Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Franz Sigel
Theodore Roosevelt expresses his delight that Franz Sigel has followed in his grandfather’s footsteps by joining the military.
Collection
Creation Date
1918-06-19
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Sigel, Franz, 1886-1972
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Franz Sigel
Theodore Roosevelt does not understand why Franz Sigel’s grandfather does not garner the same honor as Revolutionary War legends Peter Muhlenberg and Nicholas Herkimer, and laments that Americans seem divided on “ancestral lines.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-06-03