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President Roosevelt thanks his sister for the book she sent him as a gift and tells her about Christmas day, including the opening of gifts, lunching with their sister, Anna Roosevelt, and dinner and recreation later in the day.
President Roosevelt writes to his sister and describes the summer he has spent with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and their children in Oyster Bay. Roosevelt is unsure if he has enough support to overcome the opposition to his reelection, but hopes his policy making will justify itself.
1903-09-23
President Roosevelt thanks his sister for sending a book and admires its workmanship. He mentions a trip Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and the children took on the river, and that the family had a lovely Christmas.
1901-12-29
Vice President Roosevelt makes plans with his sister for July 1. He also looks forward to her sons’ visit in late July and writes that he will plan a hunting and sailing trip for them.
1901-06-22
Governor Roosevelt writes that he enjoyed seeing his sister recently and reflects on his accomplishments over the past year. Roosevelt also describes a driving trip with his family to Crooked Lake.
1899-05-01
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson for taking his daughter Alice on a trip with her own children. Roosevelt also discusses organizing a polo club in Oyster Bay and rowing and reading with Edith.
1887-08-14
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, and inquires about her plans for bringing his daughter Alice back home. Roosevelt also mentions summer activities in Oyster Bay and the health of his horses.
1887-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson on his summer activities, including attempts to play polo with Francis T. Underhill and rowing with Edith to Lloyd’s Neck. Roosevelt also mentions that his daughter Alice is at home.
1887-06-08
The face of President Roosevelt appears with many arms extending from behind engaged in various activities, such as playing tennis, chopping wood, boxing, rowing, and signing papers making an “Appointment.” Caption: His annual rest at Oyster Bay.
For many years in Washington, D.C., it was not an option or mere tradition but an annual necessity for government workers to escape the District every year for an extended summer. The nation’s capital was basicall built on a swamp, in a zone that normally is high in humidity. Due to the humidity, and to temperatures routinely in the 90s and higher, the entire federal government frequently was “elsewhere” in summer months.
President Roosevelt was no exception. His Sagamore Hill home on Long Island was less than a day’s trip by train, so even when he was Civil Service Commissioner in the 1880s, he often visited the breezes cooling his home overlooking Long Island Sound.
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister of their brother, Elliot’s, readjustment to “civilization” after their hunting trip. He writes that they are having a good time, despite a series of hunting accidents and delays.
1880-09-12
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister during a hunting trip. He describes the Midwestern landscape and varieties of birds. Roosevelt writes that the hunting is successful and the accommodations are rough.
1880-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his mother of his activities in Bar Harbour, including lawn tennis and dancing. Roosevelt mentions that he was ill, but that Alice Lee took very good care of him.
1880-08-01
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Corinne from Schooner Head, Maine, and informs her of his social calls. He also mentions that he is suffering from stomach problems, but that his friends have been taking good care of him.
1880-07-24
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Corinne about his time spent with Alice Lee at Chestnut Hill. He expresses his happiness, but mentions that examinations are coming up and he will not be able to visit again until they are finished.
1880-04-27
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister about his recent social activities, including a drive with Jack Tebbetts and calling on a professor with a Miss Lane, who is also teaching Roosevelt to play lawn tennis.
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister upon returning to Cambridge. He recounts his most recent social activities, including a visit with the Welds and a Sunday spent with the Saltonstalls and Alice Lee.
1879-09-29
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister from the Lee residence, where he is visiting. He informs his sister of his upcoming plans to go to Maine and recounts his activities of the past few days, including visits and recreation with the Lees, Whitneys, and Staltonstalls. Roosevelt also mentions the books that we wants for his birthday.
1879-08-22
At top, a man is being carried in a sedan chair, with many porters carrying furniture from a train on the right to his cabin in the wilderness on the left. At bottom, on the left, is a buck holding up a young hunter, exclaiming “To think of anybody mistaking a thing like this for me!” At bottom, on the right, is “The Guide’s Farewell” where a hunter stands outside the door as his guide takes leave of his family. The guide’s wife is weeping into a handkerchief, an infant sitting on the floor is crying, and his son hands him a rifle. The expectation is that he will be shot by accident by the hunter. At center, a man gestures toward his trophy wall and boasts about having “shot every one of them myself.” On the wall are portraits of many men mistaken for one animal or another, and one deer, which was shot “By Accident.”
Puck increasingly turned its occasional genre cartoons — jokes revolving around one subject in center-spread cartoons — from light humor to social, if not political, attacks. S. D. Ehrhart here takes aim at hunters whose interests were desultory, not for the thrill of the hunt nor food. The idle rich are the cartoonist’s target, ridiculed as a wastrel who outfits his luxurious mountain cabin. The foppish “hunter” and his similarly represented guest are ridiculed for the only possible “trophies” such people could manage to acquire.
Extravagant excursions, mountain cabins, escorted tours, yacht races, and even safaris were playthings of the rich in this era.
Theodore Roosevelt recounts a sledding party in Chestnut Hill and the people in attendance.
1879-02-03
Theodore Roosevelt writes his father about his Easter vacation with the Minot and Weld families. He describes his activities over the weekend, including his studies, leisure time, and attending church.
1877-04-15