Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Russell Parsons
Theodore Roosevelt has just turned down a request from the Harvard Lampoon and cannot write any more special messages at this time.
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1917-09-19
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Parsons, Russell
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Russell Parsons
Theodore Roosevelt heard of Russell Parsons’s raid on the German trenches from his mother, Frances Theodora Parsons. He compares the raid to an attack by the forlorn hope or storming a breached wall. Roosevelt describes the fighting as a “great war” and wishes Parsons good luck.
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Creation Date
1918-09-08