Mark Sullivan sends President Roosevelt a short article written by Mrs. Humphry Ward about Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. Sullivan believes Ward has the potential to write an “adequate literary portrait” of Roosevelt at this time. Sullivan would like to contact Ward and ask her to expand her article into a “formal characterization.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-26

Creator(s)

Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952

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

4

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 Mark Sullivan to Theodore Roosevelt. [January 26, 1909]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o59957. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952. Letter from Mark Sullivan to Theodore Roosevelt. [26 Jan. 1909]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o59957.

APA:

Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952., [1909, January 26]. Letter from Mark Sullivan to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o59957.

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. March 12, 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.