Letter from C. Grant La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Entertaining, Friendship, La Farge, Florence Bayard Lockwood, 1864-1944

C. Grant La Farge thanks President Roosevelt for the letter. He hopes that his wife Florence will be able to come visit soon, and they can all have a nice time together. La Farge has been upset lately over a common acquaintance of theirs whom he calls a “mean dog,” and notes that it is a real help to “pour out one’s woes to a friend.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-05

Creator(s)

La Farge, C. Grant (Christopher Grant), 1862-1938

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)

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 C. Grant La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt. [July 5, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o53404. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

La Farge, C. Grant (Christopher Grant), 1862-1938. Letter from C. Grant La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt. [5 Jul. 1906]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o53404.

APA:

La Farge, C. Grant (Christopher Grant), 1862-1938., [1906, July 5]. Letter from C. Grant La Farge to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o53404.

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. January 29, 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.