Tag Archives: Theodore Roosevelt Senior

The Sagamore Hill-Hyde Park Relations: Part 1

Family Ties. The Common Bond Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt came to New Amsterdam around 1640, about the time Peter Stuyvesant was its governor. He was not a wealthy man. He did not come for religious freedom. He did not come … Continue reading

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Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Jr. and the Museum of Natural History

This was actually a “family” undertaking. The Father On April 8, 1869, a formal meeting was held in the front parlor of the Roosevelt home, at 28 East 20th Street in New York City, to draft the charter that established … Continue reading

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