American Civil War (1861-1865)

The negro

In a recent speech, Representative Humphreys suggested that some Southerners would be willing to accept a reduction of their representation in Congress in return for a repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Humphreys portrayed the amendment as an “incubus” that was sapping the South’s liberties. The article’s creator faults Humphreys for his ignorance and states that the Fifteenth Amendment will never be repealed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06

The pulpit on the negro

Sermon extracts from Rev. Dr. Dean R. Babbitt, Rev. Dr. David Gregg, and Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis regarding discrimination against African Americans in the south.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06

Letter from William Henry Dill Blake to Eugene F. Ware

Post Commander William Henry Dill Blake sends Eugene F. Ware, Commissioner of Pensions, a roster of the Grand Army of the Republic Post 212 of New Paltz, New York. Blake congratulates Ware on “restoring …the confidence of the soldiers of the Union Army” in his department.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-03

Letter from James McCormick Dalzell to Theodore Roosevelt

James McCormick Dalzell writes to President Roosevelt with a complaint against the Pension Office Commissioners regarding the pensions of Civil War veterans. Dalzell is angry and demands that the person responsible for wronging the veterans be fired.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-01

McKinley on the negro

Extract from a May 1889 speech by William McKinley advocating the defense of African American constitutional rights.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06

Memorandum of conversation with General Alexander McCook

General McCook’s recollections of the attack on Fort Stevens during the American Civil War.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-03

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Whitelaw Reid has been following the events of the Anthracite Coal Strike and is concerned that the strike’s length will hurt the Republican Party in the upcoming election.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-13

Letter from Carl Frederick Rosecrans to Theodore Roosevelt

Carl Frederick Rosecrans thanks President Roosevelt for attending a ceremony in honor of his father and allowing veterans employed by the government to have the day off work.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-19

Letter from Henry G. Thomas to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry G. Thomas asks President Roosevelt for a contribution to be deposited with other “articles which will be of interest to future generations” in the cornerstone of a soldier’s memorial currently under construction (Stowe, VT). The monument appears to honor soldiers from the American Civil War and Roosevelt is promised that any articles he deposits will not be read for many years to come.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-10

Letter from Edward Rosewater to George B. Cortelyou

Edward Rosewater encloses an editorial from the Omaha Bee which he would like submitted to President Roosevelt that includes some comments by former Confederate President Davis that they would bring the sword and torch to the cities of the North. Davis denied having said that. Rosewater believes that there is too much sympathy “in eulogies of the secession leaders and generals.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-05

President Roosevelt at Charleston

Newspaper article describing President Roosevelt’s enthusiastic reception in Charleston, South Carolina. It is suggested that the antagonisms of the Civil War have finally healed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-10

Letter from Henry G. Thomas to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry G. Thomas asks President Roosevelt for a contribution to be deposited with other “articles which will be of interest to future generations” in the cornerstone of a soldier’s memorial currently under construction (Stowe, Vermont). The monument will honor soldiers from the American Civil War, and Roosevelt is promised that any articles he deposits will not be read for many years to come.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-10

Letter from Albert Bushnell Hart to Theodore Roosevelt

Albert Bushnell Hart questions why American colonial policy is allowing slavery in the Sulu Islands. The arguments for continuing slavery are the same that were used in the United States before the American Civil War. Hart believes that public sentiment would support ending slavery in the Philippines and the Supreme Court will likely rule against any form of servitude.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-01-23

Telegram from William Allen White to Theodore Roosevelt

William Allen White requests more time to secure the appointment for Cyrus Leland. If the position goes to someone else, it will be viewed as a personal victory for Senator Joseph Ralph Burton and will increase partisan politics in Kansas. The many veterans of the state will also be angered if a Civil War veteran is not appointed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-13

Letter from A. Caperton Braxton to Thomas Lafayette Rosser

A. Caperton Braxton informs Thomas Lafayette Rosser that he is ready to meet their friend. Braxton hopes that they will be part of a great reform that will affect public sentiment in the North and heal the wounds inflicted during the Civil War.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-26

Letter from Charles B. Lore to Theodore Roosevelt

Chief Justice Lore recommends Caleb Churchman for the position of collector of the port at Wilmington, Delaware. Churchman served during the Civil War and his son, Clarke Churchman, was killed at El Caney during the Spanish-American War. The Churchman family have been strong supporters of the Republican Party and Churchman is well qualified for the position.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-25

Minister who married Roosevelt’s parents

If President Roosevelt visits Roswell, Georgia, the home of his mother’s family, he may be able to meet the minister that married his parents, Reverend James Bulloch Dunwody. Roosevelt’s parents, Martha Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt, were married in Roswell, Georgia, on December 18, 1853. Even though the marriage took place in Georgia, it was recorded in South Carolina, where the preacher’s parish was located.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10

Letter from Richard Harding Davis to Theodore Roosevelt

Richard Harding Davis supports President Roosevelt’s decision to host Booker T. Washington at the White House and describes the decision as an “act of every day civility.” The South does not realize that the Civil War is over and that the slave question has been decided.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-17

Letter from John Marshall Harlan to Theodore Roosevelt

Justice Harlan speaks highly of Colonel Hunt’s military service and character. He recommends that Hunt be maintained in his position or promoted.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-12

Mounted infantry

Hermann Speck von Sternburg reviews the uses, training, and equipment of mounted infantry.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-05