Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt

Subject(s): African Americans--Suffrage, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Presidents--Quotations

Joseph Bucklin Bishop thinks that President Roosevelt will find President Lincoln’s utterances on “negro suffrage” to be interesting. He believes that Roosevelt’s enemies are doing him more service than his friends.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-02-15

Creator(s)

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Period

U.S. President – 1st Term (September 1901-February 1905)

Repository

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Page Count

1

Production Method

Handwritten

Record Type

Image

Resource Type

Letter

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 Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt. [February 15, 1903]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40451. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.

MLA:

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928. Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt. [15 Feb. 1903]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40451.

APA:

Bishop, Joseph Bucklin, 1847-1928., [1903, February 15]. Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o40451.

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. March 5, 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.