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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 to Dr. Lyman Abbott

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08002 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1904/09/26 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 18.1 cm Order a Copy

Regarding controversy over black appointments: "Have you noticed that Collier's Weekly attacks me because I have gone too far in my policy of doing justice to the negro while the Evening Post declines to support me because I have not gone far enough!"

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922

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