Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
Subject(s): College students--Social life and customs, Entertaining, Episcopal Church, Massachusetts--Chestnut Hill, Sunday schools
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Theodore Roosevelt requests Martha Bulloch Roosevelt send personal items (silk hat and rubbers). Roosevelt relates he is working and socializing “a good deal.” He also expresses dismay about being asked to resign from the Sunday school class he had for three years because he declined to join the Episcopal Church.
Collection
Creation Date
1880-01-11
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Roosevelt, Martha Bulloch, 1835-1884
Language
English
Period
Youth (October 27, 1858-1881)
Repository
Harvard College Library
Page Count
4
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 Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. [January 11, 1880]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286360. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. [11 Jan. 1880]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286360.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1880, January 11]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Martha Bulloch Roosevelt.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o286360.
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. February 5, 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.
