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The Midway Society requests funds to preserve the church and cemetery in Lambert, Georgia. President Roosevelt is a descendant of Midway Society member General Daniel Stewart.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-25
Mallard, W. M.; Stacy, Jas.; Wilkins, Grant; Norman, N. J.; Way, A. S.
Theodore Roosevelt accepts William N. Colquitt’s invitation to be Honorary Chairman of the Monument Committee to erect monuments to Generals Stewart and Screven.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-26
Theodore Roosevelt sends his regrets to William N. Colquitt that he can not accept the invitation to be Honorary Chairman of the Monument Committee to erect a monument for Generals James Screven and Daniel Stewart, or to come to Savannah for the unveiling of the statue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-18
President Roosevelt thanks Heriot Clarkson for an interesting pamphlet on Revolutionary War officer Francis Marion, and confirms that his great-great-grandfather, Daniel Stewart, served with Marion. Roosevelt directs Clarkson to Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch for more information on the Bulloch family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-20
On behalf of the Joseph Habersham Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Lucy Cook Peel sends her best wishes to President Roosevelt. Thousands of Georgians are praying daily for Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-20
Louis M. Lehardy informs Theodore Roosevelt that the homestead property of his great-grandfather, Daniel Stewart, is up for sale and offers Roosevelt the opportunity to purchase it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-05
William N. Colquitt is pleased to hear that Theodore Roosevelt has accepted the position of honorary chairman for the Stewart-Screven Midway Monument Commission. He encloses a photograph of the monument as it will appear when completed, should it be approved by the War Department and Senator Augustus Octavius Bacon is working out the inscriptions with the Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-30
The Monument Committee of the Midway Society urges Theodore Roosevelt to accept the position as honorary chairman of the monument committee, as well as accept the invitation to attend the unveiling of the monument to General Daniel Stewart and General James Screven in Georgia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-21
Anna Belle Karow has been disappointed that Theodore Roosevelt has not previously visited Savannah, Georgia. As she anticipates that he will visit for the unveiling of a statue of a common ancestor to the both of them, however, she wishes to invite him to be the guest of her family. Karow details how she is related to Roosevelt, explaining that they share great-grandparents.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-09
Telamon Cruger Smith Cuyler shares with President Roosevelt new information he has gathered about Roosevelt’s great grandfather, Brigadier General Daniel Stewart, and wants to give Roosevelt one of the Stewart autographs he has in his collection. He encloses his exact transcription of an authentic dinner invitation from George and Martha Washington, which he thinks would be a good model for the current administration’s dinner invitations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-07
Newton J. Norman sends President Roosevelt a circular and newspaper article about the preservation of the Midway Cemetery, where Roosevelt’s ancestor, Daniel Stewart, lies, and asks for a contribution to help preserve the cemetery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-17
The “Cedar Hill” estate in Georgia, formerly owned by General Daniel Stewart, is for sale. James S. Groves asks if President Roosevelt would like a tour on his trip to Charleston, South Carolina with a view to purchase.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-05
As requested by President Roosevelt, Thomas Oswald Stewart provides information on the life and lineage of Daniel Stewart, the president’s great-grandfather.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-03