Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge
Subject(s): Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.), Lodge, Anna Cabot Mills Davis, 1851-1915, Long, Chester I. (Chester Isaiah), 1860-1934, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937
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President Roosevelt tells Senator Lodge that he cannot write fifteen thousand words as a preface for the history of New York, or for “any other place under the sun.” Yesterday Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt gave Roosevelt a paragraph which they both thought referred to Lodge’s wife, Anna Cabot Mills Davis Lodge. Secretary of State Elihu Root also initially thought that it referred to Anna, but later discovered that it referred to the wife of Senator Chester I. Long. Roosevelt asks Lodge to find out whether or not it referred to Anna.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-01-31
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
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 Henry Cabot Lodge. [January 31, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o194338. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge. [31 Jan. 1906]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o194338.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1906, January 31]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o194338.
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. March 30, 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.
