Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin Brockholst Livingston
Subject(s): Armed Forces--Appropriations and expenditures, Battleships, Logistics, Naval, Ships, United States. Department of the Navy, United States. Dept. of the Navy
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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt thanks Edwin Brockholst Livingston for his offer but regrets that he will be unable to accept. Roosevelt also provides the criteria for the ships he is seeking to acquire.
Collection
Creation Date
1898-03-26
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Livingston, Edwin Brockholst, 1852-
Language
English
Period
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (April 1897-April 1898)
Repository
Harvard College Library
Page Count
1
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
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 Edwin Brockholst Livingston. [March 26, 1898]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285360. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin Brockholst Livingston. [26 Mar. 1898]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285360.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1898, March 26]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin Brockholst Livingston.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o285360.
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.
