Letter from John E. Ballaine to Theodore Roosevelt
John E. Ballaine has established a new town on Resurrection Bay with the goal of opening the Alaskan interior to settlement and development. The town has been named Seward after William H. Seward who, as Secretary of State, negotiated the purchase of Alaska in 1867. The Post Office Department is preventing the post office from being named after Seward as there are already two post offices in Alaska with that name. Ballaine requests President Roosevelt’s help with the matter. In a handwritten note to Assistant Postmaster General Bristow, Roosevelt agrees with Ballaine’s “patriotic sentiments.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-10-10