Letter from Abbot Handerson Thayer to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (State)--New York, New York (State)--Oyster Bay, Periodicals, Photographs--Publishing

Abbot Handerson Thayer thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the invitation to come to Oyster Bay. Thayer asks Roosevelt to consent to Thayer using a photograph in an article being published in National Geographic by signing the enclosed permission and mailing it to Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-29

Creator(s)

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

(1911-1912) Progressive Party Candidate

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

2

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Multi-image

Resource Type

Letter

Rights

These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.

Citation

Cite this Record

Chicago:

Letter from Abbot Handerson Thayer to Theodore Roosevelt. [November 29, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o309621. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921. Letter from Abbot Handerson Thayer to Theodore Roosevelt. [29 Nov. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o309621.

APA:

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921., [1911, November 29]. Letter from Abbot Handerson Thayer to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o309621.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.