Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of War Root and American authorities in Cuba to assist Vasilii Vereshchagin, a Russian painter, on his trip to Cuba. Vereshchagin wants to paint a picture of the San Juan charge of the Rough Riders. Roosevelt wants Vereshchagin to see the lay of the battlefield so that the painting will have historic value.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-02-22