A. E. Patterson to Joseph P. Tumulty
Title
A. E. Patterson to Joseph P. Tumulty
Creator
Patterson, AE
Identifier
CS71
Date
1914 November 18
Description
Letter expressing regret that "W.M. Trotter and his Committee proved to be unqualified for the mission they sought to perform."
Source
Library of Congress
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division
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
Muskogee, Oklahoma.
November 18, 1914.
Hon. J. P. Tumulty,
Sec'y., to the President,
Washington, D.C.
My Dear Sir:
I want to express to the President my deep regret that W.M. Trotter and his Committee proved to be unqualified for the mission they sought to perform. Mr. Trotter is a fanatic who imagines himself to be the re-incarnation of some champion of the oppressed; a social and mental fire-brand who wants to suffer martyrdom but who stands generally repudiated by his own people throughout the United States. I regard the President's rebuke to him purely as a need of personal chastisement, and the good colored people of Oklahoma request that I say that they regard the President as their friend.
Allow me to take this occasion to thank you for the interest you held in my recent candidacy for the office of Register of the Treasury.
Yours very respectfully,
A. E. Patterson
November 18, 1914.
Hon. J. P. Tumulty,
Sec'y., to the President,
Washington, D.C.
My Dear Sir:
I want to express to the President my deep regret that W.M. Trotter and his Committee proved to be unqualified for the mission they sought to perform. Mr. Trotter is a fanatic who imagines himself to be the re-incarnation of some champion of the oppressed; a social and mental fire-brand who wants to suffer martyrdom but who stands generally repudiated by his own people throughout the United States. I regard the President's rebuke to him purely as a need of personal chastisement, and the good colored people of Oklahoma request that I say that they regard the President as their friend.
Allow me to take this occasion to thank you for the interest you held in my recent candidacy for the office of Register of the Treasury.
Yours very respectfully,
A. E. Patterson
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Collection
Citation
Patterson, AE, “A. E. Patterson to Joseph P. Tumulty,” 1914 November 18, CS71, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.