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Theodore Roosevelt did not write his true feelings about F. Maurice Newton’s father, Richard Heber Newton, because he did not want people to think he was exaggerating.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-02-18
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Reverend Grant for the letter and shares his memories of Richard Heber Newton, former pastor of All Souls’ Church in New York City. Newton died on December 19, 1914.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-22
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Reverend Percy Stickney Grant. Grant had asked Roosevelt to speak during the memorial service of Richard Heber Newton in an earlier letter. In this letter, Roosevelt declines the invitation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-08
Theodore Roosevelt sends his deepest sympathy for the death of F. Maurice Newton’s father. He also just recently learned that Newton’s mother had passed away the previous winter. Roosevelt would like to see Newton at the earliest convenience.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-12-22
Theodore Roosevelt asks Thomas W. Onderdonk if he could wait a few weeks to meet until the “present well-nigh intolerable rush” is done.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-19
“Newton, Abbott, Briggs, Savage, [and] Adler,” and one man holding a flag that states “Think or be Damned” stand behind a machine gun labeled “History, Archaeology, Evolution, Enlightenment, [and] Geology.” They stand among boxes of ammunition labeled “Scientific Facts, Historical Facts, [and] Rational Religion.” They take aim at a group of clergy on the drawbridge of a castle. The clergymen are labeled “Medieval Dogmatism” and are armed with halberds and a banner that states “Believe or be Damned.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1899-07-19