Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Cornelia Cole Fairbanks
President Roosevelt wishes Cornelia Cole Fairbanks well after learning about an accident.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-20
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Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt expresses concern about his son Kermit Roosevelt’s health. He mentions the Brownsville matter, the opposition from the Senate over the battleships and offers his view on Native Americans. Roosevelt is pleased that Kermit has been reading and studying, and updates Kermit on recent family activities.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Grant
President Roosevelt exclaims, “Bully for the thirteen-year-old poet!” Not only is he amused by the poem but Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will be, too. He wishes one of his own children could write such a poem.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-22
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt asks Kermit Roosevelt if William Loeb sent him “the matter” about the Brownsville incident for his debate. Roosevelt then proceeds to tell his son about an amusing interaction with Ellen C. Bonaparte who declared she had been taking people who lead “gray and hundrum lives [sic]” to the White House to bring them pleasure. He trusts Kermit will not tell anyone, and shares another story about the daughter of Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph I. Roosevelt also tells Kermit about Archibald B. Roosevelt’s pet guinea pigs, Mr. and Mrs. Longworth.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt
President Roosevelt shares his upcoming travel plans with his son Theodore Roosevelt. He is glad that Ted will be taking another class after the midyears, but is concerned about a rumor that Ted’s friend Sam Blagden has been drinking and getting into trouble. William Loeb has suggested that Roosevelt inform Ted he has overdrawn his bank account.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-19
Letter from Thomas H. Netherland to Kermit Roosevelt
Thomas H. Netherland returns Kermit Roosevelt’s paid and canceled checks that were given to him by Riggs National Bank. He tells Roosevelt that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has instructed him to increase the amount of his monthly check.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-19
Letter from William Loeb to A. Lawrence Lowell
William Loeb informs A. Lawrence Lowell that President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt invite Lowell and his wife, Anna Parker Lowell, to spend the night at the White House on February 5 and attend the Army and Navy reception. He asks if Lowell can attend.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-19
Letter from Thomas H. Netherland to Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas H. Netherland returns Theodore Roosevelt’s check book and canceled checks that were given to him by the bank. Netherland informs Roosevelt that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has deposited money into his account and passes along her message that he will need to limit his spending until March. He suggests filling out each check stub to avoid overdrawing the account in the future.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry St. George Tucker
President Roosevelt will do his best to secure tents from the War Department, but he will not speak at the church Henry St. George Tucker referred to. Both he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt want to go privately to Brandon, Westover, and a third place.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-11
Letter from William Loeb to Robert P. Porter
William Loeb returns the enclosures to Robert P. Portner and regrets that nothing can be done as Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has already completed arrangements for the upcoming musicals. He will add Ms. Newall to the list as a member of Portner’s family.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-10
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Fitz Roy Carrington
President Roosevelt thanks Fitz Roy Carrington for sending three volumes of poetry. He especially likes Agincourt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-08
Letter from William Loeb to Stella O’Brien
William Loeb encloses a copy of a communication sent by President Roosevelt, in response to Stella O’Brien’s letter to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-05
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Wingate Sewall
President Roosevelt was glad to hear from William Wingate Sewall, and thinks his philosophy on political scandals is sound. He was glad to see the photographs that Sewall sent. He and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt are going to Pine Knot soon, where Roosevelt shot his first turkey.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
President Roosevelt describes the family’s “ideal” Christmas celebrations to his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. He asks Robinson to find out how her son, Monroe Douglas Robinson, could bear being seen with Roosevelt’s son, Ted Roosevelt, when Ted was wearing “such as cap as he seems to have carried.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emily Tyler Carow
President Roosevelt thanks his sister-in-law Emily Tyler Carow for the book that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt got him on her behalf. The Roosevelts have had their “usual type of Christmas,” though with fewer toys as the children get older. Soon they will go to the Pine Knot cabin with friends. Roosevelt has much to worry him in his work, but the incidents “will all go downstream.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-26
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Guild A. Copeland
President Roosevelt thanks Guild A. Copeland for an illuminated poem, and is sure that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will also like it.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-24
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Grey
President Roosevelt tells British Ambassador to the United States Grey that Rennel Rodd was offered a position interacting with the US government, but turned it down. Roosevelt contrasts the attitudes and relations of a number of different countries with America and England, and takes a specific focus on Japan. Roosevelt notes that Japan has continued preparing for war over the last decade, and writes that there will be industrial competition between Japan and European countries. He also wonders if they are planning on invading America, Germany, or the Philippines. Roosevelt wants the United States and Japan to sign a treaty stating they will keep their citizens out of each other’s labor markets. Roosevelt closes by remarking on the similarities in governmental thinking and military approach between the United States and England.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-19
Letter from William Loeb to A. Chundelah
William Loeb tells A. Chundelah that Edith Roosevelt does not give letters of endorsement like the type requested, and has subsequently returned the enclosed package.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt tells Kermit that the whole family is looking forward to his visit the following week. He notes that his sister Corinne Robinson and her husband Douglas Robinson have been visiting. Roosevelt says he took Douglas Robinson on a ride with Edith Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. He also notes that their horse Roswell is sensitive to automobiles.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-16
Letter from William Loeb to Albany Savings Bank
William Loeb, on behalf of Edith Roosevelt, sends the Albany Savings Bank a check from President Roosevelt’s sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles “in favor of Quentin Roosevelt for $10.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-13