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Letter from Julia R. Hurley to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Julia R. Hurley to Theodore Roosevelt

Julia Roosevelt (Hurley) was orphaned and adopted at a young age and believes she might be related to the Roosevelt family. Her parents died in an 1849 cholera epidemic in New York City when she was 3.5 years old. She requests any information President Roosevelt can provide on people from the Roosevelt family that died around the stated time.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-12