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Speer, Emory, 1848-1918

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Letter from Emory Speer to Theodore Roosevelt

Judge Speer provides historical justification for President Roosevelt’s actions in the Brownsville affair, involving the mass dishonorable discharge of African American soldiers, citing George Washington’s similar discharge of rowdy troops. Speer also mentions the Raid on Deerfield during Queen Anne’s War and the siege of Magdeburg during the Thirty Years’ War. Speer disagrees with Senator Tillman’s assessment that Roosevelt “lynched” the discharged soldiers, as did the editorial boards of several prominent Georgia newspapers.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-14

Letter from Emory Speer to Theodore Roosevelt

Emory Speer writes to President Roosevelt to congratulate him for the successful peace negotiations between Japan and Russia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-15

Letter from Emory Speer to Theodore Roosevelt

Emory Speer accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to dine at the White House.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-23

Letter from Emory Speer to Theodore Roosevelt

Emory Speer will be a lecturer at Yale University and will discuss historical figures who brought change to the government, including President Roosevelt. He plans on publishing his lectures and would like some resources from Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-04

Letter from Emory Speer to Theodore Roosevelt

Judge Speer encloses a copy of a legal opinion he has recently issued addressing the constitutionality of U.S. statutes against peonage. If the statutes already enacted are not upheld by the Supreme Court, Speer believes new legislation is necessary, because many more people are affected than he had previously thought.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-09

Letter from Emory Speer to Elihu Root

Emory Speer wishes to deliver an address praising President Roosevelt’s accomplishments at the Union League Club of Chicago’s banquet celebrating George Washington’s birthday. Speer asks whether it is an appropriate occasion to deliver such an address.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-21