Charles W. Thompson letters, 1901-1912.

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Charles W. Thompson letters, 1901-1912.

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Letters describe the Winfield Scott Schley controversy, 1901; Judge Alton B. Parker, a Democratic candidate; the town of Esopus, New York; William Jennings Bryan's tour, 1908; the Democratic State Convention in Rochester, New York; the fire and subsequent deaths of factory workers at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York, 1911; the Chicago Republican Convention and the Baltimore Democratic Convention (including impressions of Baltimore), 1912.

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Cornell University Library

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Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925

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Parker, Alton B. (Alton Brooks), 1852-1926

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Alton Brooks Parker (May 14, 1852 – May 10, 1926) was an American judge, best known as the Democrat who lost the presidential election of 1904 to incumbent Theodore Roosevelt in a landslide. A native of upstate New York, Parker practiced law in Kingston, New York, before being appointed to the New York Supreme Court and elected to the New York Court of Appeals; he served as Chief Judge of the latter from 1898 to 1904, when he resigned to run for president. In 1904, he defeated liberal publish...

Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911

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Republican National Convention (1912 : Chicago, Ill.)

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Triangle Shirtwaist Company

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Democratic National Convention (1844 : Baltimore, Md.)

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Thompson, Charles Willis, 1871-1946

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Journalist. Charles Thompson was a member of the Washington Bureau of the New York Times and the New York World. From the description of Charles W. Thompson letters, 1901-1912. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934103 ...