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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00529.08 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 |
| Title | Theodore Roosevelt to Robert C. Cornell |
| Date | 22 August 1901 |
| Author | Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) |
| Recipient | Cornell, Robert C. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | President African American History African Americans in Government Judiciary Education Vice President Progressive Era |
| People | Cornell, Robert C. (fl. 1901) Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) Church, W. C. (fl. 1901) |
| Place written | Oyster Bay, New York |
| Theme | The Presidency; African Americans; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Roosevelt assumed the Presidency in September 1901 after President William McKinley's assassination. Robert C. Cornell was a prominent Magistrate, well-known for his philanthropic works. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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