Letter from Luke E. Wright to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Butt, Archibald Willingham, 1866-1912, Gifts, Hermitage (Hermitage, Tenn.), Thank-you notes
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Secretary of War Wright thanks President Roosevelt for the gift of a cane cut from the wood of The Hermitage, which was presented to him by Captain Archibald Willingham Butt. Wright will keep it as a souvenir of his time spent with Roosevelt, and will pass it along to his oldest son.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02-15
Creator(s)
Wright, Luke E. (Luke Edward), 1846-1922
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
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Luke E. Wright to Theodore Roosevelt. [February 15, 1909]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o60279. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Wright, Luke E. (Luke Edward), 1846-1922. Letter from Luke E. Wright to Theodore Roosevelt. [15 Feb. 1909]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. July 30, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o60279.
APA:
Wright, Luke E. (Luke Edward), 1846-1922., [1909, February 15]. Letter from Luke E. Wright to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o60279.
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. July 30, 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.
