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President Roosevelt writes his son Kermit to discuss his views on the work of Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray. He also talks about a poem by Philip Roosevelt and a visit from cousin Emlen Roosevelt, Christine, Frank Lowell, and his wife. Roosevelt closes by saying he had dinner with Ambassador Jusserand and Justice Moody.
1908-02-23
President Roosevelt tells William Barker that John Bunyan is a great favorite of his. Roosevelt will be glad to accept the volume Barker offers to present to him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-17
President Roosevelt thanks Reverend Samuel McChord Crothers for the letter, and asks him if he would be available to join the Roosevelts for dinner sometime soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-15
Samuel McChord Crothers appreciated President Roosevelt’s message to Congress about continued progress and reform in the face of economic depression. He believes it was the message the country needed to be heartened to continue forward and compares the situation to John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-14
Reverend Doctor Schick expresses gratitude for the gift of a rare wooden vase. The vase is made with wood taken from John Bunyan’s cottage in Elstow.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-05
Speech given by Henry Cabot Lodge, the grandson of Theodore Roosevelt’s close friend of the same name, at the dedication of the Richards-Theodore Roosevelt Room at Boston University. The speech mostly addresses aspects of Roosevelt’s character while examining his time at Harvard, his role in the 1900 presidential campaign, and the attempt on his life in 1912. The title for the speech is taken from John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1978