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Mosby, John S., 1833-1916 to Gaston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03993 Author/Creator: Mosby, John S., 1833-1916 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 October 1904 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Discusses Senator James T. Heflin's remarks on assassination of McKinley. Also writes that black voters hold the balance of power in some states and that Roosevelt would be re-elected. Written on Department of Justice letterhead.

Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
Progressive Era
Confederate General or Leader
President
Government and Civics
Assassinations
Congress
Death
Politics
African American History
Suffrage
Election
Jim Crow and the Great Migration

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