Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to E.W. Bloomingdale

Subject(s): Finance, Journalism, Publishers and publishing

President Roosevelt finds the numbers E.W. Bloomingdale sent him interesting, and remarks that the “agents of frenzied finance” like the New York Sun and Harper’s Weekly will deliberately not publish them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Bloomingdale, E. W. (Emanuel Watson), 1852-1928

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

1

Production Method

Typed

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Letter

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 E.W. Bloomingdale. [December 7, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o200936. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to E.W. Bloomingdale. [7 Dec. 1907]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o200936.

APA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1907, December 7]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to E.W. Bloomingdale.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o200936.

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 27, 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.