Letter from Caroline Watts Haskell Lee to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Death, Roosevelt family, Saltonstall, Rose Smith Lee, 1835-1903, Sympathy, Thank-you notes
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Caroline Watts Haskell Lee thanks President Roosevelt for his kind note and sympathy upon the death of her sister-in-law Rose Smith Lee Saltonstall. Lee and Saltonstall had been very close in the forty-five years that Lee had been married to Saltonstall’s brother.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-06-21
Creator(s)
Lee, Caroline Watts Haskell, 1835-1914
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
3
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 Caroline Watts Haskell Lee to Theodore Roosevelt. [June 21, 1903]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40986. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Lee, Caroline Watts Haskell, 1835-1914. Letter from Caroline Watts Haskell Lee to Theodore Roosevelt. [21 Jun. 1903]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40986.
APA:
Lee, Caroline Watts Haskell, 1835-1914., [1903, June 21]. Letter from Caroline Watts Haskell Lee to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40986.
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. January 15, 2026. 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.
