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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George von Lengerke Meyer

President Roosevelt informs Postmaster General Meyer that Senator Joseph Forney Johnston of Alabama has told him that service at Selma, Alabama, is very bad and the current postmaster, Mary Elizabeth Matthews Force, does not need the position any longer. Roosevelt directs Meyer to appoint David M. Scott as postmaster there, unless there is some reason not to do so that he is unaware of.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Theodore Atkins

President Roosevelt holds William Theodore Atkins in high regard because his son was a Rough Rider. Roosevelt tells Atkins he believes that Mary Elizabeth Matthews Force should be retained as postmaster of Selma, Alabama, and will take the matter up with Postmaster General George von Lengerke Meyer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Julia Marion Grayson to Theodore Roosevelt

Julia Marion Grayson, President of the Selma Congress of Mothers, writes to Theodore Roosevelt on behalf of her organization. She has heard that Roosevelt will visit the south and address the Child Labor Congress in Birmingham, Alabama, and invites him to visit Selma and address her organization as well. Doing so would hopefully provide the impetus for the creation of more mothers clubs in Alabama, as there are presently only three.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-02

Creator(s)

Grayson, Julia Marion Wauchope, 1869-1945