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President Roosevelt has a better understanding of the Payne-Wynne dispute and sees both of their viewpoints. He has been enjoying the company of the Jusserands and riding Wyoming, his new horse that is too fond of “trolleys and automobiles.”
Massachusetts Historical Society
1903-06-25
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is caring for Ted Roosevelt, who is recovering from an illness. President Roosevelt updates her on the other children and their activities. He has been busy with work, including meetings regarding the Philippines and completing a memorandum on the Schley case. Emperor William II sent a telegram with congratulations on Ted’s recovery and announced that Prince Heinrich had sailed.
1902-02-16
Theodore Roosevelt is shown reading a book, seated in the doorway of West Divide Creek ranch house. On his lap is a rat terrier named Skip that Roosevelt found on a trip to the Grand Canyon that same year. Skip would return home with the president to the White House and become his son Archie’s dog.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1905
Theodore Roosevelt plays with Rollo the St. Bernard in front of the White House.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1901-1909
Theodore Roosevelt and his family are concerned about William Sheffield Cowles’s health and hope he is feeling better. At Kermit Roosevelt’s suggestion, Roosevelt is sending a “picture letter” which his children always enjoy. The drawings illustrate some events from Roosevelt’s day.
1905-03-29
President Roosevelt writes his sister-in-law Emily Tyler Carow describing how the family celebrated wife Edith’s birthday. They even decorated all the pets for the occasion. He and Edith ride and row often. He also gives updates on all the children. They play hide-and-seek and Roosevelt took Kermit, Archie, and their friends camping.
1903-08-06
President Roosevelt writes his daughter Ethel to comment on what she wrote him regarding the behavior of the family dogs and Quentin Roosevelt. He tells her about the new horse Renown and how he is afraid of automobiles.
1902-06-19
President Roosevelt acknowledges his daughter Ethel’s letters and talks of horseback riding with Mother and strolling the White House gardens.
1904-06-11
President Roosevelt writes his daughter Alice about his hunting trip in Colorado and says he is bringing home a dog named Skip for Archie Roosevelt. His fever only kept him in camp a few days and he is happy to hear about Alice’s new horse.
1905-05-06
Mrs. Edward A. McFarland offers President Roosevelt and his children a one-year-old dachshund named Stein. The dog is named after their mutual friend George Bleistein.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-15