Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Owen Wister
Subject(s): Actions and defenses, Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915, Addicks, John Edward Charles O’Sullivan, 1841-1919, Alaska, Anthracite coal industry, Baer, George F. (George Frederick), 1842-1914, Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925, Cabinet officers, Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Cuba, Hanna, Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904, Hay, John, 1838-1905, Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951, Hill, James J. (James Jerome), 1838-1916, International relations, Knox, Philander C. (Philander Chase), 1853-1921, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Northern Securities Company, Panama, Parker, Alton B. (Alton Brooks), 1852-1926, Payn, Louis Frisbie, 1835-1923, Philippines, Presidents--Election, Presidents--Public opinion, Quay, Matthew Stanley, 1833-1904, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937, Ryan, Thomas Fortune, 1851-1928, Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906, Sheehan, William F. (William Francis), 1859-1917, Strikes and lockouts, Sullivan, Timothy Daniel, 1862-1913, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930, Taggart, Thomas, 1856-1929, Washington, George, 1732-1799, Wister, Mary Channing, 1869-1913
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President Roosevelt agrees with Owen Wister’s thoughts. Roosevelt is grateful to the American people even though he has had a great deal of work as president. Roosevelt notes his cabinet has been a huge support to him and is glad he owed the election to “Abraham Lincoln’s ‘plain people.'” The president expresses his frustration with certain journalists and newspapers who criticize Roosevelt about having too close of a connection with “the wicked” but who ignored Alton B. Parker’s “hand-in-glove intimacy” with James J. Hill, William F. Sheehan, and Thomas Taggart. Roosevelt acknowledges he has made mistakes, but many of the criticisms leveled at him are due to ignorance.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-19
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
5
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Owen Wister. [November 19, 1904]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187141. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Owen Wister. [19 Nov. 1904]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187141.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1904, November 19]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Owen Wister.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187141.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
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 Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
