Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root
Subject(s): Loeb, William, 1866-1937, New York (State), Olcott, Jacob Van Vechten, 1856-1940, Parsons, Herbert, 1869-1925, Political parties--U.S. states, Presidents--Travel, Virginia
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President Roosevelt encloses both Representative Herbert Parsons’s telegram and his reply to it for Secretary of State Root. Roosevelt approves of Parsons’s statement and believes that Representative Jacob Van Vechten Olcott should “come out” for Parsons. If he does not, Roosevelt will do so, and will publicly announce that Olcott had agreed to withdraw in favor of Parsons if Parsons made a statement like the one just released.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-11-30
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
1
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root. [November 30, 1905]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o193305. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root. [30 Nov. 1905]. 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/o193305.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1905, November 30]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o193305.
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.
