Letter from Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt would normally send a card on Mary Phillips Riis’s behalf to Hector Munro Ferguson or Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram, but both are busy with the troops. Roosevelt asks that when Riis visits she tell him in advance so he can be sure to see her. He has not heard of the man she mentions, thinks the incident with silk petticoats she mentions is “very pathetic,” and wishes there were something more practical he could do about unemployment.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-01-22
