Letter from Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons to Theodore Roosevelt
Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons sends President Roosevelt a copy of her “unhappily notorious” book, saying the outcry has been “so grotesquely clamorous” that she wants Roosevelt to know what the book really is. The negative reception of the book has shown Parsons that a “writing wife is a distinct handicap to a politician.” She apologizes for “so much personality,” but says that she has always felt Roosevelt was “something besides a President.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-22