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Booker T. Washington asks President Roosevelt not to give too much attention to an accompanying letter from Joseph O. Thompson about Washington being a delegate to the Hague Conference and assures President Roosevelt of his allegiance.
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1904-10-11
Eugene F. Ware writes William Loeb concerning matters in Alabama. Ware inquires whether he is to be guided by the advice of Joseph Oswalt Thompson and Charles H. Scott. He notes that Scott is a businessman from New York and wonders if that qualifies him to be “one of the Referees for Alabama.”
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1904-08-22
Federal referees in Alabama are protesting the nomination of Leander J. Bryan for U.S. Marshal, in part to damage the prestige of Judge Thomas Goode Jones, who currently has the favor of the national administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-16
The Presidential Office Staff records a note reminding someone to ask William Frye Tebbetts, Collector of Customs at the Alabama port, what he meant by the letter and telegram he sent to Joseph O. Thompson.
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1905-02-27
Booker T. Washington tells William Loeb about district conventions in Alabama, where Joseph O. Thompson and Charles H. Scott have been endorsed. Washington feels that Scott is opposed to Frank H. Hitchcock, and may be antagonistic to Secretary of War William H. Taft’s candidacy.
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1908-02-24
Booker T. Washington has heard that it may be reported to President Roosevelt and Secretary of War William H. Taft that Tuskegee Postmaster J. O. Thompson is not loyal, but Washington assures them that there is no more loyal man. He will explain further when he sees Roosevelt in person.
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1907-12-24
William F. Aldrich writes to President Roosevelt to protest against the candidacy of J. O. Thompson as state chairman of the Republican Party and relating the actions of the “Lily-Whites.”
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1904-04-04
Booker T. Washington states he hopes Theodore Roosevelt will confirm what he told Washington at the White House regarding Joseph O. Thompson’s appointment to chairman. Washington states Thompson is a man of the people whereas the other candidates are not and it will place him and Thompson in an awkward position if Roosevelt changes his mind.
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1904-03-29
Joseph C. Manning recommends William F. Aldrich over Joseph O. Thompson for Alabama State Republican chairmanship.
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1904-03-17
Addison Wimbs, an African American Republican leader in Greensboro, Alabama, suggests that President Roosevelt “hold up on the Smith matter” at the Opelika, Alabama, post office. Wimbs assures Roosevelt that Alabama will send a Roosevelt delegation to the Republican National Convention.
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1903-12-19
Judge Jones writes to President Roosevelt regarding editorials published by the Birmingham Times claiming that the federal officials Roosevelt appointed on Jones’ recommendation do not represent the Republican Party and take their orders from Jones. One appointee, Joseph Oswald Thompson, believes the editorials are undermining his influence.
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1903-10-22
Collector Thompson had a conference with President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, New York, regarding the political situation in Alabama. Roosevelt is considering a southern trip to dispel some rumors regarding his attitude towards the South. The author is upset that Roosevelt had given the impression that he would not appoint African Americans to office in the South, but has acted other wise.
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1903-09-26
James Sullivan Clarkson requests that President Roosevelt meet with Revenue Collector Thompson and Captain Charles H. Scott as they can provide good advice relating to Republican support in Alabama in the upcoming election. Clarkson informs Roosevelt that these men wish to support Roosevelt and not those who tried to set up the “Lily White Republican Party” in Alabama.
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1903-09-17
Booker T. Washington withdraws his recommendation of W. Frank Russell for appointment as postmaster of Tuskegee, Alabama, for unnamed reasons. Washington now recommends John S. Webb, as does Joseph O. Thompson, the current postmaster.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-11-05
Booker T. Washington recommends W. Frank Russell for appointment as postmaster of Tuskegee, Alabama, if Postmaster Thompson is appointed as Alabama’s Internal Revenue Collector.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-07