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
Creation Date
1903-03-19
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Grant, Frederick Dent, 1850-1912
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Dent Grant
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.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-07-20