Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer
Subject(s): Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882, Ferrero, Guglielmo, 1871-1942, Great Britain, Honor, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Presidents--Rating of, Scientists--Rating of
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President Roosevelt thanks William Roscoe Thayer for the letter. He is unsure about Thayer’s proposition concerning Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, and while he supports understanding between the United States and Great Britain, he does not think it is correct to say that Americans and Englishmen are the same people. While Roosevelt does not contradict Thayer’s statement that Lincoln was the greatest English-speaking statesman of the nineteenth century, or that Darwin was the greatest English-speaking scientist of the nineteenth century, Roosevelt thinks that there might be a significant contingent of people who do not accept either one or the other of these ideas.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-06-24
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
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 Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer. [June 24, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203091. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer. [24 Jun. 1908]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203091.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1908, June 24]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Roscoe Thayer.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203091.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. 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. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
