Letter from James Jeffrey Roche to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): African American soldiers--Crimes against, American Civil War (1861-1865), Books and reading, Catholic Church, Catholics, English language--Orthography and spelling, Friendship--Correspondence, Ireland, Ireland, John, 1838-1918, Italy--Genoa, Italy--Rome, Joyce, Robert Dwyer, 1830-1883, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Pius X, Pope, 1835-1914, Poetry, Protestants, Race relations, Religion and politics, Roche, Elizabeth C. (Elizabeth Coleridge) Vaughan Okie, 1854-1938, Root, Elihu, 1845-1937, Southern States, Storer, B. (Bellamy), 1847-1922, Storer, Maria Longworth, 1849-1932, Texas--Brownsville--Fort Brown, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 25th, Writing
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James Jeffrey Roche shares his views on a range of topics with President Roosevelt, including Roosevelt’s handling of Bellamy Storer’s “indiscretion” in Rome, the public’s response to the Brownsville case, and Roche’s support for Roosevelt’s simplified spelling idea.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-12-28
Creator(s)
Roche, James Jeffrey, 1847-1908
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
6
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from James Jeffrey Roche to Theodore Roosevelt. [December 28, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o55091. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roche, James Jeffrey, 1847-1908. Letter from James Jeffrey Roche to Theodore Roosevelt. [28 Dec. 1906]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 29, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o55091.
APA:
Roche, James Jeffrey, 1847-1908., [1906, December 28]. Letter from James Jeffrey Roche to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o55091.
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.