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Lyman Abbott affirms his support for Christianity and the work of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. However, he believes that the hostility between the friars and Filipinos is impossible to overcome. He sees no advantage for the church retaining the friars in the Philippines.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-10
Lyman Abbott reviews his interview with Archbishop Ireland concerning the friar and land controversy in the Philippines. Ireland hopes to use money from the land sales for religious and educational work in the Philippines. He would like the friars retained in the Philippines under the authority of the American Catholic Church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-10
Lyman Abbott would like to meet with Governor-General Taft for guidance on the Philippines situation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-24
Lyman Abbott encourages President Roosevelt to allow Emilio Aguinaldo, a leader of the Filipino independence movement, to write a letter to the American government concerning his cause in the Philippines. Abbott warns against giving the impression that Roosevelt was unwilling to hear Aguinaldo’s case.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-21
Lyman Abbott would be pleased to meet with William H. Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-26
Lyman Abbott believes that Emilio Aguinaldo should be allowed to visit the United States to present his views on the Philippines, or at least encouraged to present his views in writing to the Roosevelt administration. Original and typewritten copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-11
Lyman Abbott supports negotiations with the Vatican and the friars to make a deal for the purchase of the friars’ lands in the Philippines by the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-11
Lyman Abbott thanks President Roosevelt for meeting with him and expresses a renewed faith in the leadership of the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-11-16
Lyman Abbott expresses his sympathy at the death of President McKinley.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-14
Lyman Abbott thanks Vice President Roosevelt for a speech which will be published with President McKinley’s Pan-American speech. He thinks that these two speeches printed together will show the country that, if necessary, the policies of the McKinley administration will be maintained under Roosevelt. Abbott’s confidence in Roosevelt makes him less apprehensive of the future.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-07
Lyman Abbott is departing for vacation but presumes the Taft article will be published in The Outlook soon. Abbott read in the newspaper about the illness within the Roosevelt family and hopes it is not serious.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-05
