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Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna of his arrival in North Dakota. He details the problems that have arisen due to the winter weather. The number of cattle lost due to the weather is “wholly trifling.” He feels he will get through all right if he can square his debt.
1886-03-20
Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna that he arrived safely at Chimney Butte Ranch. He set off for the other ranch and was forced to spend the night in an abandoned hut. He was glad to see Bill Sewall and Will Dow again and is looking into starting a stockmen’s association. Roosevelt would like Anna to send him three or four blank checks from his checkbook as he needs them immediately.
1884-11-23
President Roosevelt thanks William Sturgis Bigelow for the book by the naturalist C.G. Schillings. Roosevelt tells Bigelow that he will look at the pamphlet about starting trouble with Japan, but that he has his doubts. Roosevelt is glad that all is well in Nahant, but hopes that Bigelow gets better soon.
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1907-07-26
Diary of Theodore Roosevelt for the year 1884. Includes entry regarding the deaths of his wife and mother on February 14, with the statement, “The light has gone out of my life.” Also, the diary describes Roosevelt’s hunting and ranching experiences for the year in the Dakota Badlands. A list of photographs taken and his personal finance record is also included in the back of the diary. Only pages on which text appeared are included.
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1884
President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit on a number of topics including sending him money each month, planning their trip to Africa, his views on the upcoming election and the weather. He closes by saying the Cooleys are visiting and so is sister Alice.
1908-10-02
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit and describes the cold spring in Washington. He mentions riding with Edith and Ted and hopes Archie can catch up with his schoolwork and attend Groton the next year. He closes with a story about Quentin jumping the horse Roswell.
1907-04-22
President Roosevelt writes to his son Kermit about the weather, jumping the horses with Captain Lee and Mrs. Wadsworth, and Pete the bulldog killing squirrels. Roosevelt says he has been busy since Congress closed with the trouble on Wall Street and with Edward Harriman. Roosevelt is also working on four or five speeches.
1907-04-07
President Roosevelt says the Rector wrote him to inform him of the blizzard at Groton School. Roosevelt is delighted with Children of the Night and has been reading to Archie and Quentin. He has a lot of work and minds the dinners and banquets more than anything. Roosevelt hopes to go out riding if there is enough snow.
1905-01-31
President Roosevelt reports there has been a lot of snow lately making for skating and sleigh riding all week. The family has a new dog and Roosevelt has been reading a lot to Archie and Quentin Roosevelt. Ted is going to dinner at Secretary of the Navy Morton’s.
1904-12-17
President Roosevelt describes the lovely spring weather and the activities the family enjoyed outside. He mentions going to church and how he wishes Johnny Schick’s parents would have disciplined him because he was on a rampage.
1904-05-08
President Roosevelt reports injuries to the horses and not being able to ride with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt due to the slippery weather. He did go for a walk with Doctor Lambert, Gifford Pinchot, and James Rudolph Garfield where they all kept falling on the ice. He also played hide and seek with Ethel, Archie, Quentin, and the Garfield children.
1904-01-29
The weather in Washington has been bad and President Roosevelt has not been able to go riding. Roosevelt played single stick with Granville Fortescue and is very busy.
1904-01-13
Theodore Roosevelt writes to President Lowell of Harvard University, explaining that Archibald B. Roosevelt is going hunting and may be delayed by weather in his return to school. Roosevelt asks that Archie be excused if he arrives a few days late when the school term begins.
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1915-08-07
Theodore Roosevelt reacts to news from Seth Bullock about the weather in the Dakotas and its effect on livestock there. Roosevelt welcomes a visit from Martha Eccles Bullock and her daughter and son-in-law when they are in New York.
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1915-07-10
President Roosevelt promises he will bring the subject that Alford Warriner Cooley raised in his letter to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte’s attention. Roosevelt is pleased that Cooley is doing well, and says that he should not try to come to Washington, D.C., in March, as it is “the very worst month there is around here,” and he does not want Cooley to take any risks. He would like to see Cooley and his family, but expects that it will not be possible until he returns from his African safari.
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1908-12-19
President Roosevelt tells his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about the goings-on of the Roosevelt family. Quentin Roosevelt is very interested in baseball and recently won a game. Ethel Roosevelt’s horse, Fidelity, accidentally kicked her dog, Mike, while she was out riding, causing a commotion. Roosevelt himself has been playing tennis and going riding since the weather has been so nice recently.
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1908-03-15
President Roosevelt writes to his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about family life in Washington, D.C. He wishes that he was with Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and Ethel Roosevelt visiting Archibald and his brother Kermit Roosevelt. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson and Douglas Robinson are visiting currently, and Roosevelt has enjoyed seeing them. Roosevelt has offered to read to Quentin Roosevelt in the evenings, but he has been too busy, and Roosevelt thinks he may be grown up enough where he would prefer to read to himself now.
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1908-02-23
President Roosevelt writes to W. Sloan Simpson to tell him about a visit from Cecil Andrew Lyon. Roosevelt wished to take Lyon on a walk, but everything is currently covered in ice.
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1908-02-14
President Roosevelt tells his son, Kermit Roosevelt, about playing tennis, and while he enjoyed it he will keep to walking for the time being for exercise due to the cold weather. Roosevelt had delivered a speech on trusts and labor to Congress. With the election coming closer, the public are beginning to pay more attention to what the candidates are saying rather than himself, and Roosevelt relished one of his last opportunities to speak before Congress.
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1908-02-02
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his son Archibald B. Roosevelt about what he has been doing. Roosevelt was able to play tennis several days in the previous week, but after a snow storm, it was not possible anymore. He took several slippery rides and walks. Roosevelt also writes about Scamp, one of the family dogs, and says that he is very active.
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1908-01-27