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Captain Lynch follows up on a suggestion he made for one or two African Americans surgeons to receive appointments. Lynch submitted the names months ago. Lynch is sure Secretary of War William H. Taft would approve the appointments.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-12-09
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou forwards to William Loeb correspondence from Major Lynch regarding the appointment of a “colored contract surgeon” at an army post, and he asks Loeb to consider it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-09-19
John Roy Lynch asks George B. Cortelyou to consider creating a contract surgeon position for an African American doctor at one of the posts where African American troops are stationed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-22