Telegram from Edith Wharton to Theodore Roosevelt
Edith Wharton’s thoughts are with Theodore and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1918-07
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Letter from Edith Wharton to Theodore Roosevelt
Minnie Jones has fought so hard and so successfully for Edith Wharton’s war charities, and Wharton thanks Theodore Roosevelt for supporting the charities on her own and Minnie’s behalf. Roosevelt’s gift of $500 will be devoted to the convalescent home for refugee women and children. Wharton saw Ted Roosevelt in Paris, France, and he looked well. She wishes the Roosevelts could have seen the great outpouring of sympathy in France after the death of Quentin Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1918-09-02
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Letter from Marian Lucy Rathbone Oliver to Theodore Roosevelt
Marian Lucy Rathbone Oliver expresses distress after hearing of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident. The news that she was seriously hurt only reached Oliver yesterday. Oliver asks Roosevelt to give Edith Roosevelt their love.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt
Florence Baynard Lockwood La Farge shares Theodore Roosevelt’s anxiety about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10
Creator(s)
Letter from Edith Wharton to Theodore Roosevelt
Edith Wharton has been traveling in a remote part of Italy and just heard about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident. She sends her concern and sympathy.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-11-01
Creator(s)
Letter from Elizabeth S. O. Stevens to Theodore Roosevelt
Elizabeth S. O. Stevens tells Theodore Roosevelt she has heard that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is recovering from her accident, but still wants to send a message of sympathy and hopes she will continue to recover quickly.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-15
Creator(s)
Letter from Edward R. Wharton to Theodore Roosevelt
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-03
Creator(s)
Wharton, Edward R. (Edward Robbins), 1850-1928
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Letter from W. S. Rainsford to Theodore Roosevelt
W. S. Rainsford tells Theodore Roosevelt he is sorry to hear about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s fall and sends his best wishes. He comments on Theodore Roosevelt’s pamphlet on animal coloration and mentions a recent visit he made.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-16
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Letter from Howard Delacour Van Sant to to Theodore Roosevelt
Howard Delacour Van Sant wishes to express sympathy on behalf of himself and everyone in Dunformline, Scotland and hopes Roosevelt recovers quickly from the assassination attempt on his life.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10-16
Creator(s)
Letter from David E. Thompson to Theodore Roosevelt
David E. Thompson thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his kind letter upon the death of his wife, Jeanette M. Thompson.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-08-16
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Letter from William Barnes to Theodore Roosevelt
William Barnes thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the letter of sympathy. Both of his sons, Thurlow Weed Barnes and Landon Barnes, are recovering.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-30
Creator(s)
Letter from Nora L. Read to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Nora L. Read tells Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, she can feel her and Theodore Roosevelt’s sympathy for a situation.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-06-13
Creator(s)
Letter from Joe Murray to Theodore Roosevelt
Joe Murray deeply appreciates Theodore Roosevelt’s “kind expression of sympathy” (his son, Theodore R. Murray, recently died).
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-01-16
Creator(s)
Letter from Lincoln Steffens to Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln Steffens thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the note of sympathy (his wife Josephine Bontecou Steffens recently died).
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-01-12
Creator(s)
Letter from Lawrence F. Abbott to Theodore Roosevelt
Lawrence F. Abbott thanks President Roosevelt for giving The Outlook the opportunity to clear the air regarding William Howe Tolman’s inappropriate petition for William Bailey Howland to receive the Legion of Honor. Abbott also confirms receipt of the Japanese and Tolstoy editorials and will publish them in the order Roosevelt requested. Finally, Abbott offers his condolences for Roosevelt’s nephew, Stewart Douglas Robinson.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02-24
Creator(s)
Letter from Agnes Catherine Latrobe Weston to Theodore Roosevelt
Agnes Catherine Latrobe Weston sends to President Roosevelt a letter that was written by her aunt, Juliana Elizabeth Boneval Latrobe, to Lydia Sellon Latrobe Roosevelt, around the time of the death of the president’s father, Theodore Roosevelt Sr. Weston hopes the letter will remind Roosevelt the high esteem in which his father was held.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-10-28
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Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb
Theodore Roosevelt’s telegram to Germán Riesco, President of Chile, has been cabled. The Chilean government expressed sympathy for the San Francisco Earthquake, but did not offer financial support.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-20
Creator(s)
Letter from Margaret Roosevelt Kimberly to Theodore Roosevelt
Margaret Roosevelt Kimberly and her family were extremely sorry that President Roosevelt was unable to come last Monday, but understand why he was not able to come. Kimberly gives her sincere thanks for the flowers.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-06-21
Creator(s)
Letter from William Croswell Doane to Theodore Roosevelt
Bishop William Croswell Doane writes to President Roosevelt on the death of James Russell Parsons, their mutual friend.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-12-13
Creator(s)
Letter from Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt
Florence Bayard Lockwood La Farge is relieved to hear Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is safe and recovering.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-10