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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Graham Brooks

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Graham Brooks

President Roosevelt outlines and refutes the falsehoods in Alfred Holt Stone’s Studies in the American Race Problem. He tells John Graham Brooks that he judges a work’s reliability by seeing what it says about a subject he is familiar with, and then deciding if he can trust it on things that he does not know as much about. He explains that Stone is spreading falsehoods about the so-called “referee” system in the Southern states, especially Mississippi. Roosevelt points out that the practice was common with presidents before him, and that it is necessary in areas where the Republican party does not have a strong enough presence to provide good appointees to positions. He also discusses his handling of the case of African American postmistress Minnie M. Geddings Cox, who was forced by an angry mob to resign her position and leave town.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-13

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Ford Rhodes

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Ford Rhodes

President Roosevelt quotes a significant section from the Biloxi Daily Herald, a Democratic paper, that discusses Roosevelt’s treatment of the South in a letter to James Ford Rhodes. Although Southerners are more likely to look at Roosevelt’s harmful deeds in the South than the good ones, the clipping suggests Roosevelt has been unfairly criticized by those who know little about him and briefly discusses how the president has benefited Mississippi.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry S. Pritchett

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry S. Pritchett

President Roosevelt quotes an article from the Biloxi Daily Herald, a Democratic paper that discusses Roosevelt’s treatment of the South, in a letter to Henry S. Pritchett. Although Southerners are more likely to look at Roosevelt’s harmful deeds in the South than the good ones, the clipping suggests Roosevelt has been unfairly criticized by those who know little about him and briefly discusses how the president has benefited Mississippi.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Silas McBee

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Silas McBee

President Roosevelt includes a section from the Biloxi Daily Herald, a Democratic paper, that discusses Roosevelt’s treatment of the South in a letter to Silas McBee. Although Southerners are more likely to look at Roosevelt’s harmful deeds in the South than the good ones, the clipping suggests Roosevelt has been unfairly criticized by those who know little about him and briefly discusses how the president has benefited Mississippi.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt thanks Dr. Abbott for making clear his point of view. As is often the case when people share a common end while differing over the means, their differences seem to be in terminology more than substance. Roosevelt agrees with Abbott’s policy and is responding to revelations of peonage in Mississippi, working through a district attorney and marshal who are “decent democrats.” Roosevelt has no idea how the election results will turn out, and though he believes he and his principles will triumph, he would not be ungrateful to the American public if he were to lose.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-08

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Booker T. Washington is glad that President Roosevelt likes the editorial, and is sending it to Lyman Abbott of The Outlook, and asking that he use it as soon as possible. Washington was surprised to find, while investigating the subject of lynchings, that there have been fewer lynchings during Roosevelt’s time as president “than for any similar period since 1885.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-17

Creator(s)

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Letter from Eugene F. Ware to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Eugene F. Ware to Theodore Roosevelt

Commissioner of Pensions Ware informs President Roosevelt of the removal of Mr. Todd from the board of Jackson, Mississippi, which was done at the suggestion of U.S. Marshal Edgar S. Wilson. Lonnie B. Moseley is planning to speak with Roosevelt about this change. Moseley wants Frederick W. Collins to be a referee instead of Wilson, and Ware notes that Moseley “may use the Todd business as a vehicle of appeal.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-25

Creator(s)

Ware, Eugene F., 1841-1911

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Booker T. Washington requests that nothing be done by President Roosevelt that will disturb the present authority of Edgar S. Wilson. If it is thought best that anyone share Wilson’s authority, Washington asks that Wilson be consulted as he is “brave, prudent and thoroughly loyal.” Washington warns against giving encouragement to James Hill, as he feels the “corrupt” politician will undo Southern politics.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-01-23

Creator(s)

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Letter from Frederick W. Collins and Lonnie B. Moseley to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Frederick W. Collins and Lonnie B. Moseley to Theodore Roosevelt

Frederick W. Collins and Lonnie B. Moseley inform President Roosevelt that they believe M. A. Montgomery, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, is considering aligning himself with a corrupt faction of the Republican Party that is against Roosevelt. Collins and Moseley assure Roosevelt that they are in control of the situation and that he has their complete devotion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-07-10

Creator(s)

Collins, Frederick W.; Moseley, Lonnie B. (Lonnie Bondurant), 1852-1917

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Booker T. Washington to Theodore Roosevelt

Booker T. Washington asks President Roosevelt to defer appointment of Judge Roulhac as district attorney until Washington confers with James Sullivan Clarkson. He has a resolution that he will suggest to Clarkson, who will then convey it to Roosevelt. Washington spoke to Edgar S. Wilson in New Orleans, Louisiana. Wilson is in fine shape, particularly if he can have two African American men appointed as deputy revenue collectors.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-06

Creator(s)

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

Letter from Frederic Speed to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Frederic Speed to Theodore Roosevelt

Frederic Speed questions President Roosevelt on what he sees as inconsistencies between Roosevelt’s actions and his words regarding African Americans. Speed is primarily concerned with Roosevelt allowing Senator McLaurin and Governor Longino to control federal patronage in Mississippi because Speed believes them to be ardent racists with a history of allowing mob violence.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-09

Creator(s)

Speed, Frederic, 1841-1911