Letter from Rachel Sherman Thorndike to Theodore Roosevelt
Rachel Sherman Thorndike writes to President Roosevelt apologizing for the insensitivity of her brother Thomas Ewing Sherman’s “march” through the South with the 12th U.S. Cavalry to survey the land. Thorndike indicates that her family “has been out of the public eye” for quite some time and it never occurred to them that her brother’s trip would resurrect poor feelings surrounding her father and Sherman’s March to the Sea.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-05-02