Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Grover Cleveland
Subject(s): Anthracite Coal Strike (Pennsylvania : 1902), Arbitration, Industrial, Leg--Wounds and injuries, Presidents--Travel, Strikes and lockouts--Coal mining, Wright, Carroll D. (Carroll Davidson), 1840-1909
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President Roosevelt will not be able to be at Princeton because his doctors have warned against travel due to his leg injury. Both sides in the Anthracite Coal Strike have rejected Roosevelt’s efforts at arbitration, but Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright is being sent to investigate conditions at the coal fields. Roosevelt asks that Grover Cleveland join Wright in the investigation.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-10-10
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Grover Cleveland. [October 10, 1902]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o183238. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Grover Cleveland. [10 Oct. 1902]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o183238.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1902, October 10]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Grover Cleveland.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o183238.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. 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. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
