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Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Dreamland Park and Rockaway Beach are on the market and the Parks and Playgrounds Association of the City of New York would like the city to purchase one of the properties. New York does not have a “seashore recreation park” and one is needed for the Convalescent Hospital and the Hospital for Bone Tuberculosis. Jacob A. Riis requests that Theodore Roosevelt join a citizens’ committee to investigate the potential sites.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-22

Creator(s)

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914

Letter from Presley Marion Rixey to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Presley Marion Rixey to Theodore Roosevelt

Presley Marion Rixey has just returned from the Naval Training station in Chicago and the tubercular hospital in Colorado, and thanks President Roosevelt for giving the old fort to the Navy for such a purpose. Rixey has planned a one day fox hunt for Roosevelt and his daughter Ethel Roosevelt and hopes Roosevelt will not say no. Rixey asks Roosevelt to intercede in the case of West Point Cadet William J. Nalle, who was suspended from West Point for hazing, but only to do “what you consistently can.” Rixey wishes he could accompany Roosevelt on his upcoming African Safari, but fears he would be a hindrance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-30

Creator(s)

Rixey, Presley Marion, 1852-1928

Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Jacob A. Riis to Theodore Roosevelt

Jacob A. Riis welcomes President Roosevelt home to New York, where his family has returned for the summer. Riis announces to Roosevelt that John D. Rockefeller’s challenge gift of $125,000, for the seaside hospital for children suffering from tuberculosis, has been matched. The news will not be announced publicly until the next day, and Riis wanted Roosevelt to know, in thanks for his early support of the effort.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-01

Creator(s)

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914