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1917-05-01
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Fleming, William H. (William Henry), 1856-1944
2025-02-13
President Roosevelt thinks highly of William H. Fleming and thanks him for the addresses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-23
President Roosevelt thanks William H. Fleming for writing to him and agrees with the sentiments expressed in Fleming’s previous letter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-18
President Roosevelt encloses a letter to William H. Fleming that he has sent to Senator Benjamin F. Howell. Roosevelt asks Fleming if he can come to Washington before he has to meet with Congress.
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1906-11-05
President Roosevelt agrees with Representative Fleming about rape and lynching and invites him to visit.
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1906-10-14
President Roosevelt sends William H. Fleming several letters from Lyman Abbott. He is disheartened by the Atlanta tragedy’s effect upon what Fleming is “so patriotically and disinterestedly fighting.”
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1906-09-25
President Roosevelt looks forward to Representative Fleming’s article “on the subject of rape and mob law” and plans to share it with Lyman Abbott.
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1906-10-03
President Roosevelt thanks William H. Fleming for the letter, and informs him that he took the liberty of forwarding it to Secretary of War William H. Taft so that they may discuss the matter. Regarding Fleming’s suggestion, Roosevelt is anxious to do something to help, but is more concerned with not doing anything that may hurt the matter. He discusses the issues surrounding the enforcement of laws and voting rights, with African Americans being prevented from voting, but still contributing to population numbers when determining the number of representatives those states get. Roosevelt does not feel that he can force changes, and has determined that his best course of action is to uphold men of the south who are acting correctly. He muses about inviting several men to Washington, D.C., to discuss the best course of action.
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1906-08-20
President Roosevelt likes William H. Fleming’s response to Judge Alexander L. Miller’s attack on Fleming’s recent speech on race. Roosevelt was surprised that Fleming received criticism from Miller, noting that he would have expected it only from men like Governor James Kimble Vardaman of Mississippi. Roosevelt has received letters from Judges Horace H. Lurton and Thomas Goode Jones, who both strongly support Fleming’s position.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-11
President Roosevelt praises a recent speech given by former United States Representative William H. Fleming.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-18
From the extracts he has seen, President Roosevelt believes that Representative Fleming addressed the “race question” well, and asks to get a copy of Fleming’s address.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-09
President Roosevelt responds to allegations that diminished his role in the Battle of San Juan Hill. For clarification, Roosevelt offers Fleming a copy of The Rough Riders and cites accounts written by other officers on the scene.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-18