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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Sidney Rossiter

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Sidney Rossiter

President Roosevelt has received the tables of census data from William Sidney Rossiter, which he thinks are “rather melancholy.” He believes they suggest that by the middle of the century, the population of the “civilized races” will have stopped increasing. However, he notes that it is possible that by then the country will have been “aroused to the moral side of the matter,” and that trend will have changed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Milliken Parker

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Milliken Parker

President Roosevelt responds to a letter from his friend John Milliken Parker. Roosevelt remarks on Parker’s “hysterical tone” suggesting that “increase of rape” and the “relations of the races” has anything to do with Roosevelt’s friendship with Booker T. Washington. Roosevelt does not believe he needs to speak to the press as Parker suggests and gives many examples when he expounded his beliefs on the matter of race relations. 

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-03

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919