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Theodore Roosevelt agrees to meet his sister and Patty Selmes at the Langdon on Thursday. He mentions that Monroe Douglas Robinson and his wife visited for the christening of his granddaughter, Edith Derby.
1917-11-05
Anna Roosevelt Cowles has been eager to write to President Roosevelt but knows he is busy. After seeing many of their friends, she updates Roosevelt on their views and the influence of financial ties on his supporters. Cowles has been at a beautiful property called Hill-Stead owned by Alfred Atmore Pope and Ada Brooks Pope, and she feels that such places reflect positively on wealth in America. She updates Roosevelt on William S. Cowles’ trip and on family matters. As a favor to Frederick William Vanderbilt who has been respectful to Roosevelt through everything, Cowles asks if Roosevelt can have Duchess of Manchester Consuelo Montagu for lunch. Douglas Robinson seems to be making a political impact in Herkimer County, and Cowles looks forward to visiting and talking about many things whenever it is convenient for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-31
Theodore Roosevelt writes that he is recovering and appreciated the letter and telegram from his sister. He mentions that he saw Frances Theodora Parsons, James Russell Parsons, and Kermit Roosevelt for lunch, but wished she could have joined them. Roosevelt writes of ending his active connections with politics and criticizes President Wilson’s handling of Mexico.
1916-06-23
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed hearing from Robert Harry Munro Ferguson. His current travel is his last “business trip,” and he hopes to see Ferguson and visit John Avery McIlhenny next time. Edward Grey recently wrote to him about his brother, George Grey. Roosevelt confirms that he wrote the article on Governor Morton. He agrees with Ferguson that Arizona and New Mexico should be admitted to statehood and that Great Britain needs time to reshape its government. Roosevelt wishes he could see Ferguson and his family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-07
Theodore Roosevelt has been traveling all over the country, engaged in a “hopeless political fight,” and has not had time to get in touch with Isabella or Mrs. Selmes. He is not sorry that he made the fight for it was “demanded by decency.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-11-05
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of War Taft a letter from Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes, the widow of Tilden Russell Selmes, whom Roosevelt says Taft knew well. Roosevelt hopes that the Manila Constabulary Band can play at Taft’s inauguration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-06-30
An incomplete letter to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, seemingly from a friend. She mentions mutual friends who look well and other goings on in the social world of New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-25
President Roosevelt thanks Henry Wallace Phillips for the volume of short stories. Roosevelt tells Phillips that except for his family life, there was nothing he enjoyed more than ranch life and “nothing ever did me more good.” He also tells him that Patty Selmes and her daughter are now in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-03
In a letter to Charles E. Flandrau, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt addresses the history of slavery in Virginia and informs Flandrau he contacted the Sergeant at Arms at the Capitol Building to clarify a quotation. He expresses his happiness working for the United States Navy Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-12
William H. Taft had thought that he had figured out an issue pertaining to Ohio, but now realizes that any move he makes will leave some faction discontented with him. Arthur I. Vorys is upset at Frank H. Hitchcock being made Chairman of Taft’s campaign. Taft has been in contact with many people, asking them to come visit him in order to discuss strategy. He has also been golfing and working on a draft of his acceptance speech, which he plans to submit to President Roosevelt for advice before he actually gives it. Taft also briefly remarks on an ongoing investigation into the Brownsville incident.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-04
Henry Wallace Phillips thanks President Roosevelt for the letter acknowledging receipt of the book, and he hopes it amuses him. Phillips also thanks Roosevelt for the information on Martha Macomb Flandrau Selmes, as he had been good friends with her, and had been wondering and trying to find out how she was.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-07
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.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association
Kristie Miller explores Theodore Roosevelt’s relationship with three women: Julia Stockton Dinsmore, her niece Martha (Patty) Selmes, and Selmes’s daughter, Isabella Greenway King. Miller notes that Roosevelt became close friends with Selmes and her husband Tilden Selmes during his years as a rancher in Dakota Territory, and she also examines Roosevelt’s friendships with his fellow Rough Riders, Robert Ferguson and John Greenway, the first two husbands of King. Miller highlights Roosevelt’s appreciation of Dinsmore’s poetry, King’s active participation in politics, and Eleanor Roosevelt’s friendship with King. The article includes photographs of all three women.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2004
As soon as she has an itinerary, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will send it to John Campbell Greenway. She wonders if it would be possible to see Greenway in Arizona as she will be traveling to the Grand Canyon at some point.
1922-02-23
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson hopes that someday she can visit John Campbell and Isabella Greenway. She acknowledges the invitation from Greenway, and how pleased her son, Monroe Douglas Robinson, was to be included in the invitation. Robinson discusses her son’s plans to travel to Europe to find a job and her sadness that Greenway was not able to meet Douglas Robinson.
1924-03-19
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson thanks John Campbell Greenway for the letter to her son, Theodore Douglas Robinson, about Monroe Douglas Robinson. She describes Monroe Douglas Robinson’s health struggles and the devotion of his wife. Robinson believes Greenway’s suggestion of Theodore being a forest ranger is a good one and she plans to help him find a position.
1924-01-27
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson expresses her happiness over the engagement of John Campbell Greenway and Isabella Ferguson. Robinson acknowledges that though she is to speak to no one about it, she can speak to Greenway. Patty Macomb Flandrau Selmes would be happy at the match.
1923-08-06
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson consoles John Campbell Greenway on the death of Patty Macomb Flandrau Selmes, discussing how alike Greenway and Selmes were and acknowledging their bond. She requests that Greenway please write her a line about Isabella Ferguson, and in a handwritten addendum acknowledges that she later received a telegram from Ferguson. Robinson discusses her son’s and grandson’s travel plans, and hopes that Greenway might take an interest in her grandson Douglas Robinson.
1923-07-26
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson acknowledges John Campbell Greenway’s Christmas card, though it made her homesick to see him. She would like to see him soon and discuss the Rough Riders, among other things. Robinson would like to send Greenway her biography of Theodore Roosevelt but does not know where to send it. She will be traveling west in March and hopes to see Greenway.
1922-01-12
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon does not wish to receive more letters from Charles Macomb Flandrau in the style of the last one. Cutcheon describes a story told to her by Joe Humphreys about some Native Americans in the Dakotas. She is attending the Women’s Congress to see Julia Ward Howe speak and recently visited her family.
1891-10-30