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President Roosevelt writes to Owen Wister about Thomas Paine. Roosevelt says he should not have referred to Paine as an atheist as Paine admitted the existence of an unknown God, although he denied there was a Christian God. Roosevelt notes that Paine did not leave his bed for several weeks and so “a swine in a sty was physically clean by comparison.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-09-25
William Roscoe Thayer disagrees with President Roosevelt’s opinion that “doer” and “thinker” should be separated, with the concern that students will believe that “doing” without “thinking” is efficient. Thayer hopes the newspaper reports about Roosevelt’s son’s condition are inaccurate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-05
Theodore Roosevelt speculates in a letter to W. S. Budlong on whether Alexander Hamilton or George Washington had more influence on how federal papers were set up.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-16
Advertisement for a reprint publication of Theodore Roosevelt’s biography of Gouverneur Morris timed to coincide with the 1976 Bicentennial. The notice provides background on the decision to reissue the work and it notes that Roosevelt should be remembered as an important “man of letters” who published several works of history. An order form for the book accompanies the advertisement.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1978
Advertisement for a reprint publication of Theodore Roosevelt’s biography of Gouverneur Morris timed to coincide with the 1976 Bicentennial. The notice provides background on the decision to reissue the work and it notes that Roosevelt should be remembered as an important “man of letters” who published several works of history. An order form for the book accompanies the advertisement.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Advertisement for a reprint publication of Theodore Roosevelt’s biography of Gouverneur Morris timed to coincide with the 1976 Bicentennial. The notice provides background on the decision to reissue the work and it notes that Roosevelt should be remembered as an important “man of letters” who published several works of history. An order form for the book accompanies the advertisement.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1976
Advertisement for a reprint publication of Theodore Roosevelt’s biography of Gouverneur Morris timed to coincide with the 1976 Bicentennial. The notice provides background on the decision to reissue the work and it notes that Roosevelt should be remembered as an important “man of letters” who published several works of history. An order form for the book accompanies the advertisement.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1977
Advertisement for a reprint publication of Theodore Roosevelt’s biography of Gouverneur Morris timed to coincide with the 1976 Bicentennial. The notice provides background on the decision to reissue the work and it notes that Roosevelt should be remembered as an important “man of letters” who published several works of history. An order form for the book accompanies the advertisement.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1977
President Roosevelt opines on the theoretical philosophy of the government of United States, saying that it seeks to support individual liberty as much as possible without sacrificing larger society.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-01-04
Illustration shows the drafting of Article I, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Two men labeled “The Big Interests” and “Political Boss,” who has a “Legislator” in his back pocket, are peeking from behind a curtain labeled “The Intervening Years.” Caption: Present-Day Boss — They couldn’t have hit on a better way of electing senators if we’d been there to fix them.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-07-12
President Roosevelt’s speech commemorates the dedication of the State Capital Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, noting the state’s historic legacy in America.
1906-10-04