𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰? Theodore Roosevelt, who became the 26th President of the U.S., seemed to be a romantic!
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On this day 143 years ago, the then 21-year-old wrote of his first wife: “𝘚𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘯𝘶𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘔𝘺 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳; 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴; 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦.”
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Nearly 10 months later, he married this woman he wrote of, Alice Hathaway Lee of Chestnut Hill, MA. She passed away on Feb. 14, 1884, after giving birth to their first child, Alice Lee. Roosevelt’s mother had also passed away hours earlier in the same house. The Library of Congress shares, “𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘵𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘐𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸.”
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Roosevelt later remarried, and eventually became the 26th president of the U.S.; “𝗜𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀: ‘𝗡𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗱: 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆” (LOC).
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𝐏.𝐒. He wasn't just romantic, LOC shares: "𝘈 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵-𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 '𝘛𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘺' 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 ..."
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