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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 to Benjamin I. Wheeler

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06331.01 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1907/11/26 Pagination: 2 p. ; 25.3 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy

"Of course, advantage is taken of it to attack me, and therefore Taft... I fear that some of our capitalist friends really desire to be allowed to continue at present all the practices which were declared illegal over a year ago." Typed on the first and four page of a folded sheet of paper.

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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