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In a letter to the editor, Edward P. Moses states that the Senate Committee of Education will hear Senator John Houk’s bill providing for the collection, transcription, publication, and distribution of materials relating to Tennessee history on the following Monday. He discusses how many books on history were possible because of manuscript collections.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-23
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary thanks Edward P. Moses for his kindness in sending to Roosevelt the clipping and the copy of Senator John Houk’s bill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-01
President Roosevelt would like Senator Platt to correspond further with John Houk in order to gather further information on the situation. Mr. Clarkson will meet with Platt for further discussion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-05
John Allison has been receiving treatment for an abscess in his ear, but is beginning to do better. He praises Theodore Roosevelt’s open letter to Chairman Clapp. Allison looks forward to seeing Roosevelt when he travels to Tennessee in the near future, and suggests State Senator John Houk as a candidate to introduce Roosevelt at Knoxville, Tennessee, noting that he “has been a ‘wheelhorse’ for Roosevelt in Tennessee.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-09-05
J. H. Graves encloses a letter from U.S. District Judge Charles D. Clark concerning the alleged intention of U.S. Marshal Richard W. Austin to run for Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-01-21
John Houk believes that the business and finance community will oppose President Roosevelt. However, even against this opposition, Houk expects Roosevelt to be nominated and elected.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06
The Roosevelt administration will be supporting the Houk following in Tennessee against the Brownlow-Austin following. John Houk appears to be winning the contest, and James Sullivan Clarkson has sent instruction not to form a faction but to attempt to unify the Republican Party in Tennessee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-11