Letter from Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt to Lafayette Young
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1918-02-21
Creator(s)
Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt
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Young, Lafayette, 1848-1926
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lafayette Young
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1917-12-07
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lafayette Young
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Lafayette Young, but he cannot give a speech. He is trying to speak as little as possible on current issues. President Woodrow Wilson is “utterly despised” in Europe and Roosevelt does not understand how Americans can support him.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-04-12
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lafayette Young
Theodore Roosevelt is happy to send letters of introduction to the ambassadors in England and Germany on Lafayette Young’s behalf. He does not know the ambassador to France but will still send a letter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-01-15
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lafayette Young
President Roosevelt thanks Lafayette Young for writing, but says that Young did explain himself well enough at dinner. Roosevelt was pleased about what Young said about Iowa being solidly for William H. Taft.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-02
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lafayette Young
President Roosevelt is interested in what Lafayette Young writes about Panama. He agrees there should be changes in the Isthmian Canal Commission.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-15
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lafayette Young
President Roosevelt will appoint Lafayette Young’s son as Secretary of Puerto Rico if he is able. However, he fears that he may be “a little to young for such a responsibility” and asks Young to send a more detailed statement of his son’s career so far.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-08-08
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lafayette Young
President Roosevelt will be unable to make it to Des Moines so he must decline Lafayette Young’s invitation.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-03
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lafayette Young
President Roosevelt will be unable to attend the wedding of Lafayette Young’s daughter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-24