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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08931 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1900s |
| Title | Grover Cleveland to Walter Harris regarding entertaining "a negro" at the White House |
| Date | 02 March 1904 |
| Author | Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) |
| Recipient | Harris, Walter |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Replies to Harris letter, written and signed 1 March 1904, inquiring if Cleveland "entertained a negro, C.H.J. Taylor, of Kansas, at dinner" at the White House during his presidency. He heard the information in a speech given on the floor of the House of Representatives by Charles F. Scott. The reply, in which Cleveland asserts that "Of course the statement is absolutely false," is written on Harris's original letter. Harris was a reporter at the Senate press gallery. |
| Subjects | Progressive Era Entertaining and Hospitality White House President African American History Government and Civics Congress |
| People | Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) Harris, Walter Edward (fl. 1904) |
| Place written | Princeton, New Jersey |
| Theme | African Americans; The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |