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Letter from Edward Livingston Trudeau to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Edward Livingston Trudeau to Theodore Roosevelt

Edward Livingston Trudeau thanks Theodore Roosevelt the article Roosevelt wrote, The search for truth in a reverent spirit, which has made a deep impression on him. The article is looks for things of the spirit, which Trudeau says cannot be overestimated in this age of material. Trudeau and Roosevelt met once when both receiving degrees at Columbia University.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12

Creator(s)

Trudeau, Edward Livingston, 1848-1915

Letter to Frank Harper

Letter to Frank Harper

An unknown author informs Frank Harper that Hans P. Freece, an anti-Mormon activist, wishes to speak with Theodore Roosevelt about Mormonism. The author describes Freece’s past work with an Anti-Mormon Society and his experiences in England with Mormon missionaries.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-11

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from William. E. Mantius to William Loeb

Letter from William. E. Mantius to William Loeb

William E. Mantius thanks William Loeb for congratulating him on his recent transfer to Paris, although he wishes they would have left him in New York. Since he arrived he has been hustling and although President Roosevelt gave him a personal letter to Ambassador Robert Sanderson McCormick, he may as well “have delivered that letter to the man in the moon” due to the lack of “American intelligence energy and courtesy” he has received at Avenue Kléber. He describes United States insurance companies as having a “bad reputation” and also offers his opinion on the Separation Act.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-18

Creator(s)

Mantius, William E., 1847-1914

Collection of translated French and Italian newspaper excerpts

Collection of translated French and Italian newspaper excerpts

This document contains translated excerpts from eleven French and one Italian newspapers commenting on President Roosevelt’s letter to the French poet, Frédéric Mistral, and Roosevelt’s published speech, “The Strenuous Life.” The excerpts compare the different situations of the “young” United States establishing their own traditions, while “old” France is breaking down their traditions. Roosevelt is also compared to President Emile Loubet of France. The translated articles range in date from January 31, 1905, to February 9, 1905, and were compiled on February 13, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-13

Creator(s)

Unknown

Getting into the light

Getting into the light

Four men in a basket labeled “The Church” of a hot-air balloon labeled “Religion without Superstition” throw out sandbags labeled “No Museum, Blue Laws, Bigotry, [and] No Sunday Recreations” that are used for ballast, enabling them to soar higher, above dark clouds labeled “Ignorance” and “Superstition.” Caption: The more rubbish they throw out, the higher they can go.

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-07-17

Superstition has always ruled the world

Superstition has always ruled the world

A wizard holds the strings to a wooden jumping toy shaped like a globe with a head, arms and legs. He is surrounded by vignettes with captions: “An early fake,” “The Millerites, waiting for the world to ‘come to an end,'” “The ‘Materializing’ fraud,” “The ‘Get Rich Quick’ delusion,” “The Dowieite’s short-cut to Heaven,” “The superstition of modern drug worship,” and “The profitable ‘Religion’ of Christian Science.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1901-04-10

Creator(s)

Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937

The old story

The old story

A monkey wearing a plumed hat labeled “European Powers” and a cat wearing clerical robes labeled “Missionary” sit in front of a fireplace. The cat is reaching a paw toward the flames and a chestnut labeled “China.”

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Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1900-07-04