Your TR Source
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon has been recovering from scarlet fever. She describes a recent visit from Theodore Roosevelt. Cutcheon enjoyed Sarah Bernhardt in Theodora and plans to see Bernhardt again in Cleopatra in Chicago, Illinois
1891-10-09
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon threatens to never write to Charles Macomb Flandrau again unless he changes his “vulgar and idiotic” writing style. Cutcheon recently attended several plays and football games. She wants to acquire a grand piano.
1891-11
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon scolds Charles Macomb Flandrau for writing her such short letters. Cutcheon goes on to discuss Patty Selmes’s hunting plans, looking after Isabella Selmes, and going sledding.
1891
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon compliments Charles Macomb Flandrau on his story in the Harvard Crimson. She discusses visiting with friends and family, including the Goodriches, and gossips about Alice Goodrich. Cutcheon complains about having turned twenty-five.
1891-12-05
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon describes a recent house fire which was caused by a defective chimney.
1896-01
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon asks Charles Macomb Flandrau to write more frequently. She reflects on “an eventful winter, with fires and fevers and everything.” Cutcheon describes a trip to Asheville, North Carolina, bicycling, and the latest novels she has read.
1896-05-01
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon describes a recent bicycling adventure. Her neighbors are installing a telephone and she has ambitions to publish a book.
1896-05-26
Sally Flandrau Cutcheon wishes she could see Charles Macomb Flandrau in his cap and gown. Cutcheon recently attended a wedding and plans to visit Fort Snelling. She regrets not being able to go to Boone County, Kentucky, with her family.
1896-06-18
Anna Roosevelt Cowles acknowledges John Wallace Riddle’s very welcome letter. She has plans to see President Roosevelt and family before they go to Washington, D.C., and to see friends in Mexico.
1907-09-18
Governor Roosevelt recommends Robert Harry Munro Ferguson visit Patty Selmes at the Netherlands Hotel next Saturday.
1900-03-05
Commissioner Roosevelt has asked Patty Selmes to return Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s lecture. Roosevelt has just taken office at the New York City Police Department and is writing in great haste.
1895-05-06
Commissioner Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt enjoyed Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s letter. Tilden Selmes’s health continues to deteriorate and his passing is expected soon. Roosevelt shared Ferguson’s article with the Selmes family and he encourages Ferguson to publish the piece. Edith’s mother passed away and she has been very broken up about it. Roosevelt predicts that the New York legislature will hamper his work with the police commission.
1895-05-04
Commissioner Roosevelt regrets that he cannot go bear hunting in the spring as he has just accepted the position of police commissioner in New York City. Roosevelt wants to read Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s article and offers some writing advice. The health of Tilden Selmes is failing.
1895-04-25
Commissioner Roosevelt recently traveled to his ranch; the hunting went well but his cattle were in poor condition. Roosevelt jokes that his tales of antelope will not compare to Ferguson being in the real wilds with caribou and white bear.
1894-10-16
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt that Tilden Selmes is in the hospital dying of liver cancer and he and Edith have visited Mrs. Selmes. It was wonderful to have sister Corinne and her husband Douglas Robinson visit. The Leiters were just married and a cable just arrived from Turin with the news that Edith’s mother Gertrude Tyler Carow died.
1895-04-27