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Beckham, John Crepps Wickliffe, 1869-1940

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt suggests that Secretary of State Hay write to Kentucky Governor John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham suggesting that Inspector General Noel Gaines is “obviously of unsound mind,” and should not be in a military position. Roosevelt writes that Gaines’s statement “reads like the utterance of a lunatic Fifth Monarchy man in the days of the Cromwellian Commonwealth.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Basil Wilson Duke to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Basil Wilson Duke to Theodore Roosevelt

Basil Wilson Duke endorses Morris Belknap as Kentucky gubernatorial candidate. Duke speculates that the result of the election will be a Republican victory, as the Democrats are divided, discontent, and have engaged in fraud. He also concludes that the Republican party is fractured, especially the African Americans whom he thinks will not vote in the polls.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-28

Creator(s)

Duke, Basil Wilson, 1837-1916