Letter from William Miles Hazzard to Elihu Root
Subject(s): African Americans--Politics and government, African Americans--Suffrage, Local officials and employees--Selection and appointment, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, South Carolina, Southern States
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William Miles Hazzard provides his opinions regarding solutions to the “negro problem” and party politics in South Carolina and other southern states. He believes that southern states could be carried for the Republican Party if they could “conceive some plan to eliminate the negro from politics.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-02-13
Creator(s)
Hazzard, William Miles, 1835-1904
Recipient
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
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 William Miles Hazzard to Elihu Root. [February 13, 1903]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40440. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Hazzard, William Miles, 1835-1904. Letter from William Miles Hazzard to Elihu Root. [13 Feb. 1903]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 14, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40440.
APA:
Hazzard, William Miles, 1835-1904., [1903, February 13]. Letter from William Miles Hazzard to Elihu Root.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40440.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
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. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 14, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
