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Letter from Charles Henry Brent to Lyman Abbott

Letter from Charles Henry Brent to Lyman Abbott

Charles Henry Brent, Episcopalian Bishop of the Philippine Islands, writes to Reverend Lyman Abbott due to Abbott’s interest in helping him ensure “clean, manly sport” for the young American men living in Manila, Philippines, who are members of Brent’s “Columbia Club.” Brent explains that in his “tilt against betting in high places,” he prefers to give the winners a trophy rather than prizes. Brent hopes that The Outlook, of which Abbott is the editor, might willing to provide the trophy for tennis.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-12

Creator(s)

Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929

“All down! Set ’em up again!”

“All down! Set ’em up again!”

Alton B. Parker is thrown into the air as “Roosevelt’s letter” bowling ball scatters a number of bowling pins: “dodge,” “bunco,” “guess,” “guff,” “calamity,” “scuttle,” “protection a robbery,” “common law control of monopolies,” “reckless extravagance,” and “irrevocably established.” David B. Hill watches from behind.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-13

Creator(s)

Triggs, Floyd W. (Floyd Wilding), -1919

Jay Gould’s private bowling alley

Jay Gould’s private bowling alley

Print shows Jay Gould bowling on Wall Street using bowling balls labeled “Private Press, General Unscrupulousness, False Reports, [and] Trickery” to knock down pins labeled “Banker, Small Operator, Speculator, Stock Dabbler, Broker, Inexperienced Investor, Capitalist, [and] Curb Stone Broker.” At the right is a slate showing Gould’s holdings in various railroads, “Western Union, Missouri Pacific, Manhattan ‘L’, Wabash, New York Metr. ‘L’, [and] Wabash Preferred” totaling “53,000,000.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-03-29

Creator(s)

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937