Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) to Walter Harris
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08931 Author/Creator: Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) Place Written: Princeton, New Jersey Type: Autograph note signed Date: 2 March 1904 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope : stamp ; 26.5 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
Replies to Harris letter, written and signed 1 March 1904, inquiring if Cleveland "entertained a negro, C.H.J. Taylor, of Kansas, at dinner" at the White House during his presidency. He heard the information in a speech given on the floor of the House of Representatives by Charles F. Scott. The reply, in which Cleveland asserts that "Of course the statement is absolutely false," is written on Harris's original letter. Harris was a reporter at the Senate press gallery.
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