Telegram from Alexander Lambert to Theodore Roosevelt
Dr. Lambert updates President Roosevelt about the status of Jacob Riis’s wife, Elisabeth, saying she is “very ill.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1905-05-17
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Telegram from Alexander Lambert to Theodore Roosevelt
Dr. Lambert updates President Roosevelt on the status of Jacob Riis’s wife, Elisabeth. She has relapsed.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-18
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Letter from Alexander Lambert to Theodore Roosevelt
Dr. Lambert writes to President Roosevelt regarding the course of the illness and death of Jabob Riis’s wife Elisabeth. Lambert states that Riis was especially comforted by Roosevelt’s telegrams.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-18
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Telegram from Alexander Lambert to Theodore Roosevelt
Dr. Lambert informs President Roosevelt that Jacob Riis’s wife, Elisabeth, has a “fighting chance.” Lambert will see her tomorrow and will update the Roosevelts after that visit.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-05-15