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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 to my dear editor

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04652 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Place Written: Oyster Bay, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 July 1888 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 15.7 cm, Width: 14.9 cm Order a Copy

Writes to an unidentified editor to clarify his statements about faith in an article. On the whole he prefers "Methodism to any other creed" because of its insistence on discipline and because of the lives lived by its adherents.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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