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Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to announce Ethel Roosevelt’s engagement to Richard Derby and to inform him of the death of Christine. He also updates him on Mother and Archie Roosevelt and about an editorial he wrote on the Bulgarians. He criticizes President William Howard Taft’s handling of affairs in Mexico.
1913-02-14
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to comment on Kermit’s salary and tell him Ethel Roosevelt and Richard Derby will be married in four weeks. He gives updates on family members and says he plans to take Archie and Quentin Roosevelt on a trip to Arizona.
1913-03-07
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit regarding plans for Ethel Roosevelt’s wedding and traveling to Arizona with Archie and Quentin Roosevelt. He includes an Edith Thomas poem in the letter as well.
1913-03-26
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about Ethel Roosevelt’s wedding to Richard Derby and a reunion of the Porcellian Club. Mother got a new horse and Roosevelt is happy to hear Kermit got a promotion.
1913-04-04
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about how Mother is going to be with Emily Carow while she has surgery and then perhaps going to Russia while Roosevelt is going to Arizona with Archie and Quentin Roosevelt. He says he is going on an eight day speaking trip and that he went to Scribners with Edmund Heller to discuss their book.
1913-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about Ted Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor along with Alice Roosevelt Longworth visiting him while Mother is away and the various guests he has had to dinner. He says he is glad Kermit enjoys his new work and will be leaving soon to visit him and talks of visiting him in Sao Paulo and other areas of South America as well.
1913-06-23
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say he is sending him another check for $200 and inquires if he received the first check. He says all the family has been visiting and gives updates on their lives. He details his plans to visit Kermit in Sao Paulo and says that he, Archie and Quentin Roosevelt are getting ready for their trip to Arizona and the Grand Canyon. Roosevelt adds he has three books finished and ready to be published.
1913-06-30
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit from his trip with Archie and Quentin Roosevelt to Silver City, New Mexico. He met up with his friends Robert Harry Munro Ferguson and his wife Isabella and John Campell Greenway. He says Kermit has set a good example for his brothers and Roosevelt cannot wait to see him in a few weeks and Mother may come as well.
1913-07-11
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit from his trip to the Grand Canyon with Archie and Quentin Roosevelt. He wants to know if Kermit ever received the checks he sent for $200 and said he enjoyed Kermit’s last letter so much he shared it with Archie, Quentin and Nick Roosevelt. He describes cougar hunting on the trip and writing speeches for his South American trip. He does not know if he will bring Mother on the trip to South America.
1913-07-27
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit from his trip to Arizona with Archie and Quentin Roosevelt. He says he agrees with Kermit tearing up the two checks from him as long as he did not need them. He says Kermit will see him and Mother in a month. Roosevelt describes the time he is spending in the Arizona desert.
1913-08-09
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit about his and Mother’s travel plans in South America and updates him on members of the family.
1913-08-28
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to discuss the 1912 presidential election results and beating William H. Taft. He also discusses career plans and how he does not want to work for money’s sake but to work for work’s sake, doing things that really interest him.
1912-11-11
Theodore Roosevelt asks if Kermit is getting any of his letters. He describes how they spent Christmas and tells Kermit about some of the writing he is doing. He closes by saying he has no idea whether the Progressive Party has a future.
1912-12-27
Theodore Roosevelt tells his son Kermit about what he is writing and reports that he is having trouble with his autobiography. He comments on the Progressive Party and says if President Woodrow Wilson does well and satisfies the Progressives, Roosevelt will not have to get involved in politics. Roosevelt gives updates on the family and the health of Mother.
1913-01-21
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit after their return from their African hunting trip to say he is sending Kermit’s rifle to him in Paris and it has been very difficult getting everything from the shipping company they used to send materials home from Africa. Roosevelt is not looking forward to his trip through the country and speaking engagements but he wants to work until he is sixty if that is possible. He says Ethel Roosevelt is planning a Western trip and Archie Roosevelt has been helping him around Sagamore Hill.
1910-07-19
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit and asks him to give the enclosed note to Phil but not to tell Hall. He talks about how much he enjoyed seeing the Grand Canyon and Roosevelt Dam as well as the Evans School in Mesa, Arizona, which Archie Roosevelt is attending. Other than those stops, the trip has been very difficult.
1911-03-21
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit from his Western speaking trip to say how much the family are enjoying themselves, though he cannot stand all the speaking and this is the last speaking trip he will take. He encloses letters from safari agency owner Leslie J. Tarlton and Alfred E. Pease. Roosevelt is concerned at how sick Tarlton and his partner V. M. Newland were and he wants Kermit to write to Tarlton.
1911-04-01
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his son Kermit for his letter and says knowing he is hunting with some ranchmen and a former Rough Rider makes him feel better. He says Kermit’s description of the heat reminds him of Africa. Roosevelt gives updates on the family and closes by announcing Kermit’s goddaughter, Ted and Eleanor’s daughter, was just born.
1911-08-17
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to say he has received a letter from his friend Frederick Selous and he feels sorry for him being so unhappy. Roosevelt says that, unlike him, Selous cannot be happy just retiring to his home. He says that he is ready to send Kermit’s article “The sheep of the desert” to some publishers. Roosevelt gives updates on the family: Archie shot a crow, Quentin must have his tonsils out, and Ethel had Billy Appleton over.
1911-09-11
Theodore Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to tell him about Edith falling from the horse at Pine Knot and being knocked senseless for thirty-six hours. She did not have a concussion but is in great pain. Ethel Roosevelt had a number of friends over at the time and they had to make other arrangements for them. Roosevelt encloses letters from Frederick Selous and Alfred E. Pease. Kermit Roosevelt has taken notes on the envelope.
1911-10-02