Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Agriculture, Farmers, Germany, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Lobbying, National Nonpartisan League, Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, World War (1914-1918)
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Gifford Pinchot has been “more than doubtful” about Theodore Roosevelt’s attacks on the Non-Partisan League because the attacks “play into the hands of a very restricted number of business interests” and will “cost the Republican Party very many thousands of votes in important States.” Roosevelt is being advised on this issue by F. R. Stevens, a former lobbyist for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Pinchot believes that Stevens is not an effective advocate for farmers, that he has a “big business point of view.” Pinchot also encloses a copy of his statement on President Woodrow Wilson’s “first answer to the German peace move.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1918-10-16
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt. [October 16, 1918]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o150773. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946. Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt. [16 Oct. 1918]. Multi-image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 2, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o150773.
APA:
Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946.: , [1918, October 16]. Letter from Gifford Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o150773.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. 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 Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 2, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
