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Assistant Secretary Roosevelt notifies Anna Roosevelt Cowles that his aide will be visiting her soon. He also describes the serious health conditions of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Roosevelt.
1897
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt gives an update on the health of his wife and children. Edith Roosevelt is still ill with influenza and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Quentin Roosevelt are also not well.
1898-01-07
Edith Roosevelt is still not in good health and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is suffering daily headaches. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt discusses his upcoming visit with Anna Roosevelt Cowles.
1898-01-17
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt discusses his upcoming visit to the Cowles’s house. Edith Roosevelt is only slightly better and may have to wean the baby. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is still sick, and Kermit Roosevelt is also ill.
1898-01-25
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt is concerned over the recent USS Maine explosion and Edith’s increasing fever. He is very grateful to Anna Roosevelt Cowles for taking care of Alice Roosevelt.
1898-02-17
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt is impressed with Alice Roosevelt’s letter-writing; he agrees that the environment at the Roosevelt home may have been overwhelming for her. Edith Roosevelt is recovering slowly but Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s health is improving more quickly.
1898-02-23
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt describes the latest theory about Edith Roosevelt’s serious illness and the circumstances under which surgery may be necessary. He is extremely grateful to Anna Roosevelt Cowles for continuing to take care of Alice Roosevelt.
1898-03-06
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt assures Anna Roosevelt Cowles that it is good her husband is moving between Havana and Key West. He believes President McKinley seeks a peaceful solution but does not know what the administration will do. Edith Roosevelt’s health is improving very slowly and Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s headaches have returned.
1898-03-16
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt has asked the Secretary of the Navy to reassign William S. Cowles away from the South. Roosevelt is increasingly concerned over Anna Roosevelt Cowles’s health, as well as that of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Roosevelt.
1898-04-01
Theodore Roosevelt describes his trip with Edith Roosevelt, on which he saw Douglas Robinson. He was most impressed with the beauty of the Canadian Rockies and was well received in Canada.
1915-08-06
Theodore Roosevelt describes Christmas with the family; he especially enjoyed his grandchildren’s first Christmas festivities. Roosevelt wishes that William Sheffield Cowles were coming to see them, but he is happy that Quentin Roosevelt is going to visit the Cowles house. Roosevelt himself will probably visit in the spring.
1915-12-27
Governor Roosevelt thanks General Johnson for the possum Johnson gave the Roosevelt family and describes his sons’ reaction to the new pet. Roosevelt also mentions a recent Harvard football game he enjoyed.
1899-11-21
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Anna Roosevelt Cowles to explain he has written to Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and everything went as well as possible with Eleanor Butler Alexander Roosevelt, who has given birth to her first child, Grace Green Roosevelt. Roosevelt received a letter from Grace Green Alexander, who told him that mother and child are doing well. Roosevelt and Edith Roosevelt are happy to be grandparents. Roosevelt is glad that Cowles’s doctor has encouraged her to go back to Mount Clemens. He is looking forward to her visit in the fall.
1911-08-25
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased to receive a note from Anna Roosevelt Cowles and William S. Cowles. He mentions his relief that Joseph W. Alsop pulled through, and repeats a joke he wrote to Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
1910-11-11
President Roosevelt thanks Robert Grant and comments on his recent visits, his son Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet Estournelles de Constant of France.
1907-04-23
Theodore Roosevelt responds to Robert Grant’s letter discussing his four sons and extends his regards to Mrs. Grant.
1918-07-26
Theodore Roosevelt updates Anna Roosevelt Cowles on his health and the well-being of family members serving in the war.
1918-11-27
Theodore Roosevelt continues a discussion with Anna Roosevelt Cowles about assigning trustees. He informs her that Ted Roosevelt was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and that French President Poincaré sent him a certificate that is given to French soldiers killed in the line of duty.
1918-09-25
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Anna Roosevelt Cowles to tell her his family is well and to update her on the news of his sons, who are away at war. Archibald Roosevelt was promoted to captain, Quentin Roosevelt is frustrated at not being permitted to fight, and General Duncan has written to say that Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is the strongest major in the unit.
1917-12-31
Theodore Roosevelt sends an unknown enclosure to Anna Roosevelt Cowles and tells her that Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Archibald Roosevelt will sail the next day to join John J. Pershing’s troops in World War I.
1917-06-19