Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Margaret Busbee Shipp
President Roosevelt was pleased to help the widow of a comrade-in-arms.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-13
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Shipp, William E. (William Ewen), 1861-1898
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Margaret Busbee Shipp
President Roosevelt is glad to hear of the monument to William Shipp, who was killed during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt is also touched that Margaret Shipp’s boy named his “best guinea pig” after the President.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-31
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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Silas McBee
President Roosevelt looks forward to receiving the paper and mentions that he breakfasted with Lieutenant Shipp the day he was killed (during the Spanish-American War).
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-29