Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter Preston Brownlow
Subject(s): Letters, Roads--Design and construction, United States. Department of Agriculture, United States. Dept. of Agriculture
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President Roosevelt acknowledges Walter Preston Brownlow’s letter and says he has misunderstood. Roosevelt only supports the national government experimenting here and there in the Department of Agriculture with different materials for building roads, not undertaking actual construction of roads.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-11-11
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Brownlow, Walter Preston, 1851-1910
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
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 Walter Preston Brownlow. [November 11, 1904]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o189965. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter Preston Brownlow. [11 Nov. 1904]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o189965.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1904, November 11]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Walter Preston Brownlow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o189965.
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. February 27, 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.
