Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Eleroy Curtis
Subject(s): Alabama, Aldrich, William F. (William Farrington), 1853-1925, Employees--Classification, Federal government--Officials and employees, Georgia, Johnson, Walter H., 1848-, Jones, Thomas Goode, 1844-1914, Kentucky, Mississippi, Postmasters--Selection and appointment, Roulhac, T. R. (Thomas Ruffin), 1846-1907, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930, Thompson, Joseph O. (Joseph Oswalt), 1869-1933, Trammell, Byron, 1873-1938, Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, Yerkes, John Watson, 1854-1922
Click on image to zoom in
In response to a letter from William Eleroy Curtis about the quality of his appointments in Alabama, President Roosevelt offers the facts. He asks Curtis to ask people whether the new men he has appointed are better than the ones he replaced. He also clarifies that he did not bar appointees from serving on national and state committees, but that he prefers that appointees do not dominate them. In response to Curtis’s demands that he replace postmasters in Dothan, Andalusia, and Marion, Roosevelt says that one was removed, an inspector recommended that a second be kept, and an investigation into the third is ongoing.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-03-28
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Curtis, William Eleroy, 1850-1911
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
4
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-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 William Eleroy Curtis. [March 28, 1905]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o191456. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Eleroy Curtis. [28 Mar. 1905]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 23, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o191456.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1905, March 28]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Eleroy Curtis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o191456.
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.
