Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Shaw
President Roosevelt tells Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews, that he believes that the deeds and words of great people of the United States, as well as the character of the President, are assets to the United States in representing good citizenship. Roosevelt cites a letter by President Abraham Lincoln to Lydia Bixby, who had lost all five of her sons during the United States Civil War, as an example of the sort of character people should have, both in Lincoln’s writing a personal message in the midst of war, and in Bixby’s patriotism and sacrifice.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-01-01