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President Roosevelt describes the family’s “ideal” Christmas celebrations to his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. He asks Robinson to find out how her son, Monroe Douglas Robinson, could bear being seen with Roosevelt’s son, Ted Roosevelt, when Ted was wearing “such as cap as he seems to have carried.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-26
President Roosevelt sends his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson $10, which he asks her to forward as a gift to the aged former servant of the Roosevelt family, Dora Watkins. Roosevelt wishes he could be with Corinne and her family over the Christmas holiday season.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-22
Margaret Mott thanks Corinne Roosevelt Robinson for the five dollars she sent to Dora Watkins. Watkins often thinks about when she was the nurse of Theodore Douglas Robinson and how smart he was as a child, just like his child, Douglas Robinson. Anna Roosevelt Cowles also sent Watkins twenty-five dollars and a “lovely letter.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-21
President Roosevelt encloses a letter for Frances Theodora Parsons and asks his sister to deliver it to her. He also mentions that Dora Watkins will be sent an invitation to Alice Roosevelt’s wedding. On a third matter regarding wedding invitations, Roosevelt writes that he does not know how to proceed. In response to a specific invitation request, he writes that an invitation would cause scandal in connection with a wedding, which he would prefer to avoid.
1906-02-10
President Roosevelt encloses a note to Dora Watkins and asks his sister to make sure she gets it by Christmas. He also writes that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt read the letter about Frances Theodora Parsons and mentions that his son, Kermit Roosevelt, enjoyed seeing Corinne Roosevelt Robinson’s new grandchild.
1905-12-19
President Roosevelt asks Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to send the enclosed letter to Dora Watkins. He is saddened to hear about Fannie. Kermit Roosevelt was delighted to see baby Douglas Robinson, son of Theodore Douglas Robinson and Helen Roosevelt Robinson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-19
President Roosevelt thanks Margaret S. Mott for taking care of his former nurse, Dora Watkins. He encloses a photograph and $10 for Mott to spend on Christmas presents for her four children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-29
Margaret Mott writes to President Roosevelt on behalf of Dora Watkins, his former nurse. Mott thanks Roosevelt for a letter he wrote to Watkins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-21
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1884 to December 1891. Notable events include the deaths of Alice Lee Roosevelt and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s time on his ranch, the completion of Sagamore Hill, Roosevelt’s engagement and marriage to Edith Kermit Carow, Theodore “Ted” Roosevelt’s birth, the “Great-Dieup” of cattle in North Dakota, and the founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
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
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Theodore Roosevelt is sorry that Thomas Watkins did not accompany Dora Watkins on her visit. Roosevelt has been feeding three dogs and four cats every day. He enjoyed the watermelon and will send a basket of chestnuts when they are ready.
1868
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Thomas Watkins for the watermelon, which will be eaten tomorrow, and wonders what Dora Watkins will do with his mouse when she leaves for Barrytown, New York. The Roosevelts are speaking French at the table and Roosevelt thinks it sounds funny. There are lots of animals, including three types of squirrels, and he has found six bird nests.
1867-07-07
President Roosevelt encloses ten dollars for Dora Watkins and asks Corinne Roosevelt Robinson to send it to her as a Christmas gift. Roosevelt wishes he could spend Christmas with the Robinsons.
1906-12-22
Theodore Roosevelt was sad to hear of the death of his childhood nurse, Dora Watkins. He regrets that he was not in the country and offers to reimburse Mrs. John Mott if she incurred any expenses during Watkins’s final illness and funeral. Original and typewritten copy.
1909-07-17
President Roosevelt appreciates Mrs. John Mott’s kindness to Dora Watkins. As way of thanks, he encloses a photograph and ten dollars to be used on Christmas gifts for the Mott children.
1904-11-29