Lawrence, William, 1850-1941

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-01-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Lawrence, William, 1850-1941

Language

English

President Roosevelt assures William Lawrence that the gathering of couples on Tuesday is not a lunch party. If Lawrence and his wife do not want to attend on Tuesday, then Roosevelt would like to have lunch alone with him the Saturday prior, as he needs to see him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt will consider Mr. Bush, and would like to more about him. He asks if Bishop Lawrence and his wife will lunch with him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-25

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt appreciates William Lawrence’s letter and hopes to dine with Lawrence and his wife in Washington, D.C., this winter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could accept the invitation to address the Episcopalian Club next fall, but it is impossible for him to do so. He nevertheless appreciated receiving the invitation, especially given Bishop William Lawrence’s endorsement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt will be passing the letter from Professor Thomas Augustus Jaggar to Secretary of Navy Truman Handy Newberry. Roosevelt looks forward to seeing Bishop Lawrence and Julia Cunningham Lawrence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-20

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt regrets that he will not be able to attend the meeting of the Religious Education Association on February 12, 1909, which William Lawrence invited him to, as he will be in Kentucky rather than Illinois. Roosevelt responds to several questions Lawrence asked him in the personal letter he wrote, and asks Lawrence in turn if he and his wife would be able to visit the White House on February 4 or 5.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt will always keep Bishop Lawrence’s letter, because he wants his children to see it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Although his wife, Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, will not be able to see Bishop William Lawrence on her way to Groton, President Roosevelt would like to come by Lawrence’s home if he will allow it. Roosevelt asks if Lawrence remembers his critique of Harvard University President Charles William Eliot, who has recently endorsed Representative Samuel W. McCall. McCall, like Richard Olney, is attempting to embarrass the administration without regard to the welfare of the nation, Roosevelt says.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt asks Bishop Lawrence whether he has any knowledge of the troubles facing Reverend James Henry Duckrey’s church, and suggests he may visit it himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt personally thanks Bishop Lawrence and is pleased to say that his son Kermit wanted to be confirmed at Groton this year because of his own respect for Lawrence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Bishop Lawrence for the telegram, which he appreciates.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Episcopal Bishop Lawrence that Secretary of War William H. Taft will be visiting Judge Francis C. Lowell on Tuedsay, and that as Roosevelt would like to speak to Taft about the Philippines with Lawrence in attendance, he has invited him to come out early to breakfast at Lawrence’s house. He hopes Lawrence will tell Lowell to bring Taft with him to breakfast.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt approves of Bishop Lawrence’s schedule for his time at Harvard University but mentions that Lawrence left out dinner at the Somerset Club on Wednesday evening. Roosevelt would rather just spend time with Lawrence Tuesday morning and was wondering if Lawrence would consider inviting Dr. Samuel McChord Crothers, Francis C. Lowell, and Robert Grant to breakfast with the two of them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt wonders if Bishop Lawrence can invite Massachusetts Governor William Lewis Douglas and Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild to breakfast with when he visits Lawrence’s home. If Douglas objects, Roosevelt will have to take breakfast with him at the Algonquin Club, but that is not Roosevelt’s preference.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt agrees with Bishop Lawrence’s plan. Roosevelt wonders if Kermit Roosevelt can be put at the house or in the dormitory, since Kermit would like to hear him speak at Memorial Hall. If that is not possible, Kermit can go to a hotel or stay with one of his aunts in Boston.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt will speak at Memorial Hall as William Lawrence requests and asks if he could go to the Harvard Union on Tuesday. He finds it a pleasure to visit Lawrence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt looks forward to spending the night at Bishop Lawrence’s house, and says that Lawrence can sign his name to “the appeal in question.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-31

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt invites Bishop Lawrence and his wife, Julia Cunningham Lawrence, to the Diplomatic Dinner on January 19 and hopes the bishop will be able to take lunch with him on another day as well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-22

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt thanks Bishop Lawrence for his note.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-05-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919