Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Subject(s): Employees--Appointment, qualifications, tenure, etc., Employment references, Fulton, Charles William, 1853-1918, Hermann, Binger, 1843-1926, Knowles, Frederic Lawrence, 1869-1905, Mitchell, John H. (John Hipple), 1835-1905, Oregon--La Grande, United States. General Land Office
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President Roosevelt requests the information regarding Mr. Knowles’s unfitness to serve as register of the land office in La Grande, Oregon. Senator Mitchell, Senator Fulton, Binger Hermann, and J. N. Williamson will not withdraw their recommendation until seeing the evidence of Mr. Knowles’s unfitness.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-07-18
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
1
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock. [July 18, 1903]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o185395. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock. [18 Jul. 1903]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o185395.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1903, July 18]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ethan Allen Hitchcock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o185395.
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 12, 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.
