Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Herbert Sherwood
Subject(s): American Museum of Natural History, Lectures and lecturing, Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935, Zoological specimens
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Theodore Roosevelt thanks George Herbert Sherwood for the check. He enjoyed giving the lecture. Roosevelt would like Sherwood to tell President Osborn that he has just received the skin, the fragments of a rib, and some of the dung of the Mylodon. Roosevelt thinks they should be in the American Museum of Natural History.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-01-04
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937
Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
1
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Herbert Sherwood. [January 4, 1915]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o211307. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Herbert Sherwood. [4 Jan. 1915]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o211307.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1915, January 4]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Herbert Sherwood.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o211307.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
