Letter from Dabney S. Royster to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): Letters, Military discharge, Sanatoriums, Social influence, Spanish-American War (1898)

Dabney S. Royster thanks Theodore Roosevelt for taking an interest in his case. Royster encloses the letter he just received from Col. James A. Mattison and it doesn’t look good. Roysster hopes Roosevelt can get him moved to a different location because he can only stay at Adam’s Memorial Sanitorium another month.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-24

Creator(s)

Royster, Dabney S. (Dabney Scales), -1912

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

(1911-1912) Progressive Party Candidate

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 Dabney S. Royster to Theodore Roosevelt. [October 24, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o71591. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Royster, Dabney S. (Dabney Scales), -1912. Letter from Dabney S. Royster to Theodore Roosevelt. [24 Oct. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o71591.

APA:

Royster, Dabney S. (Dabney Scales), -1912., [1911, October 24]. Letter from Dabney S. Royster to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o71591.

Cite this Collection

Chicago:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. 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. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.

APA:

Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.