Letter from William Loeb to Julia Wyatt Bullard
Subject(s): American Civil War (1861-1865), Axes, Collective memory, Confederate States of America. Army, Families--Attitudes, Families--Religious aspects, Family--Attitudes, Family--Religious aspects, Fathers--Quotations, Firearms, Frontier and pioneer life, Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, Heads of households, Households--Moral and ethical aspects, Housewives--Attitudes, Husbands--Attitudes, Imperialism, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Memorialization, Memory, Mothers--Attitudes, Nationalism, Patriotism, Presidents--Quotations, Sex role--Attitudes, Spouses--Attitudes, Territorial expansion, United States. Army, Women--Religious aspects
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Secretary to the President Loeb encloses the requested signed quotations from President Roosevelt. The quotations are on Roosevelt’s opinion of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and national memory of the Civil War more broadly, praise of white backwoodsmen’s use of guns and axes in North American western expansion and imperialism, ideal gender roles for men and women, and the need for national commitment to “the life of strenuous endeavor.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-09
Creator(s)
Recipient
Bullard, Julia Wyatt, 1871-1913
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
6
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 William Loeb to Julia Wyatt Bullard. [March 9, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o198815. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Loeb, William, 1866-1937. Letter from William Loeb to Julia Wyatt Bullard. [9 Mar. 1907]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o198815.
APA:
Loeb, William, 1866-1937., [1907, March 9]. Letter from William Loeb to Julia Wyatt Bullard.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o198815.
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 5, 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.
