Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George Otto Trevelyan
President Roosevelt is looking forward to reading George Otto Trevelyan’s next book. He is familiar with King’s Mountain, a battle Trevelyan has written about, and admires the way he wrote about it. He is also impressed with Trevelyan’s writing about Benedict Arnold, and compares his Rough Riders to fighters in the American Revolution. Roosevelt says he will refrain from writing Trevelyan about his troubles, but notes that it is difficult to “keep together men who are equally bent on reform and resolute not to go into anything vindictive or visionary.” In a handwritten postscript, he says that this morning he shook hands with 6,000 people, before going riding with his children and their cousins.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-01
