Letter from Benjamin Franklin Stevens to Theodore Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin Stevens tells Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt that he does not know the date Nicholas Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s seventh cousin thrice-removed, died. While researching for Britain’s Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Stevens had discovered papers and letters among those of British officers who had served in America during the Revolution. Stevens offers copies of letters relating to a property disputes between Nicholas Roosevelt’s family and that of his brother-in-law and executor, John Thurman. One house in question once belonged to Nicholas Roosevelt, and it survived the Revolutionary War destruction that befell New York City.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1897-10-16