truly yours,
enc. returned Signed. JAMES F. RHODES.

_A Copy of a Letter from Samuel W. McCall_

24 MT. VERNON ST., September 13, 1920.

MR. HENRY A. WALLACE,
245 West 139th St.,
New York, N. Y.

_Dear Sir_:

In reply to your favor of the 3rd inst., with enclosed copy of
the affidavit concerning the position of Thaddeus Stevens and
Charles Sumner upon the proposed policy of organization for the
negroes, I would say that I do not remember ever having come
across anything of the kind in my researches concerning Mr.
Stevens, nor have I ever heard of it about Mr. Sumner.

Very truly yours,
Signed. SAML. W. MCCALL.

_A Copy of a Letter from Hon. H. C. Lodge._

NAHANT, MASS.,
September 8, 1920.

_My dear Sir_:

I have received your letter of the 6th. I have never heard before
of the point which you raise in regard to Mr. Sumner and really
know nothing about it. As I am separated from my library, which
is in Washington, I am sorry that I can give you no information
about it, but if you would examine the Life of Charles Sumner by
Edward L. Pierce, which is very elaborate and thorough, you would
find something about it there, if anywhere.

Very truly yours,
Signed. H. C. LODGE.

HENRY A. WALLACE, ESQ.,
245 West 139th St.,
New York, N. Y.

As the native white men of the master class were ineligible to
hold office until the new Constitution and the 14th Amendment
were ratified and their political disabilities were removed, even
had they acted in an advisory capacity to the newly enfranchised
Negroes, the Northern men being eliminated, only Negroes and
white men of the "cracker" element could have held office and
have been elected delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

There were some native white men of the "cracker" element in the
Constitutional Convention and also in the first legislature
elected.

Very respectfully,
HENRY A. WALLACE.

245 WEST 139TH ST.,