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Long, John Davis, 1838-1915

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Letter from John Davis Long to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John Davis Long to Theodore Roosevelt

John Davis Long, formerly Secretary of the Navy under President McKinley, writes to President Roosevelt regarding a recent article by Henry Reuterdahl. Reuterdahl suggested Long’s unfitness to be Secretary of the Navy, and wrote that Roosevelt, who was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, “was the Navy Department,” which Long jokes is rather hard on the other people in the department who worked under them and did most of the work. He promises to send Roosevelt a copy of his letter responding to the article as soon as it is published, and is sure Roosevelt will agree with it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-19