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Theodore Roosevelt asks his sister to send an enclosure to Monroe Douglas Robinson. He writes that he has asked himself to lunch with her and mentions that he had dinner with Frances Theodora Parsons recently.
1918-07-15
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister that he wrote to Monroe Douglas Roosevelt and will write to “Mrs. Rea.” Roosevelt mentions that his sons, Theodore Roosevelt and Quentin Roosevelt, are probably in battle, and also makes plans to visit his sister with Frances Theodora Parsons.
1918-04-05
Theodore Roosevelt agrees to arrangements for a Bazaar and writes that he is coming to visit with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He notes that he and Edith enjoyed his sister’s most recent poem and asks her to invite Frances Theodora Parsons to breakfast. Roosevelt mentions his admiration for Monroe Douglas Robinson and his wife, Dorothy.
1917-11-21
Theodore Roosevelt declines his sister’s invitation to lunch because of a previous engagement, and mentions that he is pleased with the success of Theodore Douglas Robinson.
1916-11-08
Theodore Roosevelt makes plans to meet his sister and Frances Theodora Parsons for lunch at the Colony Club.
1916-10-12
Theodore Roosevelt declines an invitation to lunch with his sister and Frances Theodora Parsons because he will be out west. He writes that he has been working very hard campaigning for Republican presidential candidate Hughes and hopes that he can beat President Wilson in the upcoming election. Roosevelt expresses pride over the nomination of Theodore Douglas Robinson, and offers to help in any way, but worries that his endorsement may do him more harm than good. Roosevelt also mentions a new article of his in Metropolitan Magazine.
1916-10-05
Theodore Roosevelt writes that he is recovering and appreciated the letter and telegram from his sister. He mentions that he saw Frances Theodora Parsons, James Russell Parsons, and Kermit Roosevelt for lunch, but wished she could have joined them. Roosevelt writes of ending his active connections with politics and criticizes President Wilson’s handling of Mexico.
1916-06-23
Theodore Roosevelt sends his sister tickets to the theatre and mentions that he enjoyed the play Theodore Douglas Robinson and his wife chose. Roosevelt writes that he will see Frances Theodora Parsons when he returns from the West Indies and that he was pleased to see that she read his letter to the Security League.
1916-01-22
Theodore Roosevelt commends his sister for writing a piece on Senator Lodge’s wife, Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge. Roosevelt also writes that he enjoyed lunch with his sister and Frances Theodora Parsons.
1915-11-05
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates his sister’s most recent letter to him and asks if she saw his quotation from the Bible. He also inquires when she, Douglas Robinson, and Frances Theodora Parsons can visit.
1914-11-12
Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister on Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s recovery and mentions that Quentin Roosevelt has burned himself and is also recovering. Roosevelt writes that Edith will not be able to visit and asks if she would like to keep their appointments with him instead.
1912-01-07
President Roosevelt encloses a letter for Frances Theodora Parsons and asks his sister to deliver it to her. He also mentions that Dora Watkins will be sent an invitation to Alice Roosevelt’s wedding. On a third matter regarding wedding invitations, Roosevelt writes that he does not know how to proceed. In response to a specific invitation request, he writes that an invitation would cause scandal in connection with a wedding, which he would prefer to avoid.
1906-02-10
President Roosevelt informs his sister that he has written to President Diaz. Roosevelt also mentions that he is sad to hear the latest news about Frances Theodora Parsons.
1906-01-06
President Roosevelt encloses a note to Dora Watkins and asks his sister to make sure she gets it by Christmas. He also writes that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt read the letter about Frances Theodora Parsons and mentions that his son, Kermit Roosevelt, enjoyed seeing Corinne Roosevelt Robinson’s new grandchild.
1905-12-19
President Roosevelt thanks his sister for her note to William Loeb. Roosevelt also expresses his concern for Frances Theodora Parsons and James Russell Parsons and asks if there is anything he can do for the latter. Parsons had opposed a reorganization plan for education in the state of New York, and when the plan passed the state legislature, he resigned from the board of regents of the State University of New York.
1904-03-08
President Roosevelt tells his sister Corrine Roosevelt Robinson that he has written to Mexican President Porfirio Díaz. He was very sad to read her account of Frances Theodora Parsons. (Parsons’s husband, James Russell Parsons, was killed in an accident in Mexico.)
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-06
President Roosevelt thanks Mexican President Díaz for the courtesy and consideration he showed Frances Theodora Parsons in helping her bring home the body of her husband, Consul James Russell Parsons, who was killed in an accident in Mexico.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-06
President Roosevelt writes to Bishop Doane to express his shock at the death of James Russell Parsons, and express his sympathies to Parsons’s wife. Parsons, United States Consul General to Mexico, was killed in a streetcar accident in Mexico City the week prior.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-13
Thanks to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, President Roosevelt realized he never acknowledged Consul General to Mexico Parsons and Frances Theodora Parsons’s congratulations. The president received so many it was hard to keep track of them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-03
President Roosevelt invites James Russell Parsons and Frances Parsons to Oyster Bay to spend the night.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-05