1880 convention and election, 237, 299

  1884 convention and election, 297–324

  1886 New York mayoralty campaign, 368–71

  1894 convention, 280–81

  1912 convention, 379

  Republican Reform Club (New, York, 1876), 156–57, 160–61

  Review of American Birds (Baird), 120

  Richfield Springs, N.Y., 114, 256

  Rüs, Jacob, 287

  Riverdale, N.Y., 239

  Roberts, Lloyd, 331

  Robinson, Corinne Douglas, 363

  Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt (Conie) and Alice Lee, 228, 230, 232, 240

  appearance and personality, 37, 128, 233, 364

  birth, 56

  childhood, 21, 33–34, 37–40, 71–92

  passim, 103, 107–8, 122–31

  passim, 130, 140, 143, 145ff., 163, 167

  children of, 257, 291, 363

  courtship and engagement, 233, 238, 240–42, 245

  death, 380

  debut, 232

  in Dresden, 130, 167

  and Edith Carow, 126, 187, 366–68

  and Elliott’s decline, 379–80

  European tour, 71–92

  passim and fathers death, 187–92

  health, 36–37, 103, 108, 169

  later life, 380–81

  marriage, 250, 256–57, 380–81

  and mothers death, 291–92

  Nile journey, 122–31

  TR, devotion to, 381

  Robinson, Douglas, 288, 291

  courtship and engagement, 233, 238, 240–42, 245

  and Elliott, 251, 379–80

  marriage, 250, 256–57, 380–81

  and TR, 245, 369–71

  Robinson, Edward Arlington, 376–77

  Robinson, Theodore Douglas, 257, 291

  Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad, 286

  Roosevelt, Alfred, 261

  Roosevelt, Alice (TRs daughter), 322, 346, 352

  and Bamie, 295, 365, 367, 369

  birth, 291

  on Edith, 368

  engagement, 221

  Roosevelt, Alice Lee (TR’s first wife), 213–16 passim, 220

  appearance, 226

  and baby Alice’s birth, 291

  courtship, engagement, wedding, 222–38

  death, 291–96

  honeymoons, 237, 245, 248

  married life, 237–43, 248, 256, 257, 285–90

  TR’s silence about, 376

  Roosevelt, Anna (Bamie) appearance and character, 34, 37, 127, 361ff.

  and baby Alice, 295, 322, 362–63, 365, 367, 369

  back trouble, 32–34, 56, 103, 111, 363–64

  birth, 54

  childhood, 21, 26, 34–37, 39–40, 65–66, 70

  and Civil War, 57, 58, 60

  and Corinne’s engagement, 241, 242

  and Cousin Sally, 232, 364

  death, 373

  debut, 127, 139, 140, 143

  and Elliott, 166-67, 362, 379

  European tour, 71–92 passim, 137–38

  father, relations with, 33–35, 116–17, 127

  and father’s death, 185–92

  France, schooling in and flight from, 91–92, 113–14

  passim ”Major Generaless,” 166–67

  marriage, 373

  mother, relations with, 127–28, 233

  and mother’s death, 291–92, 295

  Nile journey, 122–31

  TR, devotion to, 364–66, 373

  and TR’s asthma, 98–99, 103, 104

  and TR’s engagement and marriage to Alice, 228, 230, 236, 241, 242, 257–58, 289

  and TR’s engagement to Edith, 366–68

  Roosevelt, Anna Hall, 256–58, 277, 286, 362, 379

  Roosevelt, Archibald, 377

  Roosevelt, Cornelius (TR’s cousin), 218

  Roosevelt, Cornelius (TR’s uncle), 113, 120, 188, 189, 191

  Roosevelt, Cornelius Van Schaack (CVS: TR’s grandfather), 21, 40, 42, 72, 113

  business interests, 26, 29

  death, 129, 130

  N.Y.C. house of, 22, 41, 58, 66

  Oyster Bay house of, 112, 114

  and TR Sr.’s wedding, 22, 53

  Roosevelt, Corinne (Conie), see Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt

  Roosevelt, Edith Carow, see Carow, Edith Roosevelt, Eleanor, 362, 363, 364, 373, 380

  Roosevelt, Elizabeth (Mrs. James Alfred Roosevelt), 188, 189

  Roosevelt, Elizabeth Ellis (Aunt Lizzie Ellis), 23, 55, 229, 376

  Roosevelt, Elliott (Ellie), 244–58

  alcoholism, 233, 250, 253, 254, 379

  appearance and charm, 37, 128, 253–54

  and Bamie, 167, 362, 379

  birth, 56

  in business, 251

  childhood and education, 21, 32–33, 37–40, 67, 71–92

  passim, 115, 122–31

  passim, 140, 145ff., 152–53, 167

  and Corinne’s marriage, 251

  courtship of Anna Hall, 256–57, 277

  decline and death, 379–80

  in Dresden, 130, 167

  Eleanor and, 380

  European tour, 71–92

  passim, 104, 106–7

  and father’s death, 187–92

  health, 147–53, 163, 172, 250, 257

  in India, 233, 236, 237, 244–49, 253, 254

  marriage, 256–57, 286, 362, 379

  mother, relations with, 248, 251–53

  and mother’s death, 291–92

  Nile journey, 122–31

  to Texas and return, 152–53, 163, 172, 180

  TR dedicates book to, 326

  and TR’s first marriage, 229, 230, 236

  western trip with TR, 233, 234–36

  writings of, 254, 255

  Roosevelt, Elliott, Jr., 379

  Roosevelt, Emlen, 195, 217, 245, 261, 281, 378

  Roosevelt, Ethel, 377

  Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 250, 253, 373, 380

  Roosevelt, Helen Astor, 240

  Roosevelt, James, 232–33, 240, 253, 260, 364

  Roosevelt, James Alfred, 42, 227, 238, 362

  and family business, 28–30, 144–45

  and Gould, 269

  homes of, 130, 245

  and politics, 113, 261

  railroad interests, 286, 295

  and TR’s finances, 211, 286

  and TR Sr.’s death, 187–92, 196–97

  Roosevelt, James Roosevelt (Rosy), 240

  Roosevelt, Kermit, 377

  Roosevelt, Laura, 120, 188, 189

  Roosevelt, Margaret Barnhill (Mrs. CVS), 23, 26, 53, 55, 56

  Roosevelt, Martha Bulloch (Mittie), 21, 25, 32, 40, 337

  and Alice Lee, 228, 230–33, 236, 237, 241

  appearance, 48–49, 144

  background and early life, 41–48

  Bamie, relations with, 127–28, 233

  and children’s birth, 35, 54, 56, 103

  and Civil War, 56–58, 60, 61, 65, 66–67, 103

  courtship and marriage, 29, 48–54

  and Cousin Sally, 232, 252–53

  cultural interests, 70

  death, 291–96

  eccentricities, 69, 252–53

  Elliott, relations with, 233, 251–53

  European tour, 70, 71–92

  passim, 103–8

  passim, 137–38

  expenditures, 67, 69, 138–39

  and family gymnasium, 115

  health, 54, 66, 69–70, 103

  Irvine, secret meeting with, 74

  Nile journey, 122–31

  at Oyster Bay, 114, 145ff., 163–64, 289

  and religion, 68

  at Riverdale, 239

  in society, 67–68

  TR, influence on, 376

  and TR’s asthma, 38, 93–94, 96–97, 99–105

  passim, 108, 113–14, 137

  and TR Sr.’s death, 187–92, 193

  Roosevelt, Minnie O’Shea, 24, 376

  Roosevelt, Nicholas (TR’s great-uncle), 42

  Roosevelt, Nicholas (TR’s second cousin), 322

  Roosevelt, Quentin, 377, 379

  Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell, 22–27, 145, 244

  and Brooklyn Bridge, 239, 282

  political career, 113, 115, 154–55, 260

  second marriage, 376

  and TR’s law studies, 237, 239, 287

  and TR’s political debut, 261, 263

  Roosevelt, Sara Delano (Cousin Sally), 144, 232–33, 250, 252–53, 364, 373

  Roosevelt, Theodore (Teedie, TR), 21, 36–40, 47, 67

  in Adirondacks, 120–21

  and Alice Lee: courtship and wedding, 222–38

  and Alice Lee: honeymoons, 237, 245, 248, 255

  and Alice Lee: married life, 237–43, 248, 256, 257, 285–90, 290

  and Alice’s death, 291–96, 376

  appearance, 37–38, 124, 165, 166, 167, 254, 264

  in Assembly, 245, 249, 253, 257, 259–84, 290, 293–94, 322

  assassination attempt on, 379

  asthma attacks, 38, 46, 61, 65–66, 72, 81, 83–84, 92, 93–111, 113–16, 137, 194, 195, 218, 235, 256, 350, 378

  Autobiography, 376, 377

  Bamie’s devotion to, 364–66, 373

  Benton biography by, 352

  birth, 35, 56

  birthplace, 19–20, 381

  and Blaine, 299, 302–4, 308–10, 312–16, 318, 322–23, 346

  body building, 115–16, 166, 172

  children of, 377; see also Roosevelt, Alice (daughter) and Cigar Bill, 267–68, 279–80

  and civil service reform, 275–76, 279, 281–83, 290, 369, 374

  and Civil War, 56–57, 60, 70

  and Cleveland, 274, 276, 302, 315

  Corinne’s devotion to, 381

  and Corinne’s engagement, 241–42

  in Dakota Bad Lands, 257, 296, 316, 324, 325–60

  death, 378–79

  in Dresden, 130, 137, 167

  Edith Carow, early friendship with, 108, 169, 180

  Edith Carow, early romance with and subsequent relations, 195, 227, 230, 236, 245

  Edith Carow, later engagement and marriage to, 366–69, 376–78

  education, 38–39, 120, 123, 128, 130, 140–41, 163, 164, 167; see also at Harvard,

  below Elliott, big brother to, 148–53

  Elliott, western hunting trip with, 232, 234–36

  European tours, 37, 71–92

  passim, 103–8

  passim, 137, 245, 248, 255

  father, devotion to, 34, 217–18, 375

  father, excursions with, 83–84, 104, 106–9, 114

  and fathers death, 185–97

  father’s final letter to, 184–85, 186, 196

  and Five-Cent Bill, 277–79

  and Gould, 268–73, 275–77, 284

  at Harvard, 165–74, 182, 187

  passim, 192, 194, 197, 201–32

  passim, 235

  his Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, 325–26, 344

  income and expenditures, 211–12, 286, 337

  later life, 374–79

  and law studies, 237, 239, 287–88

  Lodge, friendship with, 301–2, 319–20, 322–23, 365

  Maine trips, 195–96, 217, 218, 227, 235

  mayoralty campaign of, 367–71, 377

  and mothers death, 291–92

  mother’s influence on, 376

  nature studies and collecting, 38, 117–25, 131, 140, 141, 167–68, 214, 219–20

  his Naval History, 78, 213, 238, 241, 255, 257, 270

  new house with Alice, 286

  Nile journey, 122–31, 193

  Nobel Peace Prize, 375

  and Oyster Bay, 114, 145–47, 167–69, 248, 257, 286, 288–90;

  see also Sagamore Hill philanthropies, 238, 254, 287

  as President, 373, 374–76

  his Ranch Life, 349

  at Republican 1884

  convention, 297–99, 301–4, 306, 308–10, 312–15, 318–21

  “Summer Birds of the Adirondacks,” 182

  and Westbrook Scandal, 266, 268–74, 288

  in Wyoming, 342–45

  Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. (Ted: TR’s son), 377, 378

  Roosevelt, Theodore, Sr. (TR’s father), 21–40

  abolitionist, 50

  in Adirondacks, 120–21

  appearance and character, 24–25, 32

  and Bamie, 34–36, 116–17

  and body building, 114–15

  and business, 28–30, 144–45

  in Civil War, 23, 57, 58–66, 103, 159

  and Conkling, 157–59, 161–63, 183–84, 186, 196

  and Corrine, 34

  courtship and marriage, 29, 48, 50–54

  and Customhouse controversy, 175–83

  passim, 196, 300

  death, 185–96

  education, 26

  and Ellie, 33, 148–53

  European tours, 26–28, 70, 71–92, 104–7

  passim, 137–38

  and father’s death, 129, 131

  “Greatheart,” 34

  and the insane, 141, 180, 181

  and Mittie’s health, 54, 69, 137

  new 57th St. house of, 130, 136, 138–40

  Nile journey, 122–31

  at Oyster Bay, 145–47, 163–64, 165

  and Panic (1873), 138, 141, 144

  philanthropies, 30–32, 36, 105, 116, 135, 141–43

  political reformer, 154–64

  passim and religion, 24, 32, 42, 68, 91, 105, 125, 144

  at Republican 1876

  convention, 155, 157, 160–63

  at Riverdale, 239

  in society, 142–44

  TR, birthday letter to, 170–71

  TR, economy lecture to, 212

  TR, final letter to, 184–85, 186, 196

  and TR’s asthma, 38, 83–84, 94, 96–97, 101, 103–8

  passim, 111, 113–14

  at Vienna Exposition, 137, 176

  Roosevelt, Weir, 26, 29, 50, 86, 90, 140

  Roosevelt, West, 140, 229, 233, 322, 378

  nature interest and trips, 38, 120–21, 195–96

  Roosevelt and Son, 26, 29, 41, 135, 136

  investment firm, 144–45, 261, 286

  “Roosevelt Museum of Natural History,” 38

  Root, Elihu, 261, 300, 376

  Rosenvelt, Claes Martenszen van, 42

  Rosenvelt, Jannetje van, 42

  Roswell, Ga., 44ff., 54–55, 67, 76

  Rough Riders, 374

  Rotch, Nana, 227

  Russell, Archibald, 251

  Russell, Lord John, 78

  Russia, S.S., 84, 139

  Russian Ball (1863), 66

  Russo-Japanese War, 374

  Rutherfurd, Mrs. Lewis, 67

  Sabin, Senator, 307

  Sagamore Hill, 365, 370, 375, 377, 378, 379, 380

  Saga of King Olaf, The (Longfellow), 168, 221

  Sage, Russell, 270, 273

  St. Andrews Society, 238

  St. John, Thomas B., 73, 91

  St. Paul Pioneer Press, 316, 350

  St. Paul’s School, 152, 205

  Salter, Henry Hude, 96–97, 105, 109, 110

  Saltonstall, Endicott, 225

  Saltonstall, Harriett Rose, 225

  Saltonstall, Leverett, 225, 228

  Saltonstall, Mary (Mamie), 222, 225

  Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 205

  Saltonstall, Phillip, 225

  Saltonstall, Richard Middlecott, 205, 209, 213, 215, 220

  and TR’s courtship of Alice Lee, 222, 224, 229, 235

  Saltonstall, Rose, 222, 225, 227, 228, 229, 235

  Saratoga, N.Y., 66, 101, 105, 113, 180

  Sargeant, Dudley A., 235

  Sargent, John Singer, 72

  Saturday Evening Post, The, 216

  Savannah, S.S., 44

  Scalp Hunters, The (Reid), 118

  Schurz, Carl, 155, 157, 175, 274

  and Customhouse investigation, 178–79

  opposes Blaine, 161, 162, 299, 300, 302, 313–14, 317

  and wife’s death, 294

  Schuyler, Louisa, 117, 135, 141–43, 375

  Schuyler, Philip John, 142

  Scotia, S.S., 71–74

  Scott, Samuel, 205

  Scott, Sir Walter, 80, 237, 378

  Scribner’s Magazine, 208

  Sears, Mr. and Mrs., 74

  Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe, The (Bulloch), 78

  Seligman, Mrs. Jesse, 71

  Seligman, Mr. and Mrs. Leopold, 71

  Selmes, Martha Flandrau, 366

  Selmes, Tilden, 366

  Semmes, Raphael, 78

  Sewall, William, 196, 218, 265

  in Bad Lands, 329, 331, 337, 338, 345–46, 350, 356, 357

  quits, 354, 360

  Seward, William, 280

  Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 141, 206, 213, 220, 317

  Shannon, Assemblyman, 263

  Shaw, Harry, 222

  Sheard, Titus, 281, 292, 298

  Shenandoah (Confederate raider), 76

  Shenango and Allegheny Railroad, 286

  Sherman, John, 301, 309, 310, 312–13

  Sherman, William Tecumseh, 67, 300

  Smith, Fanny, 147, 148, 168, 169, 227, 253, 254, 256

  marriage, 380

  and TR’s first marriage, 230, 236

  and West Roosevelt, 233

  Smith, Paul, 120

  Song of Roland, The, 168

  Sorrell, Gilbert Moxley, 48

  Souvestre, Marie, 91

  Spanish-American War, 374, 378

  Spectator, The, 75

  Spinney, George, 265, 266

  Sprague, Kate Chase, 159, 180

  Stalwarts, 281

  State Board of Charities, New York, 180, 181

  State Charities Aid Association, 190

  Statue of Liberty, 175

  Stevenson, Robert Louis, 118

  Steward, Daniel, 43, 46, 47

  Stickney, Victor Hugo, 355, 357

  Stiles, Henry, 48, 51, 58

  Stiles, Mary Cooper, 53

  Still Hunter (Van Dyke), 326

  Stobo, Archibald, 42–43

  Strauss, Johann, 86

  Strew, W. W, 266

  Sturgis, Russell, 130

  Suez Canal, 137, 138

  Sullivan, Mark, 284, 305, 374

  “Summer Birds of the Adirondacks” (TR and Minot), 182

  Sumner, Charles, 75

  Sumner, William Graham, 156

  Swan, Emily, 227–28

  Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 194

  Taft, William Howard, 379

  Tammany Hall, 23, 113, 154, 265, 273

  tariff, 309

  Taylor, Bayard, 72

  Taylor, Charles Fayette, 36, 94, 96

  Tebbets, Jack, 215, 222

  Teschemacher, Hubert E., 327, 329

  Thackeray, William Makepeace, 75

  Thayer, Nathaniel, 126, 127, 128

  Thayer, William Roscoe, 201, 202, 205, 210, 214, 323, 350

  Thomas, Dr., 189

  Thompson, Dr., 195

  Thompson, Hubert O., 283, 284

  Thoreau, Henry David, 155

  Tiffany, Louis Comfort, 142, 300

  Tilden, Samuel, 154, 159, 174–75

 

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