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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about his and Edith’s recent visit to the Wadsworths. The children are doing well and Roosevelt is still enjoying playing polo as is cousin Emlen Roosevelt. Edith is expecting another child.
1888-07-15
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt telling her how the family is doing. Edith Roosevelt is doing well and will be giving birth soon. Roosevelt has been laid up with an asthma attack. Daughter Alice is also doing well and is in good health.
1887-09-11
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Belle Roosevelt discussing the expected arrival of her second baby. Roosevelt also expresses continuing displeasure about America’s lack of preparedness for the war.
1918-01-05
Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Belle Roosevelt on the expected birth of her first child. Roosevelt also informs Belle that daughter-in-law Eleanor Butler Roosevelt is expecting her third child.
1915-08-13
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is pregnant, and is therefore confined to “absolute rest and quiet.” President Roosevelt is expected to leave Colorado to return to Washington, D.C., on May 8.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt in the garden of 1942 Pacific Avenue in San Francisco, California, the home they rented after their marriage. The home belonged to Rudolph Spreckels. Eleanor was pregnant with their first child, Grace.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911
In a reply to Arthur Hamilton Lee, Theodore Roosevelt describes the activities and achievements of the Roosevelt family, including the impending birth of his grandchild to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. Roosevelt expresses relief at the end of his public speaking career and is more preoccupied by his interest in natural history than in politics, including his upcoming article, “Revealing and Concealing Coloration in Birds and Mammals.” Roosevelt then goes on to discuss politics, including his approval of the current British king, expresses frustration with the American people, and discusses President Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-27
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt writes to Frederick Courteney Selous about big game hunting and authors of the sport. Roosevelt was disappointed by the inaccuracies in Percy Selous’s book, which he bought because it was co-authored with Henry Anderson Bryden. Roosevelt offers congratulations to Selous and his wife on the upcoming birth of their first child and talks about his own family life and the obstacles it produces for getting away despite being fond of his wife and six children. He longs for an extended hunt but will settle for reading of other wildernesses like those in Selous’s book. Roosevelt presumes they would both count Fitzwilliam Thomas Pollok a fake based on his writings since he includes some experiences “that are all nonsense,” much like the writing of Henry Astbury Leveson, the Old Shikari. Roosevelt says that both Pollok and Leveson’s work would “have done credit” to the adventure writer Mayne Reid. Roosevelt also thinks William Henry Drummond “was not always an exact observer” based on what Selous wrote. Roosevelt mentions the black rhinoceros attacks William Astor Chanler and Ludwig Ritter von Höhnel experienced when in Africa and that he has just finished the book by John Guille Millais that Selous sent him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1898-02-15
Anna Roosevelt Cowles asks President Roosevelt to read the enclosed letter from Frances E. Monson, and to have William Loeb write her if he knows of a place that can help her son. She recently visited New York, where she visited Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt, who have moved into their new home and are expecting their third child. She also saw Mr. Mills, who is frail but fondly remembers Edith. She has seen her nephew Ted, and will see him again on Sunday, and expects to see Alice Roosevelt Longworth today.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-18
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Theodore Roosevelt does not think that one brother should serve under another, as accusations of favoritism are inevitable. He requests that Archibald B. Roosevelt write occasional letters to Robert Perkins. Grace Stackpole Lockwood Roosevelt is delighted to be pregnant and is leaning toward the name Dabney if the baby is a girl. Roosevelt delivers speeches occasionally and is having a difficult time fending off constant requests for patriotic speeches. He regrets that he was not allowed to raise troops and serve with them in France. Original and typewritten copy.
1917-08-23
Assemblyman Roosevelt wishes he could be with his pregnant wife Alice when she gets ‘crampy.’ He dined with the Rathbones last night and went to the Governor’s reception. He does not anticipate much fun in the Legislature. Date on the letter states “Feb. 6th,” but the original cataloger suggests it was actually written on the 7th.
1884-02-07
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about the health of wife Edith and the impending birth of their next child. Despite Edith’s condition, she and Roosevelt have still been actively socializing.
1894-04-08
Charles Inman Barnard reports that French newspaper Le Figaro has an article with a quotation from Alphonse Daudet which appeared in one of President Roosevelt’s book. The subject of the quotation is French women’s fear of maternity.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-20