Grant Smith to Director of the Census
Title
Grant Smith to Director of the Census
Creator
Smith, Grant
Identifier
TI00243b
Date
1915 May 10
Description
Asking why the n in "negroes" is lower case.
Source
National Archives and Records Administration 570/1/12/2 box #96 file #6700142
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
African-Americans--segregation
Language
English
Text
Director of the Census:
I am returning you the attached papers relative to the letter from Mr. Henry F. Baker with the request that you kindly take up with the Public Printer the question of their office using the lower case "n" in the statement prepared by you for the Secretary on the subject of "Negroes in the United States" so he can have all the facts before him in answering Mr. Bakers letter.
Grant Smith
Private Secretary.
Enc.
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I am returning you the attached papers relative to the letter from Mr. Henry F. Baker with the request that you kindly take up with the Public Printer the question of their office using the lower case "n" in the statement prepared by you for the Secretary on the subject of "Negroes in the United States" so he can have all the facts before him in answering Mr. Bakers letter.
Grant Smith
Private Secretary.
Enc.
H
Files
Collection
Citation
Smith, Grant, “Grant Smith to Director of the Census,” 1915 May 10, TI00243b, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.