Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson
Subject(s): New York (N.Y.). Police Department, New York (N.Y.). Police Dept., Police administration, Police--Officials and employees, Selmes, Martha (Patty) Macomb Flandrau, 1861-1923
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Commissioner Roosevelt has asked Patty Selmes to return Robert Harry Munro Ferguson’s lecture. Roosevelt has just taken office at the New York City Police Department and is writing in great haste.
Collection
Creation Date
1895-05-06
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Ferguson, Robert Harry Munro, 1868-1922
Language
English
Period
NYC Police Commissioner (May 1895-March 1897)
Repository
Arizona Historical Society
Page Count
1
Production Method
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
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. [May 6, 1895]. Arizona Historical Society.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291685. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Harry Munro Ferguson. [6 May. 1895]. Image.
Arizona Historical Society. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o291685.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1895, May 6]. 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/o291685.
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 15, 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.
