Letter from Daniel Edgar Sickles to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925, Employee rights, Georgia, Labor, Mobs, New York (State), Right to labor, Veterans
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Daniel Edgar Sickles asks President Roosevelt to consider his views on labor and urges Roosevelt to make a statement supporting workers’ rights. Sickles discusses mob rule, claiming that there have been no mobs in New York since 1863 and mentioning the conditions in Georgia. Sickles notes that he is helping to prepare an address to veterans. Sickles encloses a published letter from 1896, noting that he believes “Bryanism is as much an issue now as it was then.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-18
Creator(s)
Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914
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
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 Daniel Edgar Sickles to Theodore Roosevelt. [August 18, 1904]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o46386. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914. Letter from Daniel Edgar Sickles to Theodore Roosevelt. [18 Aug. 1904]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. July 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o46386.
APA:
Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914., [1904, August 18]. Letter from Daniel Edgar Sickles to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o46386.
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. July 30, 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.
