Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Baker Dunn
Subject(s): Books and reading, Gender identity, Hyde, William De Witt, 1858-1917, Poetry, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Spanish-American War (1898), Thanet, Octave, 1850-1934, Trevelyan, George Otto, 1838-1928, Washington (D.C.), Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
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President Roosevelt praises Martha Baker Dunn’s essays and also thanks her for sending him the Walt Whitman poem, which he had never seen before. They seem to have similar taste in poetry. He has sent her work, along with that of William De Witt Hyde, to George Otto Trevelyan to “show him that there are Americans who write things worth reading.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-09
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
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 Martha Baker Dunn. [November 9, 1905]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o193078. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Baker Dunn. [9 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/o193078.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1905, November 9]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Baker Dunn.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o193078.
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.
