Letter from Louise Adriana Wood to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Families, Family, Military spouses, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937, Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927

Louise Adriana Wood asks Governor Roosevelt if he knows whether her husband, Leonard Wood, may be ordered home from Cuba by the autumn. Pressing business matters need to be attended to, which she would postpone if there were a chance he could be home to take care of them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1899-09-03

Creator(s)

Wood, Louise Adriana, 1869-1943

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

Governor of New York (October 1898-1900)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

4

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

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 Louise Adriana Wood to Theodore Roosevelt. [September 3, 1899]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o26399. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Wood, Louise Adriana, 1869-1943. Letter from Louise Adriana Wood to Theodore Roosevelt. [3 Sep. 1899]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o26399.

APA:

Wood, Louise Adriana, 1869-1943., [1899, September 3]. Letter from Louise Adriana Wood to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o26399.

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. March 26, 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.