Commissioner Roosevelt requests Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s opinion on an enclosed letter. The letter should also be shown to Douglas Robinson. Roosevelt will write a letter to Joseph A. and Sylvane M. Ferris in the meantime. Roosevelt recently had a nice luncheon and is indebted to two Italian diplomats who recently helped Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s sister and mother. The elk meat has not arrived.

Collection

Arizona Historical Society

Creation Date

1891-12-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Ferguson, Robert Harry Munro, 1868-1922

Language

English

Period

Civil Service Commissioner (1889-April 1895)

Repository

Arizona Historical Society

Page Count

4

Production Method

Handwritten

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 Arizona Historical Society. See the Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library Terms of Use for further copyright information.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson. [December 20, 1891]. Arizona Historical Society.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291676. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson. [20 Dec. 1891]. Multi-image.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291676.

APA:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1891, December 20]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291676.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Arizona Historical Society. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society.

APA:

Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/arizona-historical-society.