Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-03-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-09-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-01-14

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929

President Roosevelt thanks Bishop Charles Henry Brent for sending the book. Roosevelt enjoyed entertaining Brent at Sagamore Hill, and although Roosevelt is glad Brent will be in the Philippines, he will miss seeing him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-03

President Roosevelt is sorry to find out that Bishop Brent had to have surgery, and asks when he will be well enough for Roosevelt to see him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

Theodore Roosevelt will read Charles Henry Brent’s book The Sixth Sense with interest. He wants to see Brent and believes in him “with all my heart and soul.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-16

President Roosevelt informs Bishop Brent that he feels it is very undesirable to appoint someone to the position of surgeon general who is close to retirement. For that reason, he does not think he can appoint John Van Rensslaer Hoff. If Roosevelt bent the rules in this regard for Hoff, there would be several other people who would deserve the position first. The army would then have several different surgeon generals serving and retiring in quick succession.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-04

President Roosevelt thanks Bishop Brent for the letter, and says that he believes that if someone like Brent, who is able to look at problems both with the zeal of a missionary and the practical judgement of a reformer, had been working with him in Washington, D.C., a great deal would have gotten done to improve the slums and poorer districts. Roosevelt admired Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee, but feels that he was not the type of person who would be necessary for such a job.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-29

Telegram from President Roosevelt to Bishop Brent reads, “Greatly pleased.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-07

President Roosevelt informs Charles Henry Brent, Episcopal bishop of the Philippines, that he will send his letter to Secretary of State Elihu Root, and has “already moved in the matter.” 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-05

President Roosevelt thanks Charles Henry Brent, bishop of the Philippines, for his letter and will discuss the matter with Secretary of State Elihu Root and forward the letter for comment to Secretary of War William H. Taft. He feels an evaluation of opium traffic may prove good.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-28

President Roosevelt regretfully declines Bishop Brent’s request for him to write an article. He could not do so without having to write many similar articles for different magazines, and he does not have time. The few articles he has written for magazines have been at his leisure, and with Congress in session, his hands are too full. Roosevelt would also like to address the subject that Brent asked him to write about in a speech where it could reach a broader audience.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-09

President Roosevelt praises Bishop Charles Henry Brent’s “admiration of what is honest and upright in the English system,” while acknowledging the negative aspects of that system and avoiding those aspects in regard to the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-04

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929

President Roosevelt thanks Bishop Brent for his letter and his work in the Philippines. The president believes he would have fewer troubles about the Philippines if more Americans like Brent would go there. Roosevelt would like to see Brent when he is in Washington, D.C.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-10

President Roosevelt will read Bishop Brent’s report carefully and hopes something will come out of their conversation about Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-19

Lawrence F. Abbott, on behalf of The Outlook, tells Episcopal Bishop of Manila Charles Henry Brent that he has had the requested tennis trophy made for The Columbia Club in Manila, and it has already been shipped. Abbott includes the inscription engraved on the trophy and encloses a picture of it. He would like Brent to write an article for The Outlook describing the purpose and achievements of the bishop’s work in Manila, including the athletic contests for which this trophy and others will be used.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-17