Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Bronson Reynolds
Subject(s): Alien labor, Foreign workers, International relations, Japan
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President Roosevelt “heartily approve[s]” James Bronson Reynolds’s plan. While he regrets it, Roosevelt believes Japanese laborers and traders need to be kept out of the United States. He hopes Reynolds’s commission can do this “in the pleasantest possible fashion by mutual agreement” with Japan.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-30
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Reynolds, James Bronson, 1861-1924
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 James Bronson Reynolds. [August 30, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o200195. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Bronson Reynolds. [30 Aug. 1907]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 17, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o200195.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1907, August 30]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Bronson Reynolds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o200195.
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. February 17, 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.
