Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William S. Cowles
Subject(s): Ballinger, Richard Achilles, 1858-1922, Families, Family, Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950, Pacific Ocean--Controller Bay, Political crimes and offenses--Investigation, Railroad companies, Richardson, Teresa Stoughton, 1862-1947, Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930, United States. Department of the Interior. Office of the Secretary, United States. Dept. of the Interior. Office of the Secretary
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Theodore Roosevelt writes Admiral Cowles about the “delicious peaches” and tells Cowles that he wrote his sister Corinne a report regarding the family. Roosevelt remarks that President William H. Taft has assumed full responsibility for the Controller Bay matter and that Taft “knew nothing about the whole subject and took no interest in it.” Taft’s dismissal and replacement of James Rudolph Garfield as Secretary of the Interior with Richard Achilles Ballinger “insured trouble for the people and trouble for himself.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-07-28
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Cowles, Wm. S. (William Sheffield), 1846-1923
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
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 William S. Cowles. [July 28, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o219068. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William S. Cowles. [28 Jul. 1911]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 23, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o219068.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1911, July 28]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William S. Cowles.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o219068.
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 23, 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.
