Letter from Truman Handy Newberry to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Battle cruisers, Battleships, Battleships--Design and construction, Brooklyn (Armored cruiser), Brownson, Willard H. (Willard Herbert), 1845-1935, California--San Francisco, Indiana (Battleship : BB-1), Iowa (Battleship), Manney, H. N. (Henry Newman), 1844-1915, Massachusetts (Battleship : BB-2), Memorandums, Montana (Armored cruiser), New York Naval Shipyard, Texas (Second class battleship), United States. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Battleship Force, United States. Navy. General Board, Virginia--Jamestown, Warships--Maintenance and repair, Washington (Cruiser)
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Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry informs President Roosevelt that he forwarded the papers to the Navy General Board. He details a list of the available battleships and cruisers and their stations. Newberry also includes a list of ships under construction. In all, sixteen battleships of the Atlantic Fleet, the USS Indiana, and possibly the USS Iowa can be sent to the Pacific.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-08-08
Creator(s)
Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945
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
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Truman Handy Newberry to Theodore Roosevelt. [August 8, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56672. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945. Letter from Truman Handy Newberry to Theodore Roosevelt. [8 Aug. 1907]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56672.
APA:
Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945., [1907, August 8]. Letter from Truman Handy Newberry to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56672.
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 15, 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.
