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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Yates Satterlee

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Yates Satterlee

President Roosevelt invites Bishop Satterlee and his wife, Jane Lawrence Satterlee, to dine at the White House to meet the Bishop of London, Arthur F. Winnington Ingram. Roosevelt also informs the bishop about his plans to attend early Sunday services. If the president does attend the early services, he can say a word of greeting to the Bishop of London, but it would not be a speech and would only be “two minutes’ greeting.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-18

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Yates Satterlee

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Yates Satterlee

President Roosevelt recommends that the Right Reverend Yates not attend a particular service during the political campaign. Recently, Roosevelt’s minister preached a sermon on peace, and Democratic newspapers misconstrued the sermon as an attack on the President. Roosevelt believes that they would be likely to use the same tactic again. Roosevelt will confine himself to his own ordinary church services until after the election when “our opponents return to the ordinary customs of morality and decency.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919