Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert DeCourcy Ward
Subject(s): Governmental investigations, Letters, United States. Department of State, United States. Dept. of State
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President Roosevelt must get the State Department involved in order to solve the issue in Robert DeCourcy Ward’s alarming letter, but Ward has marked the letter “strictly personal and confidential.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-09-15
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Ward, Robert DeCourcy, 1867-1931
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
1
Production Method
Record Type
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 Robert DeCourcy Ward. [September 15, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o204200. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert DeCourcy Ward. [15 Sep. 1908]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 20, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o204200.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1908, September 15]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert DeCourcy Ward.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o204200.
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 20, 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.
