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Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna Roosevelt he is happy to be back with wife Edith. He says the best Civil War book is Following the Greek Cross by Thomas W. Hyde. He was glad to hear sister Corinne enjoyed her “Water Gap” expedition.
1894-11-03
Theodore Roosevelt expresses how much he misses his wife Alice and does not like going to bed without her. His sister Corinne Roosevelt came home “bluer than indigo.”
1881-03-28
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his wife Alice how much he missed her as he was dressing and she was not there to tease him. Mother and his sisters were receiving but not many people called. He met Uncle Leverett today.
1881-03-29
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt updating her on the status of the family. Edith and the children will be traveling to New York to visit Anna in a few weeks. Baby Archie will be baptized at Oyster Bay with sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Bellamy Storer serving as godparents. Roosevelt continues to socialize and attend political dinners.
1894-04-22
Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister Anna on their brother Elliott, who continues to have a drinking problem. Sister Corinne has had a hard time with Elliott and with her own health. Roosevelt also informs her of recent happenings in the government. The Democrats are in a “hopeless snarl” over the tariff and the Republicans will carry the House of Representatives next fall.
1894-05-06
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about son Kermit’s upcoming visit to see his Aunt Corinne. He had word from Chamberlain that “dear old Bob” turned up safe. Roosevelt and wife Edith have also been doing a quite a bit of socializing.
1894-01-13
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt agreeing with her decision to stay in London through the fall. Sister Corinne and husband Douglas Robinson are visiting with the children. Roosevelt continues to host political dinners.
1894-03-25
Alice Hathaway Lee, left, seated facing camera, hands clasped in lap, head turned slightly to right. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, center, seated, 3/4 profile view, left side. Anna Roosevelt, right, seated facing camera, hands clasped in lap.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1870-1880
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt concerned that she did not receive his last letter, which contained letters from both brother Elliott and sister Corinne. Roosevelt is ambivalent about his future in his current profession and thinks he may again focus on writing books.
1893-08-16
Douglas Robinson discusses President Roosevelt’s personal finances.
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1904-01-14
Douglas Robinson will not be attending Broadway Improvement Company’s meeting as every time he makes a suggestion it is voted down by the Roosevelt contingent. He encloses a note from Floyd B. Hurt which he believes is a “typical letter of a Virginia Democrat.” He asks if Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt received the gloves he sent her. He reports that his son, Stewart Douglas Robinson, will arrive on Saturday and that Corrine Roosevelt Robinson is feeling better.
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1903-12-24
Chargé d’Affaires of Britain Spring Rice details to First Lady Roosevelt the economic and political climate in Russia. While Spring Rice sees no immediate stirrings of revolution there, he hints that revolution may still be in Russia’s future because of the unsustainable, poor economic conditions in the rural areas and the dearth of strong, reform-minded leadership within the government. While Spring Rice sees Russia’s Interior Minister, Vi︠a︡cheslav Konstantinovich Pleve, as a capable leader, Pleve opposes reform, and though S. I︠U︡. Vitte, the chairman of the Committee of Ministers is “a strong man, too, and might be a reformer,” Emperor Nicholas II strongly dislikes him. Spring Rice also perceives Russia’s slights of other nations and its aversion to making treaties as hindrances to its government. Additionally, Spring Rice tells Roosevelt of a Russian folk story he has recently translated into English.
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1903-12-09
Senator Lodge has been meeting with British leaders before the beginning of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal and they are in favor of a quick, amicable settlement. The Canadians will be more difficult and the British fear offending their sensibilities. Lodge believes the American case is strong and that the tribunal could conclude by the end of October. He has been pleased with President Roosevelt’s high standing in the United Kingdom.
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1903-08-01
Patty M. F. Selmes provides an update on her family and hopes to bring her daughter Isabella to Washington, D.C., to visit the Roosevelts.
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1903-02-17
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will be unable to go to Oyster Bay, New York, tomorrow.
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1902-11-03
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson has “arrived all right” and President Roosevelt should not give credit to the newspaper accounts.
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1902-10-28
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson has been ill but appears to be recovering well and President Roosevelt should not worry. Douglas Robinson wishes Roosevelt a belated happy birthday and congratulates him on his successful handling of the Anthracite Coal Strike. He asks if Roosevelt can attend the fiftieth anniversary of the Children’s Aid Society.
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1902-10-28
Douglas Robinson reports that Corinne Roosevelt Robinson is feeling better and that the doctor says it is nothing serious.
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1902-10-29
Henry Bazely Wolryche-Whitman asks George B. Cortelyou to give an enclosed item to President Roosevelt, writing “under cover” because he realizes how often Roosevelt is “pestered.” Wolryche-Whitman also conveys his pride over “his old friend’s success” in the coal strike settlement.
Henry Bazely Wolryche-Whitmore sends President Roosevelt a “really good cheese” by way of his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, who had been visiting. Sadly, Robinson was ill for part of the trip, presumably due to the strength of the “Royal Waters.” Wolryche-Whitmore congratulates Roosevelt on the coal strike settlement and shares the positive reaction the settlement is receiving in England.
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1902-10-17