Letter from George Parsons to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Anniversaries, Business meetings--Planning, Illinois--Cairo, Ohio River, Steamboats

George Parsons invites Theodore Roosevelt to meet on June 26 or 27, to discuss if Roosevelt would be willing to attend the annual Ohio Valley Improvement Association annual meeting. Parsons notes the meeting will be held in Cairo, Illinois from October 18, 1911 to October 19, 1911, and the meeting coincides with the one-hundredth anniversary of the first steamboat navigation of the Ohio River. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-19

Creator(s)

Parsons, George, 1854-

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

2

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 George Parsons to Theodore Roosevelt. [June 19, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o68735. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Parsons, George, 1854-. Letter from George Parsons to Theodore Roosevelt. [19 Jun. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 23, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o68735.

APA:

Parsons, George, 1854-., [1911, June 19]. Letter from George Parsons to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o68735.

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.