Typed letter signed, John W. Maddox to Sec'y of War J.G. Cannon, 1908
- SIGNED
- [Rome, GA: 1908]
[Rome, GA: 1908]. Typed letter signed. 1pp, on Maddox's law office stationery; Sept. 6, 1908; seeking appointment to the Commission for the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park. 27 lines (ca 220 words); signed in full. With "Received" stamp of the Office of the Secretary of War, dated Sep 14, 1908; docketed on verso in Joseph G. Cannon's hand, with a ca. 100-word endorsement of Maddox's application. Old folds; lightly browned; Very Good.
Maddox, a Confederate veteran and five-term Congressional Representative for Georgia (1893-1905), writes seeking appointment to the Commission in charge of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, which as part of its charter required that at least one Confederate veteran be a member: "...As you know, I was a Confederate soldier; and I was in the battle of Chickamauga before I was sixteen years old. The Chickamauga Battlefield is in my old Judicial Circuit when I was Judge of the Superior Court, and it is in the District which I represented in Congress for twelve years...I would certainly take great pride, as I always have done heretofore, in the protection and care of this great National Park, and I feel that if you would be kind enough to write or tell the President who I am and what you know of me as a Representative in Congress, it would go a long way in securing the appointment..." On verso is Cannon's holograph statement, addressed to "the President," supplying the requested recommendation: "...John W. Maddox was for several terms a Democratic member of Congress from Georgia. He was one of the most efficient members of the minority & while a good partisan had the ability & courage to distinguish between partisanship & legislature...if I had the [authority?] I would appoint Mr. Maddox," signed "JG Cannon," dated 9/11 1908.
Maddox, a Confederate veteran and five-term Congressional Representative for Georgia (1893-1905), writes seeking appointment to the Commission in charge of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, which as part of its charter required that at least one Confederate veteran be a member: "...As you know, I was a Confederate soldier; and I was in the battle of Chickamauga before I was sixteen years old. The Chickamauga Battlefield is in my old Judicial Circuit when I was Judge of the Superior Court, and it is in the District which I represented in Congress for twelve years...I would certainly take great pride, as I always have done heretofore, in the protection and care of this great National Park, and I feel that if you would be kind enough to write or tell the President who I am and what you know of me as a Representative in Congress, it would go a long way in securing the appointment..." On verso is Cannon's holograph statement, addressed to "the President," supplying the requested recommendation: "...John W. Maddox was for several terms a Democratic member of Congress from Georgia. He was one of the most efficient members of the minority & while a good partisan had the ability & courage to distinguish between partisanship & legislature...if I had the [authority?] I would appoint Mr. Maddox," signed "JG Cannon," dated 9/11 1908.