Roosevelt, Archibald B. (Archibald Bulloch), 1894-1979

Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson is thrilled to hear that Archibald B. Roosevelt is recovering from his illness. She has been traveling on a steam ship and felt anxious when she could not receive news of his condition. Yet she has found time for relaxation in the captain’s suite. She has enjoyed traveling with her friends and seeing the picturesque coast of Africa and the Rock of Gibraltar.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-18

Letter from Endicott Peabody to Theodore Roosevelt

Endicott Peabody thanks President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for their kind letter, when his daughter Elizabeth Rogers Peabody was sick with pneumonia. Elizabeth has recovered, and they are grateful that Archibald B. Roosevelt is feeling better as well.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-17

Letter from Samuel Montgomery Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Samuel Montgomery Roosevelt asks President Roosevelt to assist with Henry L. Roosevelt receiving a leave of absence for a year. Samuel hopes that Archibald B. Roosevelt is well.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-15

Letter from George Bird Grinnell to Theodore Roosevelt

George Bird Grinnell thanks Theodore Roosevelt for sending the letter that Roosevelt just received from Earl Grey. Grinnell is gratified to know that the Governor General of Canada is interested in protecting buffalo. Grinnell closes by sending his well wishes to Archie Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-15

Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

William Emlen Roosevelt writes about a box of flowers that was wrongly delivered in the Roosevelt Hospital. Roosevelt will be coming to Washington, D.C., to see Secretary of War Taft.

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1907-03-12

Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt

Andrew Carnegie accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation and sets a date for their luncheon. Carnegie congratulates Roosevelt on Archibald B. Roosevelt’s recovery. Roosevelt now has time for other matters. Issuance of capital stock to finance railroads needs to be regulated. Carnegie will show Roosevelt his speech for the Peace Conference and hopes to receive suggestions. He thinks that he will have greater success if Elihu Root goes to the Hague with him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-12

Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

William Emlen Roosevelt is glad that Archibald B. Roosevelt is recovering and understands the anxiety President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt suffer. He wants to visit Washington, D.C., to talk about his dispute with a treasury official and the Harriman incident. Christine Roosevelt is nervous about the idea of William staying where a person has diphtheria, so he may sleep at his in-laws to calm her. He visited Russell in the hospital. The superintendent of Roosevelt Hospital is dying. William hoped that spring was arriving, but a recent snow storm crushed his hopes of riding.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-11

Letter from Henry Adams to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Adams tells President Roosevelt that Roosevelt gave him a fright. He still needs to get through Charles Eliot.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-11

Letter from John Burroughs to Theodore Roosevelt

John Burroughs is glad that the danger regarding Archie Roosevelt’s health has passed. Burroughs is also getting over an illness and regrets that he was not able to see President Roosevelt in Washington, D.C.

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Creation Date

1907-03-11

Letter from Earl Grey to Theodore Roosevelt

Earl Grey reassures President Roosevelt that he will support George Bird Grinnell’s conservation efforts. Grey has spoken with multiple people about the killing of wolves and buffalo.

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Creation Date

1907-03-10

Letter from C. Grant La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt

C. Grant La Farge is grateful for President Roosevelt responding to his letter about the contract. He realized that he worded his letter awkwardly about not wanting competition. He is distressed that Roosevelt felt uncomfortable and assures Roosevelt that their friendship will not be affected by the outcome. He had not known about the severity of Roosevelt’s son’s illness at the time.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-09

Letter from Endicott Peabody to Theodore Roosevelt

Endicott Peabody informs President Roosevelt that they are interested in Archibald Roosevelt’s recovery and have had prayers for him in Chapel. The newspaper coverage of his illness has been sensational. He assumes that not having received a telegram from Kermit is good news. Peabody comments that Kermit is handling his brother’s illness well.

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Creation Date

1907-03-09

Letter from Ella Sears Bulloch to Theodore Roosevelt

Ella Sears Bulloch petitions her nephew, President Roosevelt, on behalf of her sister’s godson, Gifford Cutler, who failed his exam for the United States Navy. She lists his relatives that Roosevelt would know. She explains that he passed in all subjects except spelling and is doing well in a quality technical school in Washington.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-09

Letter from Douglas Robinson to William Loeb

Douglas Robinson has received William Loeb’s message and check from the Mercer Mining & Manufacturing Company. He is relieved to hear that Archibald B. Roosevelt is getting better.

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Creation Date

1907-03-07

Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

William Emlen Roosevelt tells President Roosevelt that he and Edith have been on his mind since hearing of Archibald B. Roosevelt’s sickness. He has enclosed a survey of Cove Neck as promised, and despite several errors, the layout is “very interesting” for them to have. He tells Roosevelt of the dire situation on Wall Street and the effect that the panic has had on himself and his colleagues. He discusses his visit from Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and the dispatch he received from his son George Emlen Roosevelt, who was remorseful not speaking to Roosevelt when he was visiting Harvard. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt asks his father President Roosevelt when the best time would be to schedule his eye surgery. He would prefer that his mother, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, not come up for his surgery as it would be too hard on her. 

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Creation Date

1907-03-06

Letter from Endicott Peabody to Theodore Roosevelt

After returning from San Francisco, Endicott Peabody shares his plans surrounding President Roosevelt and his family’s upcoming visit.

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Creation Date

1907-02-16

Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson has received and forwarded the check to Dora, and encloses a note she has received from the woman who works for Dora. Robinson lists the Christmas presents she sent to the Roosevelt family and who each one was meant for.

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Creation Date

1906-12-24

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles has “millions of questions” she would like to discuss with President Roosevelt. She is very concerned about Paul Morton’s association with Thomas Fortune Ryan in the Equitable Life Assurance company. Men who thought Morton was a weak member of Roosevelt’s Cabinet now point to his association with Ryan as proof of their concerns about his character. Cowles is anxious to discuss the situation between Japan and Russia. She enjoyed a recent visit from Roosevelt’s son Archie Roosevelt, though she was sorry to learn that he became ill when he returned home.

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Creation Date

1905-06-23

Letter from Thomas W. Sidwell to Theodore Roosevelt

Principal Sidwell sends President Roosevelt the bill for Archibald Roosevelt’s tuition. Sidwell indicates that Ted Roosevelt is still using the laboratory and so they will not bill his laboratory fees until February 1. The fee is $1.25 each day.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-02