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Briggs, Otis P. (Otis Pray), 1856-1928

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Letter from Otis P. Briggs to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Otis P. Briggs to Theodore Roosevelt

Otis P. Briggs writes to Theodore Roosevelt concerning Minnesota’s efforts to create a compensation act in the state’s legislature after Roosevelt discussed the matter in his publication, The Outlook. Briggs details the efforts led by Governor John Albert Johnson before his death, and the proceedings of Minnesota’s Labor Commission, and discloses that the commission was not able to come to agreement before the session closed. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-17

Letter from Otis P. Briggs to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Otis P. Briggs to Theodore Roosevelt

Otis P. Briggs requests clarification on a point in Theodore Roosevelt’s article “Workmen’s Compensation,” published in The Outlook on May 13th, 1911. He inquires if Roosevelt was discussing a publication from the previous Minnesota Commissioner of Labor William E. McEwen, or the incoming Commissioner William F. Houk. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-27