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President Roosevelt says that is has been a privilege to work with Booker T. Washington for the past seven years. Washington has done good work not only for African Americans but for the entire country.
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1908-11-04
President Roosevelt provides a letter of introduction for Harry Johnston, an English administrator who held many positions in Africa and is “the kind of advisor and friend who is sorely needed by the colored race.” Roosevelt is glad that he will see the Tuskegee Institute.
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1908-10-26
President Roosevelt is encouraged by Booker T. Washington’s letter. Roosevelt also mentions that he is “exceedingly interested” in having a “colored” YMCA building in Washington, D.C.
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1908-10-22
President Roosevelt remarks to Booker T. Washington that it is a pity disgraced West Point cadet James M. Haralson did not take after his father.
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1908-08-12
President Roosevelt regrets to tell Booker T. Washington that he must dismiss Midshipman James M. Haralson from the Naval Academy in light of his use of foul language against his superior without provocation.
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1908-07-28
President Roosevelt thanks Booker T. Washington for the note about Secretary of State Elihu Root, and was so pleased by it that he has sent it to him.
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1908-06-19
President Roosevelt is pleased with Charles William Anderson speaking at the Tuskegee Institute. Roosevelt also informs Booker T. Washington that Congress handed down the appropriation for the Naturalization Bureau. As a result, the Department of Justice recommended the dismissal of Samuel L. Williams, but Roosevelt refused to allow it.
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1908-06-07
President Roosevelt received Booker T. Washington’s letter and was delighted with the article.
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1908-04-30
President Roosevelt suggests that Booker T. Washington have Bishop Isaiah B. Scott bring the three gentlemen to see him when they come. However, due to the current state of Liberia, he does not think it is wise to give any official prominence to their visit.
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1908-04-14
President Roosevelt encloses communication between himself and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte regarding the Nashville and Chattanooga Railway for Booker T. Washington. Roosevelt has largely adopted the changes that Washington suggested, with a few exceptions. Roosevelt also notes that now all of the men he and Washington discussed when he first became President have been placed in office. He thanks and congratulates Washington on behalf of the people for recommending men of such high character. He hopes to see Washington on April 7 or 8.
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1908-04-02
President Roosevelt is pleased to tell Booker T. Washington that he was able to appoint Samuel L. Williams as Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago. Roosevelt wants to talk to Washington or Isaiah B. Scott about some matters connected to Liberia.
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1908-03-27
President Roosevelt considers Booker T. Washington’s letter to be important and will meet with Tuskegee Postmaster Joseph O. Thompson soon.
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1907-12-30
President Roosevelt looks forward to reading Booker T. Washington’s address to white students.
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1907-07-26
President Roosevelt asks Tuskegee Institute Principle Booker T. Washington for his opinion of Charles A. Cottrill. Though Roosevelt would like to appoint Tyler, he may not be able to.
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1907-02-16
President Roosevelt asks Booker T. Washington for “the names of one or two first-class colored men” to appoint to office in Ohio.
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1906-12-25
President Roosevelt wishes to act regarding African-American soldiers Booker T. Washington previously wrote to him about. Roosevelt wishes to act upon facts from the investigation rather than privately from Washington himself.
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1906-11-05
President Roosevelt thanks Booker T. Washington for the article from the Tribune and tells Washington he had no authority to send troops to Atlanta to aid during the riots.
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1906-10-08
President Roosevelt was impressed by what Booker T. Washington tells him about the Cox family of Indianola, Mississippi, and comments that it is “one of the most astounding things in our recent history,” and is “infamously and shamefully discreditable to the mob of Indianola.” In a handwritten postscript, Roosevelt mentions that the consulship in the Congo Free State has already been filled by promotion.
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1906-06-21
President Roosevelt informs Booker T. Washington that he no longer wants to have anything to do with Timothy Thomas Fortune of the New York Age. He encloses an editorial by Fortune about a speech given at the Tuskegee Institute.
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1905-11-10
President Roosevelt has crossed out the sentence in his message that Booker T. Washington objected to. However, it was a sentence that Washington had initially added in the draft he sent Roosevelt. He asks Washington to clarify whether he should use the term “black” or “colored people” in his speech.
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1905-10-16