Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Willard S. Hopewell and Ralph Emerson Twitchell
President Roosevelt thanks Chairman Willard S. Hopewell and Secretary Ralph Emerson Twitchell of the Board of Control for the National Irrigation Congress for their invitation. Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior Frank Pierce will attend in Roosevelt’s place, as irrigation and the conservation of the nations resources are crucial topics. Roosevelt hopes to co-sign bills that designate New Mexico and Arizona as states.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-09-23