Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Washburn Child
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1913-09-12
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Child, Richard Washburn, 1881-1935
Language
English
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-09-12
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Child, Richard Washburn, 1881-1935
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-05-20
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Child, Richard Washburn, 1881-1935
English
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-02-25
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Child, Richard Washburn, 1881-1935
English
Theodore Roosevelt was pleased with Richard Washburn Child’s letter and invites him to visit. Roosevelt agrees about the “long pull ahead” and believes that they need to show stamina and fire.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-08
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses two letters from Reverend Gordon Russell for Richard Washburn Child.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-22
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary requests that Richard Washburn Child send a letter in an envelope addressed to him, and he will see that Roosevelt receives it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-26
Theodore Roosevelt suggests several letters that Richard Washburn Child could quote. Roosevelt encloses a letter from October 1908 that might interest Child, and states that C. P. Connolly has another letter of interest. Roosevelt suggests John Sullivan as candidate for Governor of Massachusetts and Charles Sumner Bird or Fesdick for Senator, presumably for the Progressive Party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-30
Theodore Roosevelt advises Richard Washburn Child the platform of principles is excellent, there are just a few points Roosevelt would like explained or to annotate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-15
Theodore Roosevelt denies Richard Washburn Child’s request, saying that he receives too many similar requests to pick one over the other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-05
Theodore Roosevelt will not interfere in any political issues at the state level. The public does not want national leaders bothering with their state concerns, and Roosevelt does not want any attention taken away from the issue of military readiness.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1916-04-15
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his appreciation for Richard Washburn Child’s stories. Roosevelt laments that although John Milliken Parker and a few others from Louisiana represent Progressive principles, the Progressive Party did not win the support of the southern states in the 1912 campaign.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-05-29