Telegram copy, 1908 June 16 : Washington, to Hon. Frank H. Hitchcock, the Auditorium Annex, Chicago.

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Telegram copy, 1908 June 16 : Washington, to Hon. Frank H. Hitchcock, the Auditorium Annex, Chicago.

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Telegram sent from Taft and Roosevelt to the Republican Party Chairman, Frank H. Hitchcock, during the convention in Chicago, opposing "a resolution calling for a reduction of Southern representation ... Booker Washington and many other negro leaders have assured me of their opposition to the plank ..."

1 p. ; 13 x 20 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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