Letter from Henry Lee Higginson to Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Lee Higginson beseeches President Roosevelt to send federal troops to Telluride, Colorado. Bulkeley Wells, manager of the Smuggler-Union Mines, alerted Higginson of the boycott strikes in which armed union miners threatened and murdered non-union miners. Higginson asks that Roosevelt meet with Rodolphe Luis Agassiz, son of Alexander Agassiz, regarding the matter.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-11-19