Letter from Francis B. Loomis to Benjamin F. Barnes

Subject(s): France--Marseille, Mistral, Frédéric, 1830-1914, Poetry, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Assistant Secretary of State Loomis gave President Roosevelt a copy of “Mereille,” a poem by Frederic Mistral along with a silver medal for Edith Roosevelt which Mistral sent to him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-15

Creator(s)

Loomis, Francis B. (Francis Butler), 1861-1948

Recipient

Barnes, Benjamin F., 1868-1909

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

2

Production Method

Typed

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 Francis B. Loomis to Benjamin F. Barnes. [December 15, 1904]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o48059. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Loomis, Francis B. (Francis Butler), 1861-1948. Letter from Francis B. Loomis to Benjamin F. Barnes. [15 Dec. 1904]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o48059.

APA:

Loomis, Francis B. (Francis Butler), 1861-1948., [1904, December 15]. Letter from Francis B. Loomis to Benjamin F. Barnes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o48059.

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 11, 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.