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Elizabeth Webb asks Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for financial help. She is a widow with a “delicate” daughter who was unable to secure service work in London. Webb has let out her house and now would like to live in it again. She is trying to keep up appearances for the sake of her daughter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1910-06-07
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948
Language
English
Period
African Safari (March 1909-1910)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
4
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Elizabeth Webb to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [June 7, 1910]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o60567. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Webb, Elizabeth. Letter from Elizabeth Webb to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. [7 Jun. 1910]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 23, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o60567.
APA:
Webb, Elizabeth., [1910, June 7]. Letter from Elizabeth Webb to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o60567.
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 23, 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.
