Letter from Eliza A. Lawton to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): American Civil War (1861-1865), Death and burial of a person, Flags, Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926, Memorials, South Carolina--Charleston--Fort Sumter, United States. Army. Department of West Point, United States. Army. Dept. of West Point
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Eliza A. Lawton requests Theodore Roosevelt’s assistance in remedying an error made on her father’s memorial that excludes her from his list of daughters. Roosevelt approved the volley of shots fired at General Robert Anderson’s memorial services at West Point, so Lawton hopes he will be of assistance in changing the inscription when all other options have failed her.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-05-31
Creator(s)
Lawton, Eliza A. (Eliza Anderson), 1845-1919
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
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 Eliza A. Lawton to Theodore Roosevelt. [May 31, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o68246. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Lawton, Eliza A. (Eliza Anderson), 1845-1919. Letter from Eliza A. Lawton to Theodore Roosevelt. [31 May. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o68246.
APA:
Lawton, Eliza A. (Eliza Anderson), 1845-1919., [1911, May 31]. Letter from Eliza A. Lawton to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o68246.
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.
