Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

Subject(s): Elliott, Matilda Moxley, 1860-1910, Fortescue, Granville, 1875-1952, Hospitality, Presidents--Election, Roosevelt family

President Roosevelt thanks his uncle, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, for his attitude during the campaign. Roosevelt remarks that Robert Barnwell Roosevelt’s son Granville Fortescue is visiting, and that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt “feel just as if he was one of our own boys.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell, 1829-1906

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

1

Production Method

Typed

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. [November 10, 1904]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o189942. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. [10 Nov. 1904]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o189942.

APA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1904, November 10]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o189942.

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 30, 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.