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Letter from Maud E. Mosher to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Maud E. Mosher to Theodore Roosevelt

Maude E. Mosher writes to Theodore Roosevelt to help her family with their financial troubles. Mosher grew up in Beaver, Pennsylvania, where her father, John B. Young, was a famous lawyer. In 1888, she married Lemuel L. Mosher, also a lawyer. They purchased land in Wagoner, Oklahoma, where they are raising their five sons. Mosher hopes to keep her sons employed at home, to prevent them from getting involved with drinking and smoking. They are $700 behind on their mortgage, and Mosher is hoping Roosevelt can help them. She lists several prominent politicians and judges, who can vouch for her family’s good character, that Roosevelt can consult.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet Estournelles de Constant

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet Estournelles de Constant

President Roosevelt is dictating this letter to Baron Estournelles de Constant in the presence of Secretary of State Elihu Root, who appreciates the Baron’s allusion to him in his letter. Although Roosevelt likes what Andrew Carnegie said about himself, he appreciated what he said about Root even more. Roosevelt sends his regards to the Baroness and notes that he and Estournelles de Constant share the view that “national greatness rests on a healthy family life.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-27

Old Villard and young Villard

Old Villard and young Villard

Newspaper article on the “degeneration” of the Villard family. The article unfavorably compares the crimes of Henry Villard to the crimes of his son, Oswald Garrison Villard. Henry Villard stole from the public and Oswarld Garrison Villard stole his sister’s inheritance.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-05