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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about his recent trip to Paris with his wife Alice on their honeymoon. The Roosevelts enjoyed the tomb of Napoleon, Cluny, and dress buying. Alice got sick crossing the Channel and they are buying presents for people back home.
1881-09-05
Elijah Floyd Wright enjoyed reading Roosevelt’s book The Winning of the West and owns a copy of the book History of the Ten Churches by John Taylor. Wright says that this edition was only printed ones and offers to send the book to Roosevelt. He mentions that three famous Baptist preachers of pioneer times – John Taylor, John Gano, and William Hickman – are buried in a triangle on the bank of the South Elkhorn River. Wright tells Roosevelt that he was a pastor for six years at Woodlake.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-14
In one vignette, Henry Gassaway Davis puts his hand on West Virginia Senator Stephen B. Elkins’s shoulder. Caption: Mr. Davis—That it’s all in the family. In the second, an elephant holds President Roosevelt’s hold “to victory.” Caption: G.O.P.—That it had a strenuous leader. In the third, William Jennings Bryan sits by a grave with a headstone that reads, “Safe & Sane Democrat 1904.” Caption: Mr. Bryan—That it wasn’t his friends. In the fourth, Missouri Senator Francis Marion Cockrell stands by “national esteem” wreaths outside the “White House.” Caption: Mr. Cockrell—That it’s an ill wind, etc. In the fifth, Henry Watterson sits in a rocking chair on a boat bound for Europe. Caption: Mr. Watterson—That there’s another country. In the sixth, a badly beaten donkey stands up by a sign that reads, “Under no circumstances will I again be a candidate for the presidency. T. Roosevelt.” Caption: Democracy—That there’s a ray of sunshine.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-24
President Roosevelt giving an oration before the statue of his predecessor
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-12-19
President Roosevelt expresses his honor to speak at the tomb of Ulysses S. Grant and to be there when his son, Frederick D. Grant, and family were there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-06
Theodore Roosevelt does not remember having had a photograph taken at Napoleon’s tomb, and believes that such a photograph could not have been taken without his knowledge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-06-04
Postcard showing a gated brick structure, George Washington’s tomb at Mount Vernon, in a garden area with stone obelisks on either side. Four women stand by the gate.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Washingtons Tomb at Mt. Vernon is a plain brick structure covered by vines. The marble sarcophagus of Washington is seen within on the right; and that of his wife by his side. On this tablet above reads; “Within this enclosure rest the remains of Genl. George Washington.”
Postcard showing author Victor Hugo’s tombstone with decorations on the top. Charles C. Myers notes that the tomb is in the crypt of the Pantheon in Paris, France.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “the tomb of the great French Poet, Victor Hugo.”
Photograph showing President Theodore Roosevelt standing at Andrew Jackson’s tomb alongside a woman while a crowd gathers around.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1907-10-25
Postcard featuring a colorized photograph of Theodore Roosevelt visiting the tomb of Andrew Jackson at the Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee. Also pictured are Congressman Gaines and Mary C. Dorris, Regent of the Hermitage Association.
1909
A French postcard featuring a black and white photograph of Quentin Roosevelt’s grave in Aisne, France. The words, “CHAMERY (Aisne). – Tombe du Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt tombé glorieusement en Combat aérien le 14 Juillet 1918,” at the top of the front side translate to “CHAMERY (Aisne) – Tomb of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, fallen gloriously in aerial combat July 14, 1918.” Roosevelt was re-interred next to his brother Ted at the American cemetery in Normandy, France, in 1955.
1918-1925
Postcard of the grave of Quentin Roosevelt. The grave is marked by a wooden cross and an American flag and surrounded by a wooden fence. The unknown sender writes that Roosevelt was buried by the Germans.
1918
Postcard of the grave of Quentin Roosevelt. Wooden cross reads, “Here rests on the field of honor 1st Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt Air Service USA killed in action July 1918.”
1918
William McKinley, Benjamin Harrison, and John Sherman are pictured as old women in mourning among gravestones labeled, “Here lies our dear McKinley Bill. Ruthlessly assassinated in the flower of its youth by the tariff reform bandits of the 53rd Congress,” “Sacred to the memory of the Federal Election Law, annihilated by the guerrillas of the 53rd Congress. R.I.P.,” and “Here lies the Sherman Silver Law. Cruelly done to death by G. Cleveland. We bear our loss with fortitude.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1894-09-12
In this vignette cartoon Father Knickerbocker stands at center looking on in dismay at the site of a planned “49” story building near several other skyscrapers already under construction. The surrounding vignettes show an abundance of college athletes, excessive periods of mourning, a spate of frivolous lawsuits with juries that take “busy men” away from their work, “over-production of trashy newspapers and voracious newspaper readers,” and overly ostentatious “mausoleums.” Caption: Some New Year’s reflections on our great national weakness.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1896-12-30
A large group of politicians and others stand in a cemetery on Memorial Day. Each seems to be grieving at gravestones that bear special messages. Pope Leo XIII stands in front of a stone that states “Here lies my Irish Influence.” Ulysses S. Grant places a wreath labeled “Tho’ Gone Not Forgotten” at a monument that states “Here Lies the Third Term 1880.” Stephen Dorsey and Thomas Brady, arm in arm, stand in front of a stone that states “[Star] Route Here Lies Our Hope of Acquittal.” James G. Blaine places a wreath on a stone that states “[He]re Lies My South American Policy.” Samuel J. Tilden and Charles A. Dana stand in front of a stone that states “Tilden Boom 1876 Rest in Peace.” Clustered around Grant are Roscoe Conkling holding a tattered military standard labeled “Stalwart Battle Flag 1880,” J. D. Cameron on crutches labeled “1882,” John A. Logan as a drummer with number “306” on his drum strap, and Thomas Collier Platt as a little girl. Also grouped before a stone that states “Here Lies Democratic Consistency on the Tariff” are Benjamin F. Butler, Winfield Scott Hancock, Rutherford B. Hayes, and Stephen B. Elkins. Others depicted are Simon Cameron, John Kelly, Jay Gould, George W. Childs, George M. Robeson, David Davis, Robert Ingersoll, Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, and a man identified as “Campbell.” Caption: They deck with flowers, this Day of Decoration, full many a blighted hope and reputation.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1883-05-30
A procession carries an embalmed James Gillespie Blaine to a place among other embalmed Republicans in an Egyptian tomb. Among those previously embalmed are Thomas Collier Platt, Stephen W. Dorsey, Thomas Brady, Ulysses S. Grant, Roscoe Conkling, George M. Robeson, Joseph W. Keifer, William P. Kellogg, and William Belknap. Among those carrying the embalmed Blaine, labeled “Nominated June 6, Embalmed Nov. 1884” are William W. Phelps, Whitelaw Reid, William H. Robertson, Powell Clayton, and Joseph Medill. Caption: The wire-pullers have nominated him; but the people will send him where they have sent the others.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-06-11
Print shows the spirit of Alexander Turney Stewart pulling out his hair as Henry Hilton posts “For Sale” notices on Stewart’s commercial enterprises, including the “Grand Union Hotel,” the “Windsor Hotel,” the “Woman’s Park Hotel,” the “Chicago House,” Stewart’s Garden City,” and his main building at “10th St. & Broadway,” after his widow transferred control to Hilton. Joseph Pulitzer pokes Hilton with a closed umbrella. There is an empty sepulchral monument labeled “Sacred to the Memory of A. T. Stew[art], with a sign that states “To Let” in the right foreground.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-04-26
Print shows a pack of hyenas labeled “N. Y. Commercial, N. Y. Sun, N. Y. Herald, Washtn. Post, The Rosecrans Letters, [and] 306” crowded around a sepulchral monument to James A. Garfield labeled “Fame.” Those hyenas labeled “306” are pulling on a rope that spells “Slander” tied to the top of the monument. A lightning bolt labeled “Public Contempt” has severed the rope, spilling the hyenas into an abyss labeled “Oblivion.” The number “306” represents the number of delegates who supported Ulysses S. Grant for a third term at the 1880 Republican Convention.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1882-03-22