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Dabney S. Royster thanks Theodore Roosevelt for taking an interest in his case. Royster encloses the letter he just received from Col. James A. Mattison and it doesn’t look good. Roysster hopes Roosevelt can get him moved to a different location because he can only stay at Adam’s Memorial Sanitorium another month.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-24
Henry E. Huck claims he was falsely accused of misconduct at a Sanitarium in Guelph, Canada. He hopes to vindicate himself in a private trial. He encloses a list of letters sent by him, with recipients included.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-19
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1907-03-04
Roosevelt, Nannie Vance, 1860-1912
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Theodore Roosevelt hopes Lawrence C. Phipps will help Dabney S. Royster be admitted to the Agnes Memorial Sanitarium. Royster tried to join the Rough Riders but was too young. Regardless, Roosevelt took an interest in him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-24
Theodore Roosevelt tells Dabney S. Royster he is having difficulty with trying to secure him entry into a sanatorium in New Mexico, but believes he can in South Dakota if Royster would apply and include Roosevelt’s letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-13
Theodore Roosevelt writes to James A. Mattison at the Battle Mountain Sanitorium concerning Dabney S. Royster, who served in Roosevelt’s regiment during the Spanish-American War. Royster is suffering from tuberculosis and Roosevelt is hoping for him to “be given favorable consideration” for admittance to the Sanitorium.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-13
Theodore Roosevelt informs Arthur C. Hastings that as far as he knows, he has zero knowledge of or connection to the Sanatorium Gabriels.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-13
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Gabriels Sanatorium with regards to a letter he received and emphasizes he is not involved or associated with the Sanatorium in any way, and does not want his name wrongfully connected with it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-13
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary writes to the Battle Mountain Sanitarium about Dabney S. Royster, a former member of Roosevelt’s regiment who has tuberculosis. Roosevelt hopes Royster can be treated at the sanitarium based on information from the War Office, and wants more information on how this can be achieved.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-10
Theodore Roosevelt forgot that Dabney S. Royster was not enlisted in the Rough Riders. As such, Royster is not entitled to be admitted to a government sanatorium. Roosevelt directs Royster to ask the authorities what sanatoriums are in the area, and then he can write and try to get Royster admitted.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-31
Theodore Roosevelt has just learned that Philip K. Sweet is in a sanatorium. Roosevelt sends his greetings, wishes him luck, and congratulates him on having “such a wife.”
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1915-08-20
Dabney S. Royster clarifies that he was not an enlisted troop, which is why he seeks Theodore Roosevelt’s help getting into a government sanitorium.
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1911-11-03
Ada M. Chevaillier discusses the women’s hospital and sanitarium she is opening in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She asks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt to send a message to forward to the guests attending the opening concert.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-30
Bertha May Irene Kane Schofield asks Theodore Roosevelt for help on the conditions of her family of twelve. Her husband, William Schofield, suffered a nervous break down and cannot work longer than two days a week. Her husband is native a Englishman, and she has reached out to the English Ambassador in regards to sending him or the whole family back to England, but received no reply. She thought of reaching out to William H. Taft but has read that he does not think well of large families.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-18
Mary P. H. Kieran acknowledges that Theodore Roosevelt is very busy and it may have slipped his mind, but cites various references to show that Roosevelt consented to be on the advisory committee of the Sanatorium Gabriels while he was the governor of New York. Referring to his request to no longer be involved, she lets him know the institution’s fall magazine has already been published, but he can have his name omitted from future publications.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-15
Henry E. Huck reports to Theodore Roosevelt that he finally got away from the sanitarium at Guelph, Ontario, and is currently safe in Detroit, Michigan. However, Arthur Heurtley will not help him, even after Huck shared how letters were stolen and that the sanitarium’s attendants were anarchists who harmed Marshall Field’s heirs. He sends a paper slip and does not think the American consul reported on it. Huck asks Roosevelt for help with the Field estate and to be admitted to a sanitarium, not an asylum. He would have reported the mail theft to Governor General of Canada Albert Henry George Grey but did not have the money or protection to get to Ottawa, Ontario.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-27
Henry E. Huck sends Theodore Roosevelt a statement from a witness of the American Flag affair to accompany the flag he sent to President William H. Taft. Huck mentions he is currently being held at the Rosehurst sanitarium, but is at risk of being sent to an insane asylum due to his knowledge of the affair. Huck is scared that his doctors and the other people around him are not taking him seriously about this matter, but trusts Roosevelt to help him prove the truth.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-09
Henry E. Huck tells Theodore Roosevelt about the difficulties with his sister Albertine Drummond, primarily that he is held at a sanitarium and is deprived of his rightful inheritance. He asks Roosevelt to speak to her and explain the situation. While he could have sold the story about the row and flag, the century’s biggest scandal, he refused. However, the resulting row will be dreadful if Huck is not given a hearing. Upon proving his sanity, he asks Roosevelt to help him get work to aid in keeping anarchists out of the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-15
Henry E. Huck is going ahead with his plan to send his proclamation to each international consul. He asks Theodore Roosevelt to write if he thinks there is a chance of damaging relations between the United States and England. Huck’s sister will not take him to England, suggesting he go to a sanatorium in the United States. He thanks Roosevelt for sending the flag with a crucifix. He plans to publish the march he wrote and asks for feedback on the title page design.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-07
William R. Cross informs President Roosevelt that David M. Goodrich recently visited Robert Harry Munro Ferguson at Saranac Lake, and says that Ferguson is doing better and is pleased with the house he has there. (Ferguson had been diagnosed with tuberculosis, and was at Saranac Lake for his health.)
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-13