Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert W. De Forest
Theodore Roosevelt writes a letter that introduces Father York and recommends Miss Travers for employment.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1911-05-24
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Theodore Roosevelt writes a letter that introduces Father York and recommends Miss Travers for employment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-24
Theodore Roosevelt introduces James Bronson Reynolds to Father John C. York, of Huntington, New York, on behalf of the daughter of Frank Travers, a leader in charitable work who has fallen on hard times. Roosevelt hopes that Reynolds might hire Miss Travers and thus aid the family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-24
President Roosevelt thanks Thomas M. Mulry for the nice letter, and writes briefly of how he came to know about the good work of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Roosevelt recently appointed the president of the Washington, D.C. society, William H. DeLacy, Judge of the Juvenile Court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-06-12
Louis U. Dolbeare, Acting District Secretary of the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities, was forwarded Frank Harper’s letter to Homer Folks concerning Mrs. Margaret Gloster and family. The Brooklyn Bureau of Charities was already aware of this family, and has already taken steps to help them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-21