Letter from Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

Subject(s): Kimberly, Elsie, Kimberly, Louis Ashfield, 1830-1902, Pensions, Widows

Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt asks her father, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, to help Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly’s widow get a desperately needed increase in pension money.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Margaret Barnhill, 1851-1927

Recipient

Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell, 1829-1906

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

7

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

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 Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. [January 29, 1902]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o36864. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Margaret Barnhill, 1851-1927. Letter from Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. [29 Jan. 1902]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o36864.

APA:

Roosevelt, Margaret Barnhill, 1851-1927., [1902, January 29]. Letter from Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o36864.

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. March 26, 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.