Letter from Margaret Howell Davis Hayes to Theodore Roosevelt
Margaret Howell Davis Hayes thanks President Roosevelt for his speech in Vicksburg in which he offered praise of Hayes’s father, Jefferson Davis. Hayes thinks Roosevelt is a man of rare courage and says he has her admiration. Her father had fond memories of Roosevelt’s mother and uncle, and recognized Roosevelt’s leadership qualities even in his college days.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-10-26