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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Victor Howard Metcalf

President Roosevelt sends Secretary of the Navy Metcalf compliments about Commander Andrew Theodore Long, who had recently left his post as captain of the presidential yacht USS Mayflower and asks that Long’s good work be reflected in his record. Long was set to serve as Executive Officer on the battleship USS Illinois, which Roosevelt misidentifies as the USS Iowa, as part of the movement of the Great White Fleet.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919