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Letter from John A. Sleicher to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from John A. Sleicher to Theodore Roosevelt

John A. Sleicher is grateful for President Roosevelt’s message to his daughter, and he discusses the possibility of Frank Wayland Higgins being nominated for Governor. Sleicher notes that Chinese laborers are being used for the construction of the Panama Canal, and he suggests the possibility that Filipinos might be used instead.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-28