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President Roosevelt reports there has been a lot of snow lately making for skating and sleigh riding all week. The family has a new dog and Roosevelt has been reading a lot to Archie and Quentin Roosevelt. Ted is going to dinner at Secretary of the Navy Morton’s.
1904-12-17
President Roosevelt reports he sent a letter to the Rector. Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt have been riding the horses. He has also been boxing with Ted and a wrestler named Grant. Ted and Hoover went to see Grant box. The new dog Jack is as devoted as the old dog Jack.
1905-01-19
President Roosevelt reports that members of the Electoral College have arrived to cast their votes and the Elector from Montana is his old friend Arthur William Merrifield. Roosevelt had Merrifield and his wife to lunch and tea. Roosevelt and Ted continue to box with Grant the wrestler. Little Corinne Robinson and friends have arrived for the diplomatic dinner, and Archie and Quentin have the grip. One of the horses will have to retire to Wilmer’s farm.
1905-01-23
President Roosevelt talks of riding horses with Dan Moore and Ted. Ted has a boil on his neck but is still teaching his Sunday school class. Roosevelt has also been boxing with Granville Fortescue. Ethel has been sick, but Alice, Archie, and Quentin are fine. Edith feels the strain of the social season and Roosevelt is driven nearly mad by the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives Joseph Gurney Cannon.
1905-02-05
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit from Colorado to tell him about his successful hunting trip and a dog he wants to take home to Archie. He also says he has a touch of Cuban fever and cannot wait to get back to Mother. Roosevelt is sure that Kermit will enjoy his trip to Deadwood with Seth Bullock.
1905-05-02
President Roosevelt tells his son Kermit that he offered Edwin Arlington Robinson a position but Robinson refused. He has had great luck in hunting with Alexander Lambert and Philip Battell Stewart despite having a touch of Cuban fever. He has a dog to bring back to Archie and is feeling homesick. Roosevelt adds that he is amused by the cartoons about him and urges Kermit to go hear Jacob Riis speak. Kermit scribbled some math problems on the back of the envelope.
1905-05-07
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit upon his return to the White House from his western hunting trip. Roosevelt played tennis with Herbert Knox Smith and presented Archie with the new dog, Skip. He adds that he had a great time in Chicago with the labor union men but he may have to send federal troops to the city.
1905-05-14
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to congratulate him on his good marks. He says the new dog Skip is turning into a lap dog and Roosevelt cannot wait to get him to Oyster Bay. Roosevelt likes Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s Virginia cottage and will go down there soon.
1905-05-14
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to make plans for Kermit’s return home after Roosevelt visits Harvard. Roosevelt tells Kermit that Edwin Arlington Robinson now has a job. Roosevelt also updates Kermit on tennis matches and Archie’s new dog, Skip.
1905-05-25
President Roosevelt reports the snowy country was beautiful to ride the horses through with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He took Ethel, Quentin and Archie to see some juggling and sleight of hand tricks.
1904-01-18
President Roosevelt reports injuries to the horses and not being able to ride with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt due to the slippery weather. He did go for a walk with Doctor Lambert, Gifford Pinchot, and James Rudolph Garfield where they all kept falling on the ice. He also played hide and seek with Ethel, Archie, Quentin, and the Garfield children.
1904-01-29
President Roosevelt reports more unexplainable problems with his three saddle horses. He talks of meeting a Civil War veteran from Illinois who wrote an excellent poem. John Avery McIlhenny and John Campbell Greenway visited. Roosevelt reports nice rides in the snow with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, and mentions her reading Robin Hood to Archie, Quentin, and Ethel.
1904-02-05
President Roosevelt reports that all the horses are now laid up. He also relates a thank you letter he received from Yick Nam Quan. Quentin’s pet mouse died.
1904-02-10
President Roosevelt says Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt went to New York for three days and Quentin fell sick, but Ethel was excellent in taking care of Quentin and Archie. The horses are still sick.
1904-02-27
President Roosevelt provides an update on the horses’ health. He talks of wrestling with Japanese wrestlers three times a week.
1904-03-05
President Roosevelt describes the lovely spring weather and the activities the family enjoyed outside. He mentions going to church and how he wishes Johnny Schick’s parents would have disciplined him because he was on a rampage.
1904-05-08
President Roosevelt says Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has gone to take care of cousin Nellie Tyler, who is sick. Roosevelt went to Miss Young’s musical to hear Ethel and Archie play. All the children went to Doctor Rixey’s farm to return two chickens that were living with Archie’s rabbit. Roosevelt has been getting exercise walking around the beautiful garden.
1904-05-15
President Roosevelt says it was great to see Kermit and Ted. Ethel, Quentin, Archie, and the Garfield boys went to Mount Vernon after burying Peter Rabbit. The children leave for Sagamore soon, and some of the horses’ health is improving.
1904-05-28
President Roosevelt sadly reports that his horse Renown died. Ethel, Archie, Quentin and some of the pets are traveling to Sagamore. Cousin Emlen Roosevelt is afraid to let Phil and Kermit go to the St. Louis Fair alone, and Roosevelt agrees they should probably have someone to supervise them.
1904-06-05
President Roosevelt is glad Kermit Roosevelt is happy with the “Russell plan” for St. Louis. When he gets back to Sagamore, Roosevelt plans to take the children on a “scramble walk” through the woods and swimming through ponds. He includes a sketch of him taking Rusty the horse jumping.
1904-06-12