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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Michael Walsh

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Michael Walsh

President Roosevelt tells Catholic newspaper publisher Michael Walsh that his main point of contention in the recent incident regarding B. Storer and Maria Longworth Storer was the damage done to Archbishop John Ireland. Roosevelt notes that he does not regret anything he stated in the private letters that were recently published. The letter is marked “Private” and Roosevelt scrawls “Not for publication” at the top.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Mrs. Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Mrs. Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Mrs. Whitelaw Reid was surprised by the enclosed letter from Teresa Stoughton Richardson that President Roosevelt has sent her, stating she has never heard such a story before.  Reid updates Roosevelt on the health of both her father, Darius Odgen Mills, and husband, Whitelaw Reid, Ambassador to Great Britian, and looks forward to seeing him when she leaves for Great Britian on The Philadelphia on March 2nd.  

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-20

Creator(s)

Reid, Mrs. Whitelaw, 1857-1931

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

In a letter to Elihu Root (and possibly intended for a wider audience), President Roosevelt gives his perspective of his conflict with the recently-recalled Austrian Ambassador Bellamy Storer. Embedded within the letter are reproductions of private letters between President Roosevelt, members of his administration, and Storer. The letters detail the saga of the Storers’s push for Archbishop Ireland to become Cardinal and the fracturing of their friendship with the Roosevelts.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Ireland

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Ireland

President Roosevelt tells Archbishop Ireland that he has not heard from either Ambassador Bellamy Storer or his wife Maria in the two and a half months since he wrote them regarding their indiscretions. In addition to their original actions, Roosevelt feels that it is unacceptable for an Ambassador not to acknowledge communications from the President; it is further unacceptable for the Storers to have written to other parties about the matter before they communicated with him. He will not allow the Storers to go to Spain as special ambassadors, and believes that he will have to remove Bellamy from his post as Ambassador.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Maria Longworth Storer

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Maria Longworth Storer

President Roosevelt rebukes Maria Longworth Storer for her repeated attempts at “ecclesiastical intrigue” while trying to get Archbishop John Ireland made Cardinal. Roosevelt has repeatedly told Storer and her husband, Ambassador Bellamy Storer, that both they and he cannot officially get involved in matters regarding the Catholic Church. However, the Storers seem to have ignored these directives and continued to improperly write letters on Ireland’s behalf and to improperly quote portions of Roosevelt’s letters about the matter. If such actions do not stop, Roosevelt will have to remove Bellamy from his position as Ambassador. He asks Maria to return his letters on the subject.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-12-11

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919