Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frances Theodora Parsons
Subject(s): Dinners and dining, Entertaining, Fathers and sons, New York (State)--Oyster Bay, Parsons, James Russell, 1861-1905, Parsons, James Russell, 1896-1970, Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933, Thank-you notes
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Theodore Roosevelt thanks Frances Theodora Parsons for lunch and makes plans for her to visit. He asks if she would like him to write a letter for her son, James “Russell” Parsons, about his father James “Jim” Russell Parsons. The former was only eight years old when the latter, a friend of Roosevelt’s, died.
Collection
Creation Date
1915-11-12
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Parsons, Frances Theodora, 1861-1952
Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Repository
Harvard College Library
Page Count
2
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 Frances Theodora Parsons. [November 12, 1915]. Harvard College Library.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287331. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frances Theodora Parsons. [12 Nov. 1915]. Multi-image.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. June 4, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287331.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1915, November 12]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frances Theodora Parsons.
Harvard College Library. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o287331.
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. June 4, 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.
