Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909) to Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01464 Author/Creator: Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909) Place Written: Washington Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 December 1870 Pagination: 4 p. 21 x 13 cm Order a Copy
Thanks him for an invitation to the celebration for the emancipation of Rome by Italian forces. In 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War, Napoleon III withdrew his troops from Rome. Italian troops moved into the city, and Rome voted for union with Italy in October 1870. Howard was commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau from 1865 until 1872. Signed as Brigadier General and Commissioner of Freedmen.
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