Letter from John Sutherland Bonnell to Eleanor Butler Roosevelt
Subject(s): Alexander, Charles Beatty, 1849-1927, Clergy, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.), Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944, Weddings
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John Sutherland Bonnell, pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, writes to Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, telling her there is no record of her marriage to Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. at the church on June 20, 1910. At the bottom, Roosevelt has written that she did not care for the pastor that was there at the time and her uncle, Charles Beatty Alexander, said there was no reason for him to perform the ceremony. The result was he made no record of the marriage.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1945-03-12
Creator(s)
Bonnell, John Sutherland, 1893-1992; Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler, 1889-1960
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from John Sutherland Bonnell to Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. [March 12, 1945]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o282398. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Bonnell, John Sutherland, 1893-1992; Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler, 1889-1960. Letter from John Sutherland Bonnell to Eleanor Butler Roosevelt. [12 Mar. 1945]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o282398.
APA:
Bonnell, John Sutherland, 1893-1992; Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler, 1889-1960., [1945, March 12]. Letter from John Sutherland Bonnell to Eleanor Butler Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o282398.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 26, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
