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William Loeb tells James B. Lambie that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has requested him to attach a donation of ten dollars as a Thanksgiving gift for the Washington Children’s Hospital.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11
William Loeb tells Alexander Britton that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has requested him to attach a donation of ten dollars as a Thanksgiving gift for the Washington Hospital for Foundlings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11
President Roosevelt thanks Horace Vose for sending the White House Thanksgiving turkey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-27
President Roosevelt can see excellent reasons for taking Robert Lincoln O’Brien’s suggestion regarding the date of Thanksgiving, but thinks that changing the day would shock people. He believes there should be public demand for changing the date before they take any action on the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-03
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Metcalf seems to have established a conclusive case regarding “Na Lay,” and President Roosevelt has sent his letter to Senator Thomas Henry Carter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-30
President Roosevelt thanks John H. Johnston for the “first class prehistoric egg, with the picture of the turkey on it.” He hopes Johnston and his wife, Alma C. Johnston, enjoy their Thanksgiving dinner.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-30
Although he wishes that Harvard had won, President Roosevelt is pleased that his son Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt evidently got to play in the game against Yale. He praises Ted’s performance in the game, during which Yale directed “battering” plays against him because he was so small and light, and says that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt were “very indignant” about it. Roosevelt is very proud of his son’s football career, but glad that he is too small to try out for the varsity team. He hopes that now Ted can attend more to his studies and that he will be able to come to Pine Knot for Thanksgiving, as he is not bringing the Secret Service with him and Edith is worried about his being the only man in the house. He asks one more time what Ted would like Alexander Lambert to do about the moose horns.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-19
President Roosevelt congratulates Dr. Dickie on the upcoming dedication of the church building on Thanksgiving Day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-16
E. S. Rochester, editor of the Washington Post, asks Theodore Roosevelt for a brief expression on the importance of being thankful for publication in the Thanksgiving Day issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-14
On behalf of the American Peace and Arbitration League, J. O. Johnston requests the clergy of the diocese to observe the Sunday before Thanksgiving as Peace Sunday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-11
This poem by Francis Bowler Keene, a slight parody of Samuel Francis Smith’s “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,” praises turkey and its place on the Thanksgiving plates of Americans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-26
Horace Vose hopes that President Roosevelt will receive the turkey he sent and wishes him a happy Thanksgiving.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-25
Scottsville Postmaster Gault sends President Roosevelt two opossums he had caught near the Pine Knot cabin, as Roosevelt will not be able to come to Pine Knot for Thanksgiving.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-25
Thomas J. Atwood sends President Roosevelt a bushel of apples for Thanksgiving. Atwood has always had a tradition of sending fruit to his friends and neighbors this time of year, and while Roosevelt is not his neighbor, Atwood believes that Roosevelt’s actions as president have made him a friend of the people. Also included is a receipt for the apples’ transportation via the Great Northern Express Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-23
William Du Pont, owner of Montpelier Estate, invites President Roosevelt and his family to lunch on Thanksgiving Day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-15
Ambassador to Italy Henry White thanks President Roosevelt for appointing him to attend the Algeciras Conference on behalf of the United States. An associate wrote him that his coadjutor, Ambassador Samuel R. Gummere, may prefer German to French influence in Morocco. White relates his Thanksgiving experiences hosting Lord and Lady Trevelyan and visiting American Episcopal, Methodist, and Catholic celebrations in Rome. White anticipates a collapse of the ministry in Italy soon, or at least a reorganization, owing to a customs arrangement with Spain which is unfavorable to the Italian wine industry. White wishes Theodore Roosevelt Jr. a speedy recovery from a football injury.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-10
George Otto Trevelyan thanks President Roosevelt for the books he sent and relates his favorite works. Trevelyan writes of their Thanksgiving dinner with the ambassador and ambassadress in Rome and details the views and sights in the city.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-01
James R. Sheffield invites President Roosevelt to talk about the Republican National Convention and information Sheffield learned about the political situation in New York. Sheffield informs Roosevelt of his schedule and adds that the events of the Democratic National Convention make it likely that Roosevelt will be successful in the upcoming election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-08
Kermit Roosevelt discusses a conversation he had with a school dean about his attendance, his concerns about the rifles he and Theodore Roosevelt will take to Africa, and slides he saw at a recent Audobon Society meeting of famed ornithologist Frank Michler Chapman’s trip to Africa.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt between January 1879 to December 1883. Notable events include Theodore Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Alice Hathaway Lee, his appointment to the New York State Legislature, and his first visit and buffalo hunt in North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985