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Hooker, Elon Huntington, 1869-1938

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elon Huntington Hooker

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elon Huntington Hooker

Theodore Roosevelt expresses hesitation about advising his son, Kermit, to take the South American railroad position offered by an old friend, Leigh S. J. Hunt. Roosevelt explains to Elon Huntington Hooker that, although he believes this venture will prove itself a failure and that Kermit moving to South America would remove him from Hooker’s service, taking the job would also show the same kind of initiative Hooker showed a dozen years prior.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-11