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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02793.054 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1901/10/28 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

Signed as President. Roosevelt writes that his "Southern policy" is to "take the best man white or black."

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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