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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Ernest Harvier

President Roosevelt thanks Ernest Harvier for the editorial. Roosevelt explains, for Harvier’s information, what the situation was involving Maria Longworth Storer and Archbishops John M. Farley and John Ireland, saying that she began to interfere in the politics of the Catholic Church to such a degree that it appeared that Roosevelt was sanctioning the interference. The final dismissal of her husband, Bellamy Storer, from the ambassadorial service came, however, because they were not answering Roosevelt’s letters.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Francis C. Travers

President Roosevelt describes the pair of horses Francis C. Travers has just bought from the Roosevelts. He was pleased to be elected an honorary member of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York but probably will not be able to attend the dinner at Delmonico’s.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Collier Platt

Archbishop Corrigan mistakenly wrote President Roosevelt rather than Senator Platt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-15

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John T. Prout

Vice President Roosevelt thanks John T. Prout for the invitation to attend the dedication of two churches in his parish. Roosevelt wishes he could attend but it is impossible for him to agree to another event at this time.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-07

Letter from Bellamy Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Bellamy Storer writes to President Roosevelt asking him to consider the facts, which Storer has enclosed as a statement of points, regarding his dismissal from diplomatic service. The dismissal was based on the grounds that both Storer’s conduct, in his capacity as an American ambassador, and his wife Maria Longworth Storer’s conduct in Rome, blurred the lines of public office and personal opinion regarding the promotion of Archbishop John Ireland to Cardinal. Storer defends his actions, including full and partial correspondence between those chiefly involved, to prove that he was acting in his public capacity at the request of President Roosevelt, which Roosevelt now denies. Storer is aggrieved that he was dismissed before his letter of resignation could have reached Washington since he was on leave in Egypt at the time he received Roosevelt’s request for his resignation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-18

Letter from Maria Longworth Storer to William H. Taft

Maria Longworth Storer writes to Secretary of War Taft about the status of Archbishop John Ireland’s possible selection for cardinal. Storer had previously written to President Roosevelt about her concerns. She offered to carry a cable directly to Pope Pius X about the president’s good opinion of the archbishop. Her intentions are to bypass the prelates who are not in favor of the archbishop’s nomination. Two copies.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-27

Letter from Maria Longworth Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Maria Longworth Storer continues to advocate and seek support for the elevation of Archbishop John Ireland to the College of Cardinals. She offers to carry a cable directly to Pope Pius X about President Roosevelt’s good opinion of the Archbishop. Her intentions are to bypass the prelates who are not in favor of the Archbishop’s nomination.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1905-11-20

Letter from Maria Longworth Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Maria Longworth Storer has heard that Pope Pius X declined to promote Archbishop John Ireland to Cardinal after interference from Cardinal Raphael Merry del Val, who asserted that President Roosevelt had also advocated for the promotion of Archbishop John M. Farley. As Farley represents a “foreign and reactionary spirit,” Storer does not believe that Roosevelt would have asked for his advancement. If the assertions she heard are untrue, she asks Roosevelt to write the Pope to say so.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-20

Beyond resuscitation

The Tammany Tiger lies on its back on a bed, apparently dead. A notice on the wall states, “The Tammany Tiger Executed by the People, November 6, 1894.” Archbishop Michael Corrigan kneels at the bedside, cranking “Corrigan’s Battery” which is connected to the front paws of the Tiger by wires that spell “Church Influence.” Thomas Collier Platt stands at the foot of the bed, cranking on a battery labeled “Headquarters of the Republican ‘Boys'” which is connected to electrodes in the back paws of the Tiger by wires that spell “Political Deals.” A bucket of water and a sponge lie on the floor at the foot of the bed, and the New York State Capitol at Albany is in the background. Caption: Despite the efforts of prelate and politician the cat will not come back.

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-12-12

Letter from John Ireland to George B. Cortelyou

Archbishop Ireland is attempting to set up an appointment with President Roosevelt. While he will be available on Friday or Saturday, he has to take the midnight Thursday train back for the funeral of Archbishop Corrigan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-07

Letter from J. F. Corrigan to Theodore Roosevelt

J. F. Corrigan thanks President Roosevelt for the respect shown during the death of his brother, Archbishop Michael Corrigan of New York. Corrigan says that his brother Archbishop Corrigan spoke fondly of a meeting he had with Roosevelt in Washington.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-10

Letter from Eugene A. Philbin to Theodore Roosevelt

Eugene A. Philbin clarifies that the views he expressed last night concerning relations with the Vatican were his personal views and not those of Archbishop Corrigan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-03

Letter from Maria Longworth Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Maria Longworth Storer congratulates President Roosevelt on the New York elections. She suggests that the Catholic Church might be more successful in inserting morality into society and politics if there were more bishops like Archbishop Ireland. Storer derides Archbishop Corrigan for his involvement with Tammany Hall and believes it to be a “matter of shame to every Catholic.” She is thankful that Roosevelt is a “reformer first and a politician afterwards.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-08

Letter from John T. Prout to Theodore Roosevelt

John T. Prout invites Vice President Roosevelt to a celebration on September 29 at Rockland Lake near Congers, New York. They will be celebrating the opening of two new churches in the parish by Archbishop Corrigan. Roosevelt could lend his “moral influence” to the proceedings and speak at the reception.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-03

Letter from Maria Longworth Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Maria Longworth Storer advocates and is seeking support for the elevation of Archbishop John Ireland (1st and 3rd archbishop of St. Paul, MN) to the College of Cardinals and vigorously opposes the elevation of Archbishop Michael Corrigan (3rd archbishop of New York, 1885-1902) to the same position. Storer even claims that Corrigan gave private information to Spain during the Spanish-American War.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1899-08-04