Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Jacob A. Riis
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1896-12-15
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
Language
English
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1896-12-15
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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1897-04-18
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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1897-05-17
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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1897-05-28
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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1897-06-07
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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1897-07-07
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-10-25
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-11-10
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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President Roosevelt tells Jacob A. Riis to “continue to address me just as you have done,” and invites him to come visit and have a meal with him sometime next week. Roosevelt would be delighted to have Riis write a biography of him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-09
President Roosevelt asks when Jacob A. Riis will be in Washington. He would like to see him in the White House soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-01
President Roosevelt asks if Jacob A. Riis and his wife, Elisabeth D. Nielson Riis, can dine at the White House on November 26.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-07
President Roosevelt thanks Jacob A. Riis for the New Year’s gift.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-08
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-05-16
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-05-21
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-03-13
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary encloses a letter received by Roosevelt from a Dane in need of assistance. The secretary asks if there is a Danish society that could render help.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-11
The editors of The Outlook have forwarded Jacob A. Riis’s letter to Lawrence F. Abbott for consideration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-17
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Jacob A. Riis for sending Paul Underwood Kellogg’s letter. He has heard several absurd rumors similar to the one related by Kellogg. Roosevelt is not in favor of criminal libel charges unless the accusation is made by a prominent individual.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-03
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Jacob A. Riis for his letter and agrees that President Taft set the campaign’s tone.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-01
At the request of Theodore Roosevelt, his secretary forwards a letter to Jacob A. Riis asking for help for a man if there is anything he can do.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-03