Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna Roosevelt about the strain of political campaigning and having lunch with two “officers of the guards.”
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1895-10-27
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt thanks his sister Anna Roosevelt for her kind words after the election and says he is too busy with work to care what people think of him. He has to get used to addressing her letters with her married name and thinks of her all the time.
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Creation Date
1895-11-19
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles all the children are prepared to love their new Uncle William Sheffield Cowles. Roosevelt continues to work a lot and finish his book.
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Creation Date
1895-12-01
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles what he bought the children for Christmas on her behalf. He also bought himself a small caliber rifle. Every politician and editor in New York is against Roosevelt at the moment and he feels he’ll soon be put out as Police Commissioner. Governor Morton does not like Roosevelt’s friendship with Representative Reed.
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1895-12-22
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates his sister Anna Roosevelt’s fiancé William S. Cowles sending him some books; however, he has no time to read as he is so busy at work. He hopes Anna settled the wedding date and regrets that he cannot be with her. He works ten hours a day and speaks every evening.
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Creation Date
1895-10-18
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Gertrude Tyler Carow
Theodore Roosevelt writes his mother-in-law Gertrude Tyler Carow about how much wife Edith enjoyed a trip to his ranch, especially riding horses. They miss Sagamore Hill but have enjoyed their time living in Washington, D.C., and traveling out West. He inquires if she will come visit next summer as it has been two years. Roosevelt also gives updates on the children.
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1890-10-18
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emily Tyler Carow
Governor Roosevelt writes his sister-in-law Emily Tyler Carow and encloses a small Rough Rider pin as a small birthday present. Edith is no longer frail and Ted is better than he was a year ago. Kermit is able to hold his own, Ethel is motherly, Archie mischievous, and Quentin is cuter everyday. The children enjoy the governor’s house and Edith enjoys being a governor’s wife.
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1899-03-20
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes his sister Anna at his disappointment over the Lodges leaving Washington and says he is disconcerted over what Anna told him about the Whites. William Astor Chanler stopped by and he was most interesting. This will be Roosevelt’s last week in Washington for some time and he just finished writing the third volume of Winning of the West.
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Creation Date
1894-07-01
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt when he will be returning and that he has been very busy.
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Creation Date
1894-10-13
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Sandford Martin
Edward Sandford Martin’s letter was so generous that Theodore Roosevelt feels he should not have written him at all as he was being over-sensitive. Roosevelt said he minded what was written about him earlier because he is in the middle of a campaign for governor which, he admits privately, will probably end in defeat and he has had a long three and half years with little rest.
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Creation Date
1898-11-01
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Morris Davis
Theodore Roosevelt informs William Morris Davis that it is impossible for him to take on anything else and he has no idea the “deluge” of work Roosevelt is under.
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Creation Date
1917-04-20
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about recent happenings in Washington. He has been getting along well with President Cleveland and his new colleague at the Civil Service Commission, John Robert Procter. Roosevelt enjoyed his most recent White House and Cabinet calls. He and his wife Edith continue to socialize quite a bit, and they introduced the Bellamy Storers to Judge William H. Taft.
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1894-01-07
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna, discouraging her from going to visit their alcoholic brother Elliott. He does not believe that Elliott can be helped, so he should just be left alone. Roosevelt continues to put in long hours at the Civil Service Commission.
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1893-10-11
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna about the current condition of their alcoholic brother Elliott. He is glad to hear he finally confessed to heavy drinking. He also discusses recent events at work, which have kept him very busy, including a “tussle” with the Cabinet.
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1893-06-30
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about plans for their upcoming trip to the World’s Fair. Because President Grover Cleveland asked him to do so, Roosevelt thinks that he will stay in his position as Civil Service Commissioner for at least another year though he has not gotten along with his colleagues.
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1893-04-26
Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt
Jacob A. Riis is pleased with the photographs of Archie Roosevelt and would like to use one for an article he is writing. He is trying to get some work done before a lecture series but is not enjoying Long Island without President Roosevelt in the area. Riis approves of the Delaware appointment and would like to meet with Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1903-10-13
Letter from Albert J. Beveridge to Theodore Roosevelt
“You see [unknown name] & [Lyon] keep pegging away.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1902-05-12