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Martin V. Calvin sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of The Tradesman, published in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with an article on corn production in the cotton states. Calvin highlights the lower yield per acre and challenges in managing share-tenants who are African American, in the cotton states, compared to Eastern and Western states.
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1911-09-12
“The Chief Executive thinks Senator Pritchard went too far in excluding qualified negro voters from the State Convention – he may give out a statement regarding the matter which will shock Blackburn and others who are declaring for the old order of things – Mr. Roosevelt shakes hands with 200 Asheville people.”
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1902-11-20
Newspaper article quoting Senator Money on his objection to quarantines. Money also takes issue with President Roosevelt for calling Confederate soldiers anarchists, and for the president’s support of African Americans, concluding that Roosevelt, “hates the South and Southern people.”
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1905-11-09
President Roosevelt and Frank P. Sargent on stage in front of an audience.
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1902-11-13
Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary responds to D. S. Hale’s letter to The Outlook and and a clipping he sent from the Chattanooga News.
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1912-09-18
John F. Hall shares with Theodore Roosevelt the bill of complaint and argument of the Chicago-Cincinnati-Chattanooga case along with his thoughts and questions on the matter.
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1911-10-21
Archibald Gracie is working on his history of the Battle of Chickamauga, and hopes that Theodore Roosevelt may still have some pictures that he previously sent him that he hopes to use for illustrations in it. Gracie writes about his process of writing and his hopes for his book, and encloses a draft chapter. He is traveling north soon, and hopes he might be able to visit Roosevelt.
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1911-06-27
Attorney General Moody writes to President Roosevelt regarding a Chattanooga lynching case that secret service agents are investigating. Moody discusses whether Federal laws or state courts’ powers take precedence in the case.
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1906-04-24
President Roosevelt briefly addresses the crowd that gathered at Knoxville, Tennessee, despite the heavy rain. He praises Tennessee as the home of many American leaders, including officers in the Revolutionary War and American Civil War. He celebrates the increase of industry, railroads, and mining in East Tennessee but extols more the virtues of citizenship and value of worthy labor, referencing Civil War veterans and early settlers as examples.
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1902-09-08
President Roosevelt reminds the crowd in Asheville, North Carolina, of the state’s connection to American history. He mentions his recent visits to the battlegrounds at Chickamauga and Chattanooga and says no citizen can visit them without becoming a better American. He discusses his multi-state journey, saying it is a good thing for a president to travel so he can see that sectional and class differences are trivial. He notes how military arms and tactics may change but the necessary spirit of the good soldier remains the same; so too may laws and constitutions change, but Americans must always possess the qualities of good citizens: honesty, courage, and common sense. He concludes by reminding the crowd that all Americans are part of the government.
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1902-09-09
At the request of Senator Jeter Connelly Pritchard, President Roosevelt stops at Marshall, North Carolina, and addresses the gathered people, whom he says he is even more pleased to see than the beautiful countryside. He tells them he is coming from a convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and that he has always liked railroad workers since their qualities are those of a good citizen. He closes by noting the positive impact to a president of visiting different parts of the country, as it shows that “a good American is a good American wherever he is.”
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1902-09-09
President Roosevelt addresses the crowd that has gathered at Morristown, Tennessee. He expresses gratitude that he has been able to visit East Tennessee as president, especially the Civil War battlegrounds of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and Lookout Mountain. He says anyone who visits these sites and reflects on the post-war lives of the Civil War veterans should come away a better American citizen and reminds his audience that the greatest Union naval commander, Admiral David Farragut, came from Tennessee. Roosevelt concludes by noting that Americans’ great deeds reflect positively on other Americans just as a deed “of a shameful character makes all of us hang our heads a little.”
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1902-09-08
Theodore Roosevelt will not give a full speech because he did not know they would stop at Ooltewah Junction, Tennessee. He is in the area to attend a convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Roosevelt took pleasure at seeing the Civil War battlefields in the Chattanooga area. He takes pride in the valor shown during that conflict.
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1902-09-08
President Roosevelt gives the crowd gathered at the Chattanooga Court House a few remarks despite being behind schedule. He reminds them that Tennesseans have collectively served sixteen years as president (referring to Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson). Though “there were differences as to Andrew Jackson’s policies,” Roosevelt especially praises “Old Hickory” as a man of character, “rugged honesty,” and “absolute fearlessness.”
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1902-09-08
At the opening session of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen convention, President Roosevelt praises railroad workers as possessing the necessary qualities of soldiers, including obedience, initiative, and the rugged, manly virtues that Roosevelt feels are threatened by modern luxuries. He argues that organized labor is wonderful, but only if it encourages individual improvement while working for the group, and he feels that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen have historically exemplified this virtue. Roosevelt warns that the prosperity of modern progress also gives rise to new challenges. He insists that, just as certain soldierly qualities remain constant despite changes in arms or military tactics, laws and constitutions may change but the need for good citizens of honesty, courage, and common sense will always be necessary. Having just visited the Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefields, Roosevelt also praises the unified American spirit shared by men and women across the country, including immigrants.
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1902-09-08
President Roosevelt thanks those assembled at the executive session of the convention but says he will reserve most of his remarks for the open session. He notes that when he was governor of New York, he had to deal with a lot of professional and trade associations, but he only felt he was truly able to meet the requests of the railroad workers as they had a natural common sense. Roosevelt expresses his great satisfaction with his appointment of former Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen head Frank P. Sargent to the position of Commissioner General of Immigration.
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1902-09-08
President Roosevelt expresses his pleasure at getting to see the regular troops, some of whom served under him and others he served with in Cuba. He gives special praise to the Tennessee state cavalry that escorted him in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He particularly is pleased to hear of their recent ten-day march, feeling that the best training is in field conditions not in the barracks or on the parade ground.
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1902-09-07
President Roosevelt thanks the crowd for coming, but says he will not be giving a speech as he is just on his way to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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1902-09-06
President Roosevelt says he will not make a speech at this time, but he assures the crowd that he will be coming back to Ohio in a few weeks. He says he is on his way to a convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Chattanooga, Tennessee, adding that he has always had a special fondness for railroad workers. He thanks the crowd for coming, especially the parents carrying small children—reminding him of his own—and men who wear a button showing they are Union veterans of the American Civil War.
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1902-09-06
President Roosevelt thanks everyone who came to see him, especially the veterans of the American Civil War. He says he will not give a long speech because he is going to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee, adding that he is fond of railroad workers and enjoys attending their meetings.
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1902-09-06