Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Merrill Edwards Gates
Subject(s): Bills, Legislative, Employees--Appointment, qualifications, tenure, etc., Governmental investigations, Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1835-1909, Leupp, Francis E. (Francis Ellington), 1849-1918, Oklahoma--Indian Territory, United States. Board of Indian Commissioners
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Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock and Francis E. Leupp are opposed to the bill referred to by Merrill Edwards Gates. Roosevelt is also unaware of any men who have been “pointedly discredited by recent investigations” being given positions in Indian Territory. He asks Gates to back up his accusations with facts.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-04-19
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Gates, Merrill Edwards, 1848-1922
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 Merrill Edwards Gates. [April 19, 1904]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187962. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Merrill Edwards Gates. [19 Apr. 1904]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 23, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187962.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1904, April 19]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Merrill Edwards Gates.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187962.
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. January 23, 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.
