Letter from Thomas B. Reed to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Friendship--Correspondence, Maine--Scarborough (Town), Presidential candidates, Reed, Susan Prentice Merrill, 1840-1914, Social reformers
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Speaker of the House Reed tells Police Commissioner Roosevelt that his wife, Susan Prentice Merrill Reed, is impatient to get back to Grand Beach, Maine, where from a “happy distance” they can observe “the struggles of police commissioners and candidates for the presidency and other kinds of unfortunate beings” doing reform work that is going unrecognized.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1896-05-13
Creator(s)
Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
NYC Police Commissioner (May 1895-March 1897)
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 Thomas B. Reed to Theodore Roosevelt. [May 13, 1896]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25674. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902. Letter from Thomas B. Reed to Theodore Roosevelt. [13 May. 1896]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25674.
APA:
Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett), 1839-1902., [1896, May 13]. Letter from Thomas B. Reed to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25674.
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 29, 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.
