Elliott [Roosevelt] May 24, 1875
Photograph of Elliott Roosevelt at the age of fifteen.
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Creation Date
1875-05-24
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Roosevelt, Elliott, 1860-1894
Elliott Roosevelt aged 19 years and about 5 months for his dear aunt Susie
Photograph of Elliott Roosevelt at the age of nineteen.
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Creation Date
1879
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt updates his sister Anna on the status of the family. Daughter Alice is learning her letters and baby Ted is doing well also. Roosevelt continues to enjoy playing polo and working on his writing slowly. Their brother Elliott is better and Roosevelt wonders if someone should talk to him about his “imprudence.”
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Creation Date
1888-07-01
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about her trip to Ireland and Irish/English politics as well as current happenings in Oyster Bay, New York. Their brother Elliott is doing much better. Roosevelt continues to enjoy playing polo and lists the people he has visited with lately. His “magnum opus” is progressing slowly.
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Creation Date
1888-06-24
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about recent happenings in Oyster Bay, New York. Their brother, Elliott, has been very ill. Roosevelt’s friends Nellie Tyler and Henry Cabot Lodge have been visiting the family, and Roosevelt has spent time playing polo with the Underhills and others.
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Creation Date
1888-06-17
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna that he is “bluer than indigo” about the loss of so many cattle on his North Dakota ranch over the winter. He is suffering a large financial loss and hopes to get out of the cattle business. He asks Anna to tell Nell (their brother Elliott) he sent him two goat heads.
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Creation Date
1887-04-16
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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
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna he received a nice letter from their brother Elliott, but he will not be able to visit with him because he is battling Postmaster General John Wanamaker. Hector was a dear but a terrible horse rider. Roosevelt will go with Anna the day before the wedding.
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Creation Date
1892
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the current situation with their alcoholic brother Elliott. Roosevelt feels that they should intervene as little as possible between Elliott and wife Anna now that Elliott has gone through treatment and signed the trust agreement.
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Creation Date
1892-02-13
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about an upcoming visit by their brother Elliott. Roosevelt would like Elliott to travel with him on a trip south.
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Creation Date
1892-03-18
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about the current condition of their alcoholic brother Elliott, who is still not doing well. Elliott’s wife Anna has now had an “hysterical attack” due to Elliott’s violence and is hospitalized. Roosevelt insists that Elliott must either enter treatment or be left alone, without Anna and the children.
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Creation Date
1891-06-07
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the Katy Mann affair. Brother Elliott has authorized a settlement to be made with her, so Roosevelt will attempt to do so. Roosevelt believes that Elliott is not the father of Mann’s baby and that he is merely being blackmailed.
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Creation Date
1891-06-14
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the condition of their alcoholic brother Elliott. Roosevelt advises Anna, and Elliott’s wife Anna, to leave at once with the children. Roosevelt will take legal action against Elliott at a later date to obtain support for Anna and the children.
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Creation Date
1891-06-17
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the situation with their alcoholic brother Elliott. Roosevelt continues to insist that both she and Elliott’s wife return home, whether or not Elliott is left behind.
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Creation Date
1891-06-20
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the situation with their alcoholic brother Elliott. Elliott appears to have changed his mind about compromising in the Katy Mann affair. His condition continues to deteriorate and Roosevelt encourages Anna and Elliott’s wife Anna to come home. Roosevelt wants Anna Hall Roosevelt to file for divorce from Elliott.
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Creation Date
1891-06-26
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the situation with their alcoholic brother Elliott. Anna will be returning home soon and Roosevelt hopes that Elliott’s wife Anna Hall Roosevelt will accompany her now that she has given birth. Roosevelt continues to advocate for Hall Roosevelt’s separation from Elliott.
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Creation Date
1891-07-02
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the death of their cousin Alfred Roosevelt. He also updates her on the Katy Mann affair. Mann has demanded a settlement of $10,000. Roosevelt is looking into having their alcoholic brother Elliott declared insane.
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Creation Date
1891-07-08
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the situation with their alcoholic brother Elliott, who has admitted himself into a hospital for treatment. Elliott’s wife Anna plans to return home in August. Katy Mann’s baby has been born and according to an “expert,” the child’s father is Elliott.
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Creation Date
1891-07-12
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the situation with their alcoholic brother Elliott. Roosevelt believes that they can have Elliott involuntarily declared insane or involuntarily committed to a hospital. He wants Anna to remind Elliott’s wife, Anna Hall Roosevelt, that she should not live with him. Roosevelt has begun informing the rest of the family about the Katy Mann affair.
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Creation Date
1891-07-21
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the situation with their alcoholic brother Elliott. Roosevelt has had a petition drawn up to declare Elliott insane and will be filing it soon.
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Creation Date
1891-08-19