Letter from Georges Leygues to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Subject(s): Armed Forces--Officers--Death, Memorial service, Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918

Le Ministre De La Marine writes to Edith Roosevelt and expresses his sympathy about Quentin Roosevelt’s death. He refers to ship named after Quentin, in homage to his valiant death.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1919-12-20

Creator(s)

Leygues, Georges, 1856-1933

Recipient

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Language

French

Period

Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)

Repository

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Page Count

1

Production Method

Typed

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between Sagamore Hill National Historic Site – National Park Service and Dickinson State University. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Georges Leygues to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [December 20, 1919]. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276722. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Leygues, Georges, 1856-1933. Letter from Georges Leygues to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [20 Dec. 1919]. Image.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276722.

APA:

Leygues, Georges, 1856-1933., [1919, December 20]. Letter from Georges Leygues to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o276722.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.

APA:

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/sagamore-hill-national-historic-site.