Letter from Lebbeus R. Wilfley to Theodore Roosevelt
Judge Wilfley was surprised that a portion of a decision that he rendered has been portrayed as being anti-Catholic. He explains that the portion which people have objected to was quoted from William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, which was written at a time when there was significant hostility towards Catholics in England. If the statements were taken out of context, as they have been, it could seem that he was hostile towards Catholic clergymen.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-02-28
