Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arlo Bates
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt enjoyed Arlo Bates’s recent volume of essays recommended to him by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. He is pleased to say that he is doing just as Bates advises regarding reading material for his children. Roosevelt appreciates Bates’s discussions on various “decadent” authors. However, he always feels like “putting in a plea” for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1897-09-29