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Robert Willson requests Theodore Roosevelt tell him if Roosevelt might attend the Supreme Council of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction meeting in Saratoga the next year.
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1911-09-15
G. W. Baird informs William Loeb that he has papers supposedly pertaining to William McKinley’s assassination. A Roman Catholic woman presented the papers to the Grand Master of the Freemasons in Washington, D.C., claiming that the Romans had assisted in assassinating McKinley. Baird has kept the matter confidential, but has not found anything one way or the other. He says he will do whatever President Roosevelt wants with the papers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-09-14
By-laws and history of Federal Lodge, No. 1, the Masonic Lodge in Washington, D.C.
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1901
Vice President Roosevelt writes to his sister regarding the scheduling of various meetings and luncheons, including with Mrs. Fred Jones, “John,” “Cleve,” and Mrs. Dodge.
1901-04-13
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Clinton G. Carty for the invitation to the Masonic temple cornerstone ceremony. However, he has a previous engagement.
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1911-05-18
President Roosevelt informs Eugene Ambrose Philbin that he would like to meet with Philbin and Monsignor Kennedy next week. Roosevelt also discusses his speech to the Masons and Masonry in the Philippines.
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1902-11-28
Theodore Roosevelt tells Brother Brown the name of his Lodge and the number of years he has been a Mason.
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1912-05-06
Theodore Roosevelt tells A. J. Shelley-Thompson he is pleased to accept honorary membership into the Lodge of Universal Masons.
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1911-10-13
Theodore Roosevelt corrects the rumor that Horatio C. King heard that he was about to join the Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction, as he does not have the time. He thanks King for the information about his organization.
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1911-06-19
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could do as Frank A. Hosmer requests, but he cannot add any more to his schedule at present. He sends his best wishes to his brother Masons.
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1911-06-08
Theodore Roosevelt informs H. P. Stevens that he does not have time to proceed further with masonry.
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1911-02-28
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could accept Wayne M. Musgrave’s invitation but he cannot accept any other engagements.
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1911-02-27
Theodore Roosevelt is too busy and must regretfully decline W. L. Swan’s invitation to attend the dedication of the Masonic Temple.
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1911-01-11
Theodore Roosevelt invites Thomas E. Watson to Oyster Bay, New York, to discuss their shared Georgian ancestry and view some heirlooms Roosevelt has collected. Roosevelt defends the “countless good Americans who are Catholic” and supports the legality and legitimacy of marriages between people of different religious creeds. He denounces any “general assault on Catholics.”
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1915-03-16
President Roosevelt thanks Richard H. Woods for sending him a masonic charm. Even though he is not entitled to wear it as a Blue Lodge Mason, Roosevelt will treasure the charm as a token of Woods’s kindness.
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1909-01-08
President Roosevelt would like to send copies of his writing to Edward E. Burgee’s children as a way of saying thanks for their help when Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s stirrup leather broke. Roosevelt was pleased to learn that Burgee was a brother Mason.
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1908-02-26
President Roosevelt is pleased to open the Masonic Fair in Washington, D.C., and wishes it good luck.
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1907-04-15
President Roosevelt apologizes to John T. Saulter that he was unable to attend the communication of Saulter’s lodge in Indianapolis, Indiana, but appreciates the courtesy of the Freemasons at that lodge.
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1905-01-06
President Roosevelt thanks the Freemasons of Matinecock Lodge in Oyster Bay, New York, for their congratulations through Walter Franklin, the secretary of the lodge.
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1904-11-11
President Roosevelt regrets that he will be unable to attend the annual visitation of the Grand Lodge to Federal Lodge, No. 1 on April 12.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-05