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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Benjamin White for the Priestley quotation in his last letter. Roosevelt wishes more of their friends would keep it in mind.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-09-01
William R. Cross informs President Roosevelt that David M. Goodrich recently visited Robert Harry Munro Ferguson at Saranac Lake, and says that Ferguson is doing better and is pleased with the house he has there. (Ferguson had been diagnosed with tuberculosis, and was at Saranac Lake for his health.)
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-13
Kermit Roosevelt recently saw Martha and Robert Munro Ferguson. He has been taking a photography seminar and spending time with Olivia Cutting. Roosevelt will be visiting Saranac soon and would like to “do everything except sleep at your house.”
1908-12-21
Kermit Roosevelt thanks Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and Isabella Ferguson for the stockings and the picture of Martha Ferguson. Roosevelt describes his travels to New York, Ethel Roosevelt’s dance, and travel plans for the African safari with President Roosevelt.
1908-12-28
Kermit Roosevelt enjoyed visiting the Fergusons at Saranac Lake. The photographs he took turned out well. Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have left Washington, D.C., and returned to Oyster Bay, New York. Theodore Roosevelt has been very happy and the family is receiving a huge amount of mail.
1909-03-08
Kermit Roosevelt will continue to write to Robert Harry Munro and Isabella Ferguson although he has not received a reply yet. Roosevelt recounts his hunting exploits, interactions with the indigenous peoples, and his hopes of visiting the Fergusons at Saranac after returning from Africa.
1909-12-26
Kermit Roosevelt describes his travels in Africa. He has hunted giraffe, lion, and cheetah. There have been issues with smallpox, particularly among their native guides.
1910-02-05
Charles Erskine Scott Wood is traveling with Mr. Erskine to a sanatorium at Saranac Lake, New York, as Erskine’s health is rapidly deteriorating. Wood is pleased for the country that President Roosevelt was there to succeed to the presidency. He expects Roosevelt to win the Republican presidential nomination due to his popularity with the public.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-09