President Roosevelt agrees with Charles Vezin that there is no difference between public and private dishonesty. Roosevelt provides a recent example of a wealthy and respected business man who would have preferred settling the Anthracite Coal Strike with bribery rather then the formalized settlement which was achieved.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1903-09-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Vezin, Charles, 1858-1942

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)

Repository

Harvard College Library

Page Count

2

Production Method

Typed

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

Electronic copy sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University. For reproduction or publication permission, contact the Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Houghton Library. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Vezin. [September 10, 1903]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o280879. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Vezin. [10 Sep. 1903]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o280879.

APA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1903, September 10]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Vezin.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o280879.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Harvard College Library. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.

APA:

Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/harvard-college-library.