Letter from Marie Koopmans-de Wet to Theodore Roosevelt
Marie Koopmans-de Wet thanks President Roosevelt for the confidence placed in her, along with Andrew Murray and Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, to distribute money donated to aid her countrymen in South Africa. Koopmans-de Wet notes that Generals de Wet, de la Rey, and Botha will soon be visiting America and Europe. She encloses a copy of “the document which the patriots handed in giving the reasons why the brave boers had to come to terms and surrender.” Assuring Roosevelt the document is authentic, she notes that it is one of four copies in existence and entrusts it to his care.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-29
