Produced by hekula03, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT McKINLEY BY COLORED PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS. -------------- “_Not as Suppliants do we Present Our Claims, but as American Citizens._” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT McKINLEY BY COLORED PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS. --------------------- “_Not as Suppliants do we Present Our Claims, but as American Citizens._” --------------------- The Colored People of Boston and vicinity, through the COLORED NATIONAL LEAGUE, at a mass meeting held in the Charles Street Church, Tuesday evening, October 3d, 1899, addressed an Open Letter to PRESIDENT MCKINLEY. The reading of the letter by MR. ARCHIBALD H. GRIMKÉ, Chairman of the Committee, was listened to with marked attention and interest, and at the conclusion of its reading the letter was adopted by the meeting with significant unanimity. The letter was forwarded to President McKinley, signed by the officers of the meeting and others. BOSTON, MASS., October 3, 1899. Hon. WILLIAM MCKINLEY, _President of the United States_, SIR:—