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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. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 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.

Cornell, Robert C., fl. 1901
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Church, W. C., fl. 1901

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