Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Ford Rhodes
Subject(s): African Americans--Suffrage, Race relations, Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877), Southern States, Speeches, addresses, etc.
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President Roosevelt is glad James Ford Rhodes liked his speech, but while he agrees with Rhodes that the Reconstruction scheme based on “universal negro suffrage” was folly, he reminds Rhodes that the “initial folly was with the southern people themselves,” bringing Africans into the country and enslaving them. Roosevelt discusses the bitterness felt by southerners as well as northerners in the wake of the war and Reconstruction.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-02-20
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Ford Rhodes. [February 20, 1905]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o191148. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Ford Rhodes. [20 Feb. 1905]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o191148.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1905, February 20]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Ford Rhodes.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o191148.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 12, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
