Form letter from Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Bachelder, N. J. (Nahum Josiah), 1854-1934, Bogert, Marston Taylor, 1868-1954, Brown, W. C. (William Carlos), 1853-1924, Bryant, Joseph D. (Joseph Decatur), 1845-1914, Cabinet officers, Calvin, S. (Samuel), 1840-1911, Case, John B. (John Bronson), 1849-1943, Conference of Governors, Cooley, Edwin G. (Edwin Gilbert), 1857-1923, Cowles, David S. (David Smith), 1857-1911, Decker, Sarah Platt, Delano, Frederic Adrian, 1863-1953, Dickinson, J. M. (Jacob McGavock), 1851-1928, Dort, J. Dallas (Josiah Dallas), 1861-1925, Dudley, Charles Benjamin, 1842-1909, Farrand, Dudley, 1859-1927, Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924, Gooding, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1856-1927, Goudy, Franklin C. (Franklin Curtis), 1852-1924, Governors, Hammond, John Hays, 1855-1936, Hartshorne, William D. (William Davis), 1853-1930, Holland, C. S. E. (Clarence St. Elmo), 1867-1945, Holman, Minard L. (Minard Lafever), 1852-1925, Howe, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1858-1939, Huhlein, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1858-1938, Irvine, William, 1851-1927, Jastro, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1848-1925, Johnston, A. W. (Albert William), 1853-1924, Jones, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Monroe), 1856-1946, Kavanaugh, William K. (William Kerr), 1860-1932, Lewis, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1850-1926, Lewis, Thomas L., 1866-1939, Livingston, William, 1844-1925, Low, Seth, 1850-1916, McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948, McIntosh, William, 1849-1915, Moore, J. Hampton (Joseph Hampton), 1864-1950, Moore, Willis L. (Willis Luther), 1856-1927, Natural resources, Natural resources--Economic aspects, Patten, Simon N. (Simon Nelson), 1852-1922, Phelps, Erskine Mason, 1839-1910, Price, Overton W., 1873-1914, Ransdell, Joseph E. (Joseph Eugene), 1858-1954, Remsen, Ira, 1846-1927, Richards, J. H. (James Heber), 1852-1936, Ridder, Herman, 1851-1915, Rowe, L. S. (Leo Stanton), 1871-1946, Schmoldt, Henry M., 1856-1909, Schwab, Gustav H. (Gustav Henry), 1851-1912, Scott, Charles, 1847-1916, Shaw, Albert, 1857-1947, Smith, James E. (James Ellwood), 1851-1936, Snyder, Jonathan L. (Jonathan Lemoyne), 1859-1918, Stahl, John M. (John Melroy), 1860-1944, Stott, Henry G. (Henry Gordon), 1866-1917, Van Cleave, James Wallace, 1849-1910, Van Hise, Charles Richard, 1857-1918, Vance, John L. (John Luther), 1839-1921, Varner, H. B. (Henry Branson), 1870-1925, Vincent, John Heyl, 1832-1920, Wilkinson, Thomas, 1845-1918, Wright, Carroll D. (Carroll Davidson), 1840-1909, Wylie, James T. (James Thompson), 1861-1938

President Roosevelt invites the recipient to attend the upcoming Conference of Governors on the Conservation of Natural Resources as a representation of their organization. Roosevelt says that practically all the governors will attend and that, in addition to these, Senators and Representatives of the Sixtieth Congress, Justices of the Supreme Court, and members of the presidential cabinet have also been invited. Accompanying the letter is a list of the people to whom this letter was sent, representing a number of national trade associations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

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

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

3

Production Method

Typed

Record Type

Multi-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:

Form letter from Theodore Roosevelt. [March 14, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o201977. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Form letter from Theodore Roosevelt. [14 Mar. 1908]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o201977.

APA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1908, March 14]. Form letter from Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o201977.

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. January 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.