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James A. Edgar writes a form letter, announcing an upcoming meeting of the Progressive Party and highlighting the party’s importance and platform on various issues including women’s suffrage and capital punishment.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1915-08-18
James Alexander Edgar invites the Middlesex County Progressive committeemen and their friends to a meeting on Saturday, September 11. Edgar provides details of the Progressive Party’s decision to endorse candidates from other political parties that share progressive ideals. He also refers to the Republican Party “robbing” Theodore Roosevelt of the presidential nomination in 1912.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1915