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President Roosevelt thoroughly enjoyed his visit to Henderson House. He was especially delighted to see his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and her husband Douglas Robinson living “just the kind of a life that I feel is typical of what American life should be at its best.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-27
President Roosevelt sends his nephew, Theodore Douglas Robinson, an interesting clipping from Ambassador Whitelaw Reid’s letter about the Olympics. He sends his love to Robinson’s wife Helen Roosevelt Robinson and their children Douglas Robinson and Helen, having thoroughly enjoyed visiting them the previous week.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-27
Margaret Mott thanks Corinne Roosevelt Robinson for the five dollars she sent to Dora Watkins. Watkins often thinks about when she was the nurse of Theodore Douglas Robinson and how smart he was as a child, just like his child, Douglas Robinson. Anna Roosevelt Cowles also sent Watkins twenty-five dollars and a “lovely letter.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-21
President Roosevelt asks Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to send the enclosed letter to Dora Watkins. He is saddened to hear about Fannie. Kermit Roosevelt was delighted to see baby Douglas Robinson, son of Theodore Douglas Robinson and Helen Roosevelt Robinson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-19
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson consoles John Campbell Greenway on the death of Patty Macomb Flandrau Selmes, discussing how alike Greenway and Selmes were and acknowledging their bond. She requests that Greenway please write her a line about Isabella Ferguson, and in a handwritten addendum acknowledges that she later received a telegram from Ferguson. Robinson discusses her son’s and grandson’s travel plans, and hopes that Greenway might take an interest in her grandson Douglas Robinson.
1923-07-26