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Della L. Peltzel was a widow and received a pension. She remarried Frank E. Peltzel, whom she thought was honorable, but he spent her savings in “drunken debauchery” and left her. Peltzel is in poor health and has no one to care for her. Not wanting to go to a poor house, she asks Theodore Roosevelt for help getting her pension back.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-01-12
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
Progressive Party Candidate (1911-1912)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
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 Della L. Peltzel to Theodore Roosevelt. [January 12, 1911]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o75174. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Peltzel, Della L., 1856-. Letter from Della L. Peltzel to Theodore Roosevelt. [12 Jan. 1911]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. January 16, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o75174.
APA:
Peltzel, Della L., 1856-., [1911, January 12]. Letter from Della L. Peltzel to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o75174.
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 16, 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.
