Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Carnegie, Louise Whitfield, 1857-1946, Entertaining, Etiquette, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948

Andrew Carnegie praises President Roosevelt for his conduct in office. Carnegie has known six presidents but none to whom he has been so attracted as Roosevelt. Carnegie hopes that Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt will able to visit and spend a few days with himself and his wife Louise Whitfield Carnegie.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-03-03

Creator(s)

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

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 Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt. [March 3, 1909]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o60412. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919. Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt. [3 Mar. 1909]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 16, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o60412.

APA:

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919., [1909, March 3]. Letter from Andrew Carnegie to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o60412.

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 16, 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.