Ireland, John, 1838-1918

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-03-01

Creator(s)

Ireland, John, 1838-1918

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Archbishop Ireland says that he will have to congratulate President Roosevelt after the election, but offers congratulations in the meantime on the “assured future.” He believes George B. Cortelyou deserves high praise for the way he has run Roosevelt’s campaign. Ireland encloses a letter and documents he received from Archbishop J. J. Harty of Manilla, and asks Roosevelt to look at them after election day so that they can discuss them when Ireland visits him later in the month.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-01

Archbishop Ireland suggests that John Watson Foster lead the mission to the Vatican to discuss Filipino matters. At the end of January, Ireland plans to take up the “Storer matter” with Senator Foraker. The Archbishop is pleased that the citizens of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota approve of President Roosevelt’s leadership.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-02

Archbishop Ireland praises President Roosevelt’s speech at Georgetown College.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-15

Archbishop Ireland asks George B. Cortelyou to give the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-1903

Archbishop Ireland writes to President Roosevelt’s secretary saying he just arrived and asks if Saturday would work.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-20

Archbishop Ireland asks to visit with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-18

Archbishop Ireland writes to President Roosevelt thanking him for the invitation to visit the White House. However, he decided not to visit “to avoid newspaper misrepresentation of [his] purpose for going there.” He discussed his visit to the Vatican where he talked about “the situation of the church in the Philippines.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-15

John Ireland writes to President Roosevelt about the misunderstanding between Roosevelt and the Bellamy Storers. Ireland states that the President will “have no trouble hence forth” from Maria Longworth Storer. He hopes that Bellamy Storer will continue to serve in his ambassadorial position in Vienna. He also advocates for the Storers to be selected as the United States official representatives at the wedding of Alfonso XII of Spain.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-19

Archbishop Ireland telegrams President Roosevelt to let him know that Charles J. Bonaparte’s nomination is going well.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-01

Archbishop Ireland forwards to William Loeb a copy of a letter from Governor of the Philippines Luke E. Wright, which he remarks “sets the position of the administration of the Islands in a most favorable light.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-03

Archbishop Ireland thanks William Loeb for telling him that Mrs. O’Donoghue has been employed in the Patent Office and for sending him letters about affairs in the Philippines.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-29

Archbishop Ireland writes to President Roosevelt to let him know that he received his letter. Ireland informs Roosevelt when he will be in Washington, D.C., and requests that William Loeb write him to let him know which day Roosevelt wants to meet with him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-06-16

Archbishop Ireland writes to President Roosevelt about the political process of completing the contract for the Friars’ land settlement in the Philippines. Ireland states that the only positive report of the process, besides his own, has come from the Apostolic Delegate Giovanni Guidi. The Friars and bishops are conveying contradictory, or negative information to the Vatican’s Secretary of State. Ireland requests that Governor Taft write to the Vatican and discuss how the effort is proceeding to support what the Apostolic Delegate and the Archbishop have reported.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-31

Archbishop Ireland writes to President Roosevelt about the lack of discretion shown by Associate Justice John Thomas McDonough of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Ireland indicates that he had warned the Judge to take care not to say anything that would reflect badly on the Roosevelt administration. Ireland asks that the Judge’s replacement be someone of the Catholic faith. Ireland also praises the selection of George B. Cortelyou as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-23

Archbishop John Ireland congratulates President Roosevelt about the success of the negotiations with the Vatican over the purchase of the Friar’s land in the Philippines. Ireland provides evaluations of several politicians both in Minnesota and at the national level.

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Creation Date

1903-12-23

John Ireland writes of his recent meeting with Monsignor Denis J. O’Connell, who told the Pope “the words you were so kind as to say to him. The results . . . were most favorable.” However, when Loeb denied that O’Connell had been sent by the President, O’Connell was concerned that the Vatican reaction might be to disvalue the O’Connell’s interview. Ireland suggests that President Roosevelt invite O’Connell for lunch as a sign of Roosevelt’s high regard for the prelate. By doing so, the President’s message that O’Connell presented would not be questioned.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-24

John Ireland thanks President Roosevelt for sending him a letter from Civil Governor of the Philippines, Luke E. Wright. Ireland discusses possible replacement of Associate Justice John Thomas McDonough of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-28

Archbishop Ireland requests that President Roosevelt meet with Colonel Edwards regarding the appointment of Catholic teachers in the Philippines. Ireland received a letter from Judge McDonough that explained matters satisfactorily and McDonough promised to be more careful.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-16

John Ireland, archbishop of St. Paul, praises President Roosevelt’s courtesy in sending a sympathy message to the College of Cardinals on the death of Pope Leo XIII, noting that it will incline the Vatican to respond positively to future requests from him. Ireland recently talked with Archbishop Quigley, who reported that many Catholics in Buffalo support Roosevelt. Ireland discourages the President from accepting an invitation from the Federation of Catholic Societies, which is controlled by bishops and monks who are stirring up sympathy for Catholics in the Philippines. Ireland hopes for a “great landslide” of Catholics to the Republican Party next year.

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