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President Roosevelt would like Senator Burton to recommend a man from Kansas to be appointed as an army chaplain. Roosevelt would prefer if the appointee was a Baptist as the “army is very short of Baptists.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-16
Parker C. Palmer invites Theodore Roosevelt to address the First Baptist Church at Ossining, N. Y. during celebrations of 120 years of the church and 100 years of Sunday School.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-30
The secretary of Theodore Roosevelt regrets to inform James W. Robinson that Roosevelt is unable to fulfill his request due to the sheer amount of requests he receives on a daily basis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-29
Theodore Roosevelt respectfully declines an invitation proposed by John Marvin Dean of the First Baptist Church, San Jose, California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-01
Bourke Cockran is “violently attacking” Theodore Roosevelt, because Roosevelt is not standing up for the Catholics in the Philippines. Roosevelt believes that he is a good citizen who treats Catholics and Baptists equally.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-30
President Roosevelt suggests adding a Baptist chaplain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-01-18
Mrs. A. S. Buckman asks Theodore Roosevelt if he has a spare specimen to share with her from one of his African safaris for her son who is an Organist at a Baptist Church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-23
Joshua E. Wills encloses to Theodore Roosevelt a matter from Sabbath not Sunday to read and wishes him well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-23