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- Letter from Theodore Roosevelt…
- Other Title:
- Presidential letters and signatures, 1908 Oct. 16.
- Authors:
- Roosevelt, Theodore,
- Other Authors:
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, signer.
- Item ID:
- 71200908300595; 71200908300904
- Publisher:
- Washington, D.C. : Theodore Roosevelt, 1908.
- Call Number:
- PN6130 .R66B
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 leaf) ; 19 cm
- Topic:
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Correspondence.
- Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909 -- Correspondence.
- Lincoln Memorial University.
- Note:
- Title supplied by cataloger.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Typewritten letter on stationary printed "The White House, Washington," dated "October 16, 1908," directed to "Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, Burlington, Vermont," and signed "Theodore Roosevelt." Roosevelt wishes Howard good fortune in establishing the endowment for Lincoln Memorial University on the anniversary of Mr. Lincoln's birth. Letter signed (LS).; In 1896, General Oliver O. Howard, a former Union officer who had helped establish Howard University helped establish Lincoln Memorial University as a living memorial to President Abraham Lincoln. On June 18, 1896, Howard spoke at the Harrow School, an elementary school at Cumberland Gap founded a few years earlier by Reverend A. A. Myers. After the lecture, Myers asked Howard for assistance in establishing a college for the Cumberland Gap region. Howard related to Myers a conversation he had with Lincoln in 1863 in which the president expressed a desire to do something to help the people of East Tennessee, a majority of whom remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War in spite of the greater state's secession, and agreed to help Myers establish a university in Lincoln's honor. Lincoln Memorial University was chartered on February 12, 1897 -- Lincoln's 88th birthday.
- OCLC Number:
- ocn898888735
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Manuscripts & Documents
