Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robley D. Evans
Subject(s): American Civil War (1861-1865), Blake, Robert, 1599-1657, Books and reading, Etiquette, Lepanto, Battle of (Greece : 1571), Navies--Officers, Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805, North Carolina--Fort Fisher, Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanszoon de, 1607-1676, Suffren de Saint-Tropez, Pierre André de, 1729-1788, United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Battleship Force
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President Roosevelt is glad Rear Admiral Evans is writing on the navy. He praises Evans’s career as one of honor, and hopes his book will be widely read for, “it can not but tend in favor of a growing and lofty patriotism.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-08-17
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Evans, Robley D. (Robley Dunglison), 1846-1912
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
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robley D. Evans. [August 17, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203742. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robley D. Evans. [17 Aug. 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/o203742.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1908, August 17]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robley D. Evans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o203742.
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.
