Letter from Charles Dwight Willard to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922, Earl, Edwin T. (Edwin Tobias), 1858-1919, Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951, Lissner, Meyer, 1871-1930, Newspaper publishing, Newspapers, Otis, Harrison Gray, 1837-1917, Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow, 1861-1948, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930, Tuberculosis
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Charles Dwight Willard apologizes to Theodore Roosevelt for using a pencil, but he is currently bedridden due to a recurrence of his tuberculosis. Roosevelt’s letter greatly cheered him. His purpose in writing is to give “a batch of local gossip–political, newspaper and personal.” He recounts an anecdote about Lyman Abbott correcting Roosevelt’s article and, regardless of its veracity, how it affected Harrison Gray Otis. Willard discusses the success of Edwin T. Earl’s newspaper and comments on Meyer Lissner’s political endeavors. He praises Roosevelt’s writing as the kind “that gets results in cleaning up error and helping public sentiment into right lives.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-08-10
Creator(s)
Willard, Charles Dwight, 1866-1914
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
10
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Charles Dwight Willard to Theodore Roosevelt. [August 10, 1911]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o69807. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Willard, Charles Dwight, 1866-1914. Letter from Charles Dwight Willard to Theodore Roosevelt. [10 Aug. 1911]. Multi-image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. November 25, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o69807.
APA:
Willard, Charles Dwight, 1866-1914.: , [1911, August 10]. Letter from Charles Dwight Willard to Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o69807.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. 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 Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. November 25, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
