Ex-police officers

Theodore Roosevelt replies to W. Robert Foran and expresses concern about Foran’s career prospects. After speaking with Kermit Roosevelt, he agrees that there are few prospects in the newspaper business and suggests Foran’s unique skills would make a good match for the Canadian Mounted Police.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-27

Theodore Roosevelt was convinced that Edward McCann “had suffered unmerited,” and asks that he live his life in such a way as to prove Roosevelt correct.

(McCann was a Chicago police officer who had been jailed in 1910 for taking bribes, and who was subsequently released in 1911)

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division