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Proclamation from Alphonso F. Davidson, Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, New Jersey, encouraging members to support the war effort. Enlisted members will be exempt from dues and assessments. Those who cannot enlist in the army should be active in the home service. All members should conserve food resources and should be discreet in conversation.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
1917-05-01
William Loeb writes Walter Franklin to say that President Roosevelt will not be able to attend the Matinecock Lodge Freemason meeting in Oyster Bay on December 19. Loeb also encloses $5 to cover annual dues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-15
Walter Franklin is writing to William Loeb to return President Roosevelt’s receipt for his lodge dues. Franklin also extends on behalf of the brethren of the Matinecock Lodge and individually the compliments of the season, a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-17
President Roosevelt owes dues to the National Institute of Art and Letters for the years 1899, 1900, and 1901.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-02
William Loeb informs Walter Franklin that President Roosevelt is unable to attend the meeting at the Matinecock Lodge No. 806. He encloses a check for Roosevelt’s annual dues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-12
William Loeb sends President Roosevelt’s 1908 dues to the National Institute of Arts and letters to Hamilton Wright Mabie. He informs Mabie that Roosevelt intends to give up membership in many organizations after he leaves the presidency, and resigns from the institute.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-11-14
President Roosevelt cannot remember becoming a member of the Camp Fire Club. William Loeb asks Edmund Seymour to send information regarding the recently-received call for the payment of dues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-29
President Roosevelt tells George W. Melville that he has received the certificate of membership in the Society for the Preservation of the Washington Statue Erected in Front of Independence Hall by the Public School Children of Philadelphia in 1869 and the Replacement Thereof With a Bronze Replica, and encloses the membership fee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-27
William Loeb informs Walter S. Wilson that Theodore Roosevelt is unable to accept membership in the New York Athletic Club. He receives so many invitations to join organizations that he cannot join any that require him to pay dues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-24
William Loeb informs Walter Franklin that Theodore Roosevelt will not be able to attend a meeting of the Matinecock Lodge. Loeb encloses a check for Roosevelt’s dues.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-12-14
William Loeb sends William Dutcher, Treasurer of the American Ornithologists’ Union, a check for $5 as payment for Ted Roosevelt’s membership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-18
William Loeb sends President Roosevelt’s lodge dues to Walter Franklin. Roosevelt regrets that he will not be able to attend the communication of December 23.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-12
Thomas Z. Lee encloses the receipt for President Roosevelt’s annual dues to the American-Irish Historical Society. The society hopes that Roosevelt will attend their annual meeting, which will be held in Washington in January.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-26
The Horticultural Society of New York invites the recipient to join the organization, and lists the dues and various levels at which people can join the club.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03
In an open letter to the members of the Camp Fire Club of America, William T. Hornaday suggests that the club’s membership has not donated enough time or money toward the preservation of wildlife in spite of the stated goals of the club. The club’s Committee on Game Protective Legislation and Preserves requires at least $2,000 a year from the club to operate effectively, which cannot be obtained by occasional donation drives. Hornaday has proposed a change in the club’s bylaws to increase membership dues in order to support the club’s conservation work, and asks that the recipient vote to ratify it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-01
The Greenways have settled into their new home in Ajo, Arizona, for the winter and would like Kermit and Belle Roosevelt to visit. John Campbell Greenway cannot attend the Boone and Crockett Club dinner but encloses a check for his entrance fee and dues. He regrets not being able to see the unveiling of the Theodore Roosevelt monument in Cuba.
1924-12-04
John Campbell Greenway has been elected as a regular member of the Boone and Crockett Club. Kermit Roosevelt will be sending, under separate cover, the club yearbook, and asks for Greenway’s preferred permanent address. In a postscript, Roosevelt asks what the chances are of Greenway being at the December dinner and notes his sister’s “competition.”
1924-11-28
President Roosevelt owes $5 in dues to the Matinecock Lodge.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-09
Dues for President Roosevelt’s membership in the National Institute of Arts and Letters are now payable.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-02