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| Field name |
Value |
| Collection Reference Number
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GLC02827
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| From Archive Folder
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Documents Relating to the 1900s
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| Title
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John S. Mosby to Gaston about McKinley's assassination
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| Date
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8 October 1904
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| Author
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Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
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| Document Type
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Correspondence
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| Content Description
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Written as Assistant Attorney General, he comments that anyone joking about McKinley's assassination is "a brute." Written on Department of Justice letterhead.
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| Subjects
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McKinley Assassination President Assassination Humor and Satire Death Government and Civics Confederate General or Leader
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| People
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Mosby, John Singleton (1833-1916) McKinley, William (1843-1901)
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| Place written
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Washington, D.C.
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| Theme
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Government & Politics; The Presidency
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| Sub-collection
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The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
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| Copyright
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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| Module
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Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
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| Transcript
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Show/hide Oct: 8th 1904 Dear Gaston: I recd. your letter & the Advertiser with Heflin's speech: Soon afterward I met [struck: Heflin] [inserted: Underwood] on the street - he Comented Heflin's speech - not on account of its atrocious sentiments - but because it wd. do Parker a great deal of harm -- So it will. I gave the Star an interview in wh. I ventilated Heflin - He is now a heavy load for the Democrats to carry. My interview was wired all over the country last night - I think I hit Heflin a centre shot when in reply to his card saying that what he said was all a joke [inserted: that this] put him in no better light than he was before - nobody but a brute wd. speak of McKinley's assassination as "a joke" - then it was very uncomplimentary to say that his hearers enjoyed such a brutal jest - they ought to have left the hall in disgust. A man [inserted: who] wd: joke about such a [inserted: sad &] solemn thing as McKinley's assassination is not too good to commit the deed. He is [inserted: only] deterred from fear of being hung. I send you today's New York Press with my interview & an Editorial on Heflin. Heflin's speech has done more for Roosevelt than any Republican speech. Show this to Charlie Pollard & Judge Stratton. Yours Truly Jno: S. Mosby
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