RS Matthews to Woodrow Wilson

Title

RS Matthews to Woodrow Wilson

Creator

Matthews, RS

Identifier

CS27

Date

1914 November 13

Description

Letter writer supports Wilson's rebuke of Trotter.

Source

Library of Congress
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934
African-Americans--segregation

Contributor

Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock

Language

English

Provenance

Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.

Text

The President:

Every democrat in the southland congratulates you as a man on the stand. you took yesterday with the negro from Boston as much as they endorse every act of your official life.

With best wishes,
R. S. Matthews.

Original Format

Letter

To

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CS27.pdf

Citation

Matthews, RS, “RS Matthews to Woodrow Wilson,” 1914 November 13, CS27, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.