Letter from Thomas E. Fraser to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Fox, John, Jr., 1862-1919, Harvard University, Kentucky, Recruiting and enlistment, Recruiting and enlistment--U.S. states, Shorthand, Spanish-American War (1898), United States, West, United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st, United States. Dept. of the Navy, Virginia
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Thomas E. Fraser requests clarification from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt on where his regiment is to be drawn from. (Roosevelt’s original letter to Fraser had unintended bleed-through from another letter, with conflicting statements about where the men were going to be drawn from. Roosevelt told Fraser they should come from the West, but told John J. Fox Jr., that some would come from “Harvard and elsewhere.” Fraser underlines this portion and includes the notation “not west.”)
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1898-04-26
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (April 1897-April 1898)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Thomas E. Fraser to Theodore Roosevelt. [April 26, 1898]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25815. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Thomas E. Fraser to Theodore Roosevelt. [26 Apr. 1898]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25815.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1898, April 26]. Letter from Thomas E. Fraser to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o25815.
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 18, 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.
