Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 to Robert C. Cornell
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00529.08 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Place Written: Oyster Bay, New York Type: Typed letter signed Date: August 22, 1901 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
Vice President Roosevelt discusses the reappointment of W. C. Church, an African American who worked as assistant clerk at Jefferson Market City Magistrate's Court, New York City. Informs Cornell, a judge in the Magistrate's Court, that Church attended Columbia University. Declares "I always have a profound sympathy with the Colored man of education, for such a man has so few opportunities that it does seem that the hand of Providence was especially heavy upon him." Typed on Vice President's Chamber stationery.
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