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Tom Quartz

Historical · Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children

Tom Quartz is the kitten described in Theodore Roosevelt’s 6 January 1903 letter to his son Kermit. In the published letter, Roosevelt recounts the kitten’s play with the dog Jack in the library. Theodore Roosevelt: Letters to His Children; letter of 6 January 1903.

The letter is reproduced in Letters to His Children, edited by Joseph Bucklin Bishop, available through Project Gutenberg.

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