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Robert J. Knox asks if Theodore Roosevelt will come speak at his Methodist Episcopalian church to help them raise funds.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-16
George H. Stone wonders if Theodore Roosevelt could attend a lecture series at the fourth largest Methodist Episcopal church in the country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-18
Business card of Rev. Manley S. Hard, First Assistant Corresponding Secretary of the Board of Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902
Charles B. Galloway discusses race relations in the south and the education of African Americans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-27
Theodore Roosevelt very much appreciates Reverend Kenney’s invitation to speak for the National Association of Local Preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Church of America, but would like to avoid making any speeches at this time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-25
Theodore Roosevelt cannot do as John W. Hamilton suggests. He wants to devote the fund to more immediate needs. Roosevelt also believes that the pacifist movement represents “a real weakening of popular fiber.” Roosevelt wants the U.S. to experience the “Peace of Righteousness.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-29
President Roosevelt thanks the Board of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church through Joseph B. Hingeley, secretary to that body. The Board has sent Roosevelt a personalized copy of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Roosevelt describes the church as promoting a “virile type of American citizenship.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-25
President Roosevelt asks William P. George to pass along his appreciation of the action of the New York Preachers’ Meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church to organization president Charles L. Mead. He wishes he could accept the invitation from George, but has had to turn down many other similar invitations, and could not accept this one without doing so for all the others as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07-02
President Roosevelt thanks the Southern Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for their efforts, and says they are hastening “the day when peace shall reign among the nations of the earth.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-30
President Roosevelt commends Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell, his character, and his work as Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-02-23
Charles H. Madole tells Theodore Roosevelt the Park Methodist Episcopal Church in Bloomfield, New Jersey is building a new $26,000 Sunday school building, which their Epworth League is fundraising for by holding a fair in November. He asks if Roosevelt would donate an autographed copy of his biography to help their efforts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-16
Christian F. Reisner invites Theodore Roosevelt to hear William Jennings Bryan speak at Grace Methodist Episcopal, believing that Roosevelt sympathizes with Bryan’s religious ideals despite their political rival.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-08-31
Reverend George C. Williams asks Theodore Roosevelt to visit the Laurel and Bethel Camp between August 11 and 28 and speak about his trip to Africa as it would help prepare individuals for missionary study.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-29
Silas McBee, editor of The Churchman, is sending Theodore Roosevelt an advance copy of his editorial concerning African Americans and the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-23
E. M. Glasgow wants to forestall efforts by large corporations to see that Roosevelt is defeated in the upcoming presidential election. He discusses recent copper mine closures in Montana by Amalgamated Copper Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-07
Ernest Frederick Augustave Bittner requests financial help from Vice President Roosevelt for his church. The church is in debt and only has twenty-two members to support the pastor and his family. He offers to name the church the Roosevelt Methodist Episcopal Church of Las Animas, Colorado.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-08-29