Letter from Mary Cadwalader Jones to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Greene, F. V. (Francis Vinton), 1850-1921, New York (N.Y.). Police Department, New York (N.Y.). Police Dept., Photographs, Thank-you notes
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Mary Cadwalader Jones thanks President Roosevelt for the photograph and sends him a copy of “The Book Booster,” a satirical publication that she thinks he will enjoy. She comments on the work of Francis V. Greene as New York City’s police commissioner, noting that he is “rattling the bones” of the police department. A friend overheard a policeman saying Greene is “as bad as Roosevelt.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-16
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
4
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
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 Mary Cadwalader Jones to Theodore Roosevelt. [January 16, 1903]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40142. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Jones, Mary Cadwalader. Letter from Mary Cadwalader Jones to Theodore Roosevelt. [16 Jan. 1903]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40142.
APA:
Jones, Mary Cadwalader., [1903, January 16]. Letter from Mary Cadwalader Jones to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40142.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. 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. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 18, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
