, Grace Green Roosevelt McMillan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that the Democrats and Republican insurgents, led by Senator La Follette, have split up. He is willing to help Senator Lodge with the arbitration treaty. Roosevelt will write a strong article on the matter and has contacted Captain Mahan about writing an article against the unamended treaty. He appreciated the telegram regarding his new grandchild, Ted Roosevelt’s daughter Grace Green Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt decided not to send the articles as he had incorrectly addressed his letter to Charles Mifflin Hammond. He thanks Hammond for taking so much trouble. Roosevelt is “extremely pleased” with his granddaughter, Grace Green Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Richard M. Tobin for writing. He is overjoyed with his granddaughter, Grace Green Roosevelt. The international polo was worth seeing, and Roosevelt wishes Tobin could have seen it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-21
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased to hear that Belle Roosevelt’s family will be visiting her in Argentina. He is glad that Belle has her “fireplace in trim for the cold weather” and wishes he could meet the Portuguese maid and Japanese cook. Roosevelt provides brief updates on various family members.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-05-31
Theodore Roosevelt tells Carlotta Paulus to inform her mother that he is in good health. Roosevelt mentions that his daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby is serving in a hospital in France with her husband, and Roosevelt and his wife Edith are watching their young son.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-16
Theodore Roosevelt approves of Emily Tyler Carow’s actions after the outbreak of war in Europe and hopes that Italy will not be drawn into war. He understands Carow’s desire to stay in Italy and will not try to influence her as there appears to be no imminent danger. Roosevelt is distressed at the “awful cataclysm” in Europe and describes what is happening in Belgium as “enough to wring a man’s soul.” The Roosevelt family is doing well. Kermit and Belle Roosevelt have been staying at Sagamore Hill before traveling to South America and Roosevelt has been able to see his other children and grandchildren often. In a postscript, Roosevelt asks Carow to thank the consul general at Genoa, Italy for his courtesy and efficiency towards Americans in his province.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-09-01
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could go see Kermit Roosevelt, but does not feel that he can leave at the moment. He is working to keep the Progressive Party together. He is to give an address for the American Historical Association and will send it to Kermit. Roosevelt informs his son that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is not well, but believes she will be better. Roosevelt’s other children are doing well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-03
M. Sebastian wishes Theodore Roosevelt a happy birthday. She constantly prays for him and his family, especially that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s health recovers. She hopes her gift to Grace Green Roosevelt arrived.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-27
Charles A. Reese lists three reasons why Theodore Roosevelt should attend the Watsonville Apple Annual. First, to see his granddaughter Grace Green Roosevelt in San Francisco. Second, to study industrial conditions in a fruit region. Third, to visit S. H. Bryan and his wife, who have 137 descendants in total.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-27
Reese, Charles A.
Sister M. Sebastian congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on the birth of his granddaughter, Grace Green Roosevelt. She hopes God will spare him to see many more grandchildren and great-grandchildren and shares her prayers for his family. She is resting at her cousin’s, enjoying nature and solitude.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-24
Mary Elizabeth Blampey Trautmann congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on becoming a grandfather and comments on what it will mean for Grace Green Roosevelt growing up as his granddaughter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-22
Douglas Robinson congratulates Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on the birth of their granddaughter, Grace Green Roosevelt. While he had hoped for a boy to carry on Roosevelt’s views against “Race Suicide,” Robinson is “personally fond of little girls.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-21
Anna Roosevelt Cowles congratulates her brother, Theodore Roosevelt, on the recent birth of a grandchild, and hopes that the news from Roosevelt’s son, Ted Roosevelt and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, is still good. She appreciated getting Roosevelt’s recent letter, and tells him of the efforts of their joint nephew, Theodore Douglas Robinson, to get into politics. Cowles hopes to be able to visit Roosevelt sometime before winter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-20
Marcus Braun congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on the birth of his first grandchild. He explains the situation surrounding the newspapers’ claims of him being a “common gambler.” Braun would not dignify the comment but feels it important to do so since Roosevelt’s “illustrious name has been dragged into it.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-17
Bernardo Quaranta Di San Severino and his wife, Lillian Trelawny, congratulate Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on the birth of their first grandchild, Grace Green Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-18
Quaranta Di San Severino, Bernardo, barone, 1870-1934
Richard M. Tobin congratulates Theodore Roosevelt on the birth of his granddaughter, Grace Green Roosevelt, who shows “convincing evidence of being a worthy Roosevelt.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-17
Tobin, Richard M. (Richard Montgomery), 1866-1952