Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Dent Grant
President Roosevelt will use the whip as soon as it arrives.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1903-03-19
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President Roosevelt will use the whip as soon as it arrives.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-03-19
President Roosevelt explains to Frederick Dent Grant that he only appoints sons of army officers. He never appoints grandsons, because doing so would start a slippery slope to appointing anyone who ever had an ancestor in the military.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-20