Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Endicott Peabody invites Roosevelt to visit Groton for Thanksgiving. Peabody and his wife, Fannie, are planning to go to Boston with their children for Thanksgiving evening to spend time with older generations of the family. However, Peabody is confident that Roosevelt and his wife, Edith, will stay for a few days, and there will be time for Roosevelt to speak to the boys at Groton School. Roosevelt is welcome to join the boys on walks or lead class lectures. Peabody informs Roosevelt that Dr. Cowles will check on his son, Quentin, tomorrow. If necessary, Peabody can take Quentin to Boston for further medical treatment. Peabody also notes how much he has enjoyed having Roosevelt’s other son, Archie, at Groton.

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Leonard Wood is happy to help Frank A. Edwards in creating his dictionary and it will cause no added expense. He was glad to see Theodore Roosevelt looking well recently and sends his regards to the Roosevelt family.

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1911-09-19

Robert Reid thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s kind letters and updates him on the children.

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1911-09-15

Octavia K. Young asks Theodore Roosevelt to speak at a missionary convention in Indianapolis, and offers to cover travel expenses and provide an honorarium. Young also invites Mrs. Roosevelt and hopes he will mention mission work in Africa.

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1911-09-12

Stewart Edward White expresses to Theodore Roosevelt his sympathy regarding Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s recent accident, mentions R. J. Cunninghame’s recurring fever and his own mild symptoms, and confirms plans to lunch with Roosevelt at The Outlook office.

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1911-09-11

Mary Josephene Burton Frazer expresses to Theodore Roosevelt that she invites him and Edith Roosevelt to contribute a small item or letter for a baby show in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

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1911-09-11

Arthur Hamilton Lee is enjoying his holiday in the Scottish Highlands and feels refreshed after engaging in outdoor recreation. He is glad to hear Theodore Roosevelt is likewise taking pleasure in his leisure. Lee discusses recent British political issues, including debates over Constitutional law and Irish Home Rule. Additionally, he comments on international relations between Morocco, Germany, and France, and the United States’ proposed arbitration treaty with Great Britain. Hopefully, in the near future, he and his wife, Ruth Moore Lee, can travel to the United States and visit the Roosevelt family. 

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1911-09-10

James Bryce sends President Roosevelt his sympathy on the death of President William McKinley and best wishes for his presidency. He gives the address he will be staying at in Mexico in case Roosevelt sends further letters for the authorities in Havana. Bryce asks if Roosevelt will be in Washington on September 30 and if the two might have a brief meeting that evening.

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1901-09-20

Ethel Gwynna Murray Quigg hopes that the terrible tragedy of William McKinley’s death can be forgotten and that America can look forward to the future, knowing the right man is in the right place. Quigg also sends her love to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt.

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1901-09-18

Leonard Eckstein Opdycke informs President Roosevelt that he left his son, Leonard Opdycke, at Groton School and found out that Archibald B. Roosevelt was his table neighbor and classmate. Although Leonard Opdycke is good at books, he is a bit shy, and the elder Opdycke would appreciate if the president let Archie know about the fathers’ friendship.

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1907-09-18

Laurence H. Grahame thanks President Roosevelt for the photograph and invites Ted and Ethel Roosevelt to visit Puerto Rico this winter. Grahame asks the president to allow them to stay with him and his wife, Jessie Charlotte Laura Grahame.

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1907-09-18

French Ambassador Jusserand thanks President Roosevelt for the letter and book, which he says he has been reading in the midst of seeing work done to the house. He has spent the majority of his days on the top of ladders, not like some ambassadors who must only emphasize their greatness. Jusserand goes into detail about some of the stories, saying that they remind him of Secretary of State Elihu Root’s lecture at Yale where he noted that the main thing is progress.

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1907-09-17

Maurice Francis Egan sends President Roosevelt a book about the Icelandic-Celtic sagas and informs the president about giving Thomas J. O’Brien’s letter of recall to Danish King Frederick VIII on September 6, 1907. Egan recounts his visit to Frederik VIII and his wife, Queen Louise, mentioning his discussion with Louise about Christian Science and her opinion that Roosevelt was handling race relations and treatment of African Americans in a Christian way. Although Egan feels that Danish is difficult to learn, he believes he is getting along well.

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1907-09-12

Lawrence F. Abbott thanks President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for their hospitality in their country home and includes a list of seven questions about the Great White Fleet. He would like to include information about the fleet and its journey in The Outlook magazine.

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1907-09-11

Isthmian Canal Commission Secretary Bishop updates President Roosevelt on his family. Chairman and Chief Engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission Colonel George W. Goethals requested Bishop’s presence on the Isthmus to have a channel of communication to Roosevelt, and Roosevelt’s recent letter pleased him. Bishop says the only major issue is the arrogant behavior of Jackson Smith, the Head of the Department of Labor, Quarters, and Subsistence on the Panama Canal Commission. Additionally, the engineer Joseph Ripley created incorrect blueprints and has been proven to be no expert on locks, but Major William L. Sibert is excellent. Bishop thinks the Republican Club of New York’s motives for disparaging Roosevelt’s canal policy are political. In response to Roosevelt’s suggestion to include local events in the new paper, Bishop explains that it may be hard to keep current, but he will try his best.

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1907-09-03

Anna Roosevelt Cowles has been eager to write to President Roosevelt but knows he is busy. After seeing many of their friends, she updates Roosevelt on their views and the influence of financial ties on his supporters. Cowles has been at a beautiful property called Hill-Stead owned by Alfred Atmore Pope and Ada Brooks Pope, and she feels that such places reflect positively on wealth in America. She updates Roosevelt on William S. Cowles’ trip and on family matters. As a favor to Frederick William Vanderbilt who has been respectful to Roosevelt through everything, Cowles asks if Roosevelt can have Duchess of Manchester Consuelo Montagu for lunch. Douglas Robinson seems to be making a political impact in Herkimer County, and Cowles looks forward to visiting and talking about many things whenever it is convenient for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.

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1907-08-31

President Roosevelt’s letter gives Andrew Carnegie “profound satisfaction.” He wishes he knew how to be of further service and hopes Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carrow Roosevelt will visit his Scottish estate one day.

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1907-08-29

Mariano Riera Palmer sends President Roosevelt his award-winning books and hopes he accepts them as evidence of Puerto Rico’s affection. He requests Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow autograph and return the enclosed postcards. Includes both original letter in Spanish and English summary.

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1907-08-25

Madison Julius Cawein is pleased President Roosevelt appreciates the autographed volumes. In response to Roosevelt’s inquiry, Cawein traces his German ancestry.

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1907-08-25

Charlotte Everett Hopkins, wife of Archibald Hopkins, chief clerk of the United States Court of Claims, relays her convalescing husband’s gratitude to President Roosevelt for his concern. While Hopkins worries about his duties to the court, Chief Justice Stanton J. Peelle kindly understands the situation. Charlotte joins her husband in gratitude and recalls Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s support the previous year when her son A. Lawrence Hopkins took ill.

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1907-08-20