Roosevelt family

Letter from James F. Heffren to Theodore Roosevelt

Fourteen-year-old James F. Heffren offers to teach Ted Roosevelt how to box, if President Roosevelt permits.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-11

Letter from F. B. Seay

F. B. Seay grew up with President Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and shares some memories of her.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-12

Letter from Elizabeth Norris Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Elizabeth Norris Emlen Roosevelt thanks President Roosevelt for the letter and describes her recent trip to Oyster Bay, New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-03

Letter from Myron T. Herrick to Theodore Roosevelt

Myron T. Herrick tried to meet with President Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., but Roosevelt was occupied. He hopes to meet with Roosevelt within the next two weeks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-06

Letter from John F. Smyth to Theodore Roosevelt

John F. Smyth encloses a newspaper clipping about President Roosevelt having Scottish ancestry. He also encloses a sketch of an old panel on the back of the Tillywhilly family church pew, taken from a demolished church. The panel represents the coat of arms of two of the families named in the newspaper clipping as ancestors of Roosevelt’s: Douglas and Forbes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-29

Letter from Mae F. March to Theodore Roosevelt

Mae F. March recounts President Roosevelt’s visit to her home and is very happy that Roosevelt is president. She hopes to be able to visit Roosevelt at the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-02

Letter from Donald Sage Mackay to Theodore Roosevelt

Prayers from President Roosevelt’s old home church are being offered weekly for him, his duties, and his family.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-25

Letter from Douglas Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Douglas Robinson encloses a letter from August Belmont that President Roosevelt must see. The letter should be destroyed after it is read. Robinson regrets he was not at Yale to see Roosevelt in his doctor’s gown.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-26

Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

William Emlen Roosevelt wishes President Roosevelt a happy birthday. He believes the people are in sympathy with Roosevelt and William Emlen is full of advice.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-27

Letter from Joseph H. Twitchell to Theodore Roosevelt

Joseph H. Twitchell praises Ted Roosevelt and describes him as a “mighty fine boy.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-28

Letter from Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Corinne Roosevelt Robinson expresses her pride and interest in President Roosevelt’s responsibilities and wishes him a happy forty-third birthday. She asks if he will be in New York and, if so, wishes to see him, if only briefly.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-21

Letter from Margaret White to Theodore Roosevelt

Margaret White has been thinking of President Roosevelt often and watching his actions with the deepest interest. She expresses sadness and sympathy at the passing of William McKinley and the tragedy that brought Roosevelt to the presidency. Nevertheless, she thanks God that Roosevelt was able to accept the position at a time when the nation desperately needed good leadership. White believes that he will be a “splendid” president. She also fondly recalls the times their families used to spend together and how their children used to be playmates.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-22

Letter from Leila Roosevelt Reeve-Merritt to Theodore Roosevelt

Leila Roosevelt Reeve-Merritt congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency. Reeve-Merritt has been traveling in Europe and will be returning to the United States on October 31, in time to attend Alice Roosevelt’s social debut.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-24

Letter from Douglas Robinson to Theodore Roosevelt

Douglas Robinson believes that President Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt should sign over their preferred stock in the United States Leather Company to Kilbreth & Farr so that it may be sold. Robinson states that Roosevelt should move his investments from industrial stocks to bonds.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-24

Letter from Robert Barnwell Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Robert Barnwell Roosevelt relays Robert Croker’s opinion of President Roosevelt’s dinner with Booker T. Washington. Croker believes the dinner was an excellent political move and will secure one hundred votes for every vote it lost.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-25

Letter from Abram S. Hewitt to Theodore Roosevelt

Abram S. Hewitt regrets that his family and the Roosevelt family have drifted apart. However, he has always maintained an interest in President Roosevelt’s career. Since Roosevelt is currently involved in reciprocity policy, Hewitt encloses the text of a speech he delivered on the subject in 1886.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-15

Letter from James Alfred Hoyt to George B. Cortelyou

James Alfred Hoyt encloses two newspaper articles related to President Roosevelt’s mother. Mrs. Baker, one of Martha Bulloch Roosevelt’s bridesmaids, is still living in Roswell, Georgia, and Hoyt suggests Roosevelt visit her if he travels to the South.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-12

Letter from Thomas Lloyd Owens to Douglas Robinson

Thomas Lloyd Owens is interested in applying as collector of customs at the port of Savannah, Georgia. Owens is a Democrat but has the support of the business community. He will apply if it can be assured that President Roosevelt will see his application. Owens’s family was friendly with Roosevelt’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and one of his relatives secured the appointment of Roosevelt’s uncle, James Dunwody Bulloch, to the Navy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-14

Letter from William Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

William Emlen Roosevelt provides his opinion on the best way to secure the laying of a Pacific cable. He asks if the Roosevelt children would like a pony as he can acquire one for $150.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-08

Letter from Elizabeth Norris Emlen Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt

Elizabeth Norris Emlen Roosevelt, President Roosevelt’s aunt, congratulates him on his succession to the presidency.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-03