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President Roosevelt wishes he could attend the bicentennial of the Church of St. Andrews. In his absence he sends well-wishes to Rector Charles S. Burch.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-05
William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin thanks President Roosevelt for his $100 check for the lectern that will be presented at Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, on October 5, 1907, through Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee. Goodwin expresses his regrets that Roosevelt cannot attend and asks if he would inscribe a letter explaining the gift of the lectern to be displayed at the church. Goodwin is also sending Roosevelt a copy of his illustrated History of the Church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-31
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-12
Copy of a letter in which Theodore Roosevelt tells his sister Anna about being turned out of Sunday School for being a Presbyterian. He states that Corinne Roosevelt is going out a lot and reports on his social activities at Harvard. This copy was written in an unknown hand.
1880-01-18
Theodore Roosevelt writes from Harvard to his mother to request his hat. He reports that he is doing well in his classes, and complains about having his Sunday School class taken from him. He says he will go to Chestnut Hill to see the girls, referring to his future wife Alice Hathaway Lee.
1879-01-11
Bellamy Storer has been advocating for Archbishop Ireland to be made a cardinal. However, people will not differentiate between what Storer says as an American Catholic and what he says as an American Ambassador. As such, while Storer is in the United States service he can take no part in these religious matters. President Roosevelt admires Archbishop Ireland but, as President, he can not interfere with the advancement of any man in any church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-27
President Roosevelt appreciates Bishop Tuttle’s kind note and asks if he might make it public.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-27
President Roosevelt tells Senator Hopkins of a recent meeting he had with Episcopal Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee, Reverend Randolph H. McKim, and Reverend Aaron Baker Clark, wherein they all said they were satisfied with the situation and would report such to the authorities of the Episcopal Church. Roosevelt asks Hopkins to pass this news along to Reverend John H. Hopkins.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-03-29
President Roosevelt describes to Lyman Abbott a recent meeting with Episcopal bishops and clergy, including two African Americans. The two men were received without incident, and Roosevelt finds it odd that he could have these men in the White House without a problem but inspires controversy for dining with Booker T. Washington or appointing an African American in the South. While President, Roosevelt does not recall ever scolding the South, but he feels it would be worse to “let them think that they were blameless.” He also notes that Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland is campaigning “largely on the race issue,” even distributing a campaign button depicting Roosevelt dining with Washington. Gorman has also denounced Roosevelt as “against the business interests,” which leads Roosevelt to believe that the Rockefellers back Gorman as they do mayoral candidate George B. McClellan in New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-29
Samuel H. Bishop earnestly pleads for Theodore Roosevelt to use his influence for the American Church Institute for Negroes. The Institute has six schools that need ecclesiastical resources to fund them. Bishop asks Roosevelt to speak at a mass meeting on November 12.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-01
T. E. Byrnes reports that members of the Episcopal Church of New York will be holding a dinner for the Archbishop of Canterbury and would like to invite President Roosevelt to join them.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-17
In “Best Wishes From Oyster Bay,” twenty-six friends, colleagues, and fellow historians offer their thoughts on the life and work of John A. Gable, the Executive Director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) and the founder and editor of the Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Some of the themes that recur are Gable’s support and mentoring of historians and biographers in the early stages of their careers, his encyclopedic knowledge of Theodore Roosevelt, and his promotion of membership in the TRA. The authors also note his unsentimental critique of their work and his fostering a truce between the feuding Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York factions of the Roosevelt family. Two of the contributors, William N. Tilchin and Gregory A. Wynn, share some of their correspondence with Gable to demonstrate these themes, and almost all of the contributors highlight Gable’s generosity with his time and talents.
The piece includes a table of contents on its first page and it concludes with brief biographies of each of the authors. Twenty-three photographs populate the text, including twenty of Gable.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
2005
A letter will be written to Henry Yates Satterlee, Episcopal bishop in Washington, D.C., to represent President Theodore Roosevelt in the presentation of a lectern on October 5.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09
Silas McBee editorializes on several topics, including the idea that upcoming Jamestown Exposition is not only a time for antiquarian interest in the past but a foundation for a wider vision that will allow the Church to continue growing in the United States and adapting so it can achieve that growth, and the importance of the construction of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and the need for its art and architecture to reflect the lives of its people. In the “Chronicle and Comment,” McBee discusses President Roosevelt’s statements about railroad regulation and the recent financial instability; as well as a recent charge, which McBee terms “preposterous,” that Roosevelt would make or withhold a nomination because of a financial gift from Edward Henry Harriman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-13
Bishop Brown, the Episcopal Bishop of Arkansas, recently gave a speech that condoned lynching. Brown’s views are not representative of the Episcopal Church or Arkansas.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-03-05
Theodore Roosevelt requests Martha Bulloch Roosevelt send personal items (silk hat and rubbers). Roosevelt relates he is working and socializing “a good deal.” He also expresses dismay about being asked to resign from the Sunday school class he had for three years because he declined to join the Episcopal Church.
1880-01-11
Bishop Potter invites President Roosevelt to deliver opening remarks at the Missionary Ecumenical Council, as President McKinley had done. He also sends congratulations on Ted Roosevelt’s recovery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-15
Henry Edward Pellew expresses his sympathy and affection after President Roosevelt succeeded to the presidency. Pellew is traveling to an Episcopal convention in San Francisco, California, and hopes to join the delegates in praying for Roosevelt’s guidance and safety.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-19