Roosevelt, J. West (James West), 1858-1896

President Roosevelt asks U.S. Marshal Merrifield to write to Laura d’Oremieulx Roosevelt to tell her what steps her son, Oliver Roosevelt, should take to get out to a ranch in the coming year to do some hunting. He advises Merrifield that Roosevelt, being sixteen years of age, is small for his age and is not used to working outdoors, but is a fine musician.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-16

President Roosevelt thanks Laura d’Oremieulx Roosevelt for the telegram she sent.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-20

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Elizabeth E. Roosevelt reminds readers that the Cove Neck peninsula on Long Island, New York, was not the exclusive domain of Theodore Roosevelt and his family. She describes the many Roosevelt families who had estates in the area, and she highlights the frequent gatherings of these clans and the entertainments they enjoyed such as tennis, swimming, and sailing. Roosevelt provides biographical snapshots of some of these family members, including the children of Theodore Roosevelt, and she notes which family members made their homes in the same area where they were raised, including the president’s sons, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Archibald Roosevelt, and his daughter Ethel Roosevelt Derby. 

 

Two photographs of Roosevelt cousins and two photographs of sailing ships supplement the text.

Due to a heated exchange with Commissioner Andrew D. Parker and Edward Lauterbach, Commissioner Roosevelt was unable to visit Frances Theodora Parsons’s house after the senate committee. Roosevelt was able to see James West Roosevelt before his death and Corinne Roosevelt Robinson is “terribly broken by the news.”

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1896-04-12

Theodore Roosevelt describes his cousin J. West Roosevelt’s funeral for his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles. C. Grant La Farge has pneumonia. His work as Police Commissioner is hampered by colleague Andrew D. Parker. Sister Corinne and her husband Douglas Robinson visited and she is feeling better.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1896-04-19