Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elizabeth C. Roche

Subject(s): Books and reading, Italy--Genoa, Letters, Privacy, Roche, James Jeffrey, 1847-1908

President Roosevelt tells Elizabeth C. Roche that he would be delighted to receive a history of Genoa. Regarding the letters Roosevelt sent to her late husband, James Jeffrey Roche, Roosevelt asks if she would be willing to send them to Roosevelt so that he could examine them and indicate if any of them should not be published.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-23

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Roche, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Coleridge) Vaughan Okie, 1854-1938

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 Elizabeth C. Roche. [June 23, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203077. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elizabeth C. Roche. [23 Jun. 1908]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203077.

APA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1908, June 23]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elizabeth C. Roche.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203077.

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.