Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William De Witt Hyde
Subject(s): Books and reading, Dunn, Martha Baker, 1848-1915, Elliott, John S. (John Stuart), 1859-1913, Platonists, Poetry, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937, Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928, Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
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President Roosevelt praises William De Witt Hyde’s book From Epicurus to Christ and says he has sent copies to Secretary of State Elihu Root and George Otto Trevelyan. He encloses a poem of Walt Whitman’s that he had not seen before.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-08
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Hyde, William De Witt, 1858-1917
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
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 William De Witt Hyde. [November 8, 1905]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o193067. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William De Witt Hyde. [8 Nov. 1905]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o193067.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1905, November 8]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William De Witt Hyde.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o193067.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. 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. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 19, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
