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    Theodore Roosevelt, Washington, D.C., letter to Sereno E. Pratt, New York

    Manuscripts

    Typescript letter signed. To the editor of Wall Street Journal regarding appreciation of article 1906 March 2, Roosevelt's popularity. Includes autograph edits. (3 pages) Also includes copy/draft of response of March 6 presumably from Pratt, unsigned typescript with autograph edits. (2 pages)

    mssShapiro

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    Letter to Jedediah Blakeney Auld

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    Columbia, South Carolina. The enclosed list referred to in this letter was placed with the material for a proposed "People's Dictionary of General Knowledge."

    LI 717

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    Charles Engelhard letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C

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    Typescript letter (copy). Regarding the proposed silver bill before Congress (most likely the Silver Purchase Act of 1934). (2 pages)

    mssShapiro

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    Letter to Jedediah Blakeney Auld

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    Columbia, South Carolina. The enclosures referred to in this letter were placed with the material for a proposed "People's Dictionary of General Knowledge" (never completed).

    LI 710

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    Material regarding Luther Burbank

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    This small group of items includes: reprint of article about Burbank; typescript of article about Burbank; a piece of ephemera from his funeral program; collection of quotes by Burbank; poem about Burbank; and newspaper clipping about the death of Elizabeth Burbank (Luther's widow) in 1977.

    mssHM 79808-79809

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    James Hoyt diary

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    Reverend James Hoyt kept this diary while living in Washington, D.C. right after the end of the American Civil War. He writes in detail about his work with the United States Christian Commission including visiting hospitalized soldiers and handing out supplies. Hoyt also writes about attending a memorial service for President Abraham Lincoln, visiting Mary Surratt's house, where she and John Wilkes Booth and conspirators had met, and going to the courthouse during their trial and seeing Surratt in the courtroom. He describes in detail two encounters he had with angry, drunk soldiers. On June 6, a group of soldiers from the 75th Indiana stormed the supply tent accusing Hoyt and his fellow ministers of giving preferential treatment to African American soldiers. On June 8, Hoyt and the ministers were harassed by a group of soldiers from the 17th Ohio with the same complaint. One soldier had a club and struck the tent, and one minister was thrown to the ground. The last few pages of the volume contain notes on specific soldiers Hoyt ministered to, inscriptions by his fellow chaplains, and notes on the history and organization of William Tecumseh Sherman's army. With a complete typed transcript and index. Includes 18 printed pages. The diary contains racist language.

    mssHM 84018