Description:
Theodore Roosevelt writes to his sister Anna Roosevelt about recent happenings in Washington. There has been a fight in Congress over free silver which Roosevelt has been following closely. He met Sir Julian Pauncefote.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Silver; Entertaining; United States. Congress; Pauncefote, Julian, Baron, 1828-1902
Date:
1891-02-08
Description:
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt hadn't seen the poem before, but it is a "bully" one. He is concerned about fireworks in Washington, D.C. Roosevelt details the guests that will attend Quentin Roosevelt's upcoming christening and promises to send a photograph of Ethel Roosevelt. He wishes Robert Harry Munro Ferguson could take part in their "Sunday scrambles."
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Poetry; Fireworks; Baptism; Hiking; Photographs; Washington (D.C.); Roosevelt, Quentin, 1897-1918; Derby, Ethel Roosevelt, 1891-1977; Pauncefote, Julian, Baron, 1828-1902; Pauncefote, Maud; Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924
Date:
1897-12-22
Description:
Frederick William Holls asked two things of Governor Roosevelt. First, he wants Roosevelt to attend a lunch in honor of Lord Pauncefote at Columbia University. Second, to meet him privately to discuss the upcoming party convention in Philadelphia and the nomination process. Several names have been presented and Holls thinks that although John Long is the best candidate, he would lose Maryland for the Republicans, and repel Germans because of his views on temperance.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Republican National Convention; Presidents--Nomination; Dinners and dining; Long, John Davis, 1838-1915; Pauncefote, Julian, Baron, 1828-1902
Date:
1900-06-02
Description:
British Ambassador to the U.S. Julian Pauncefote encloses a dispatch highlighting the courageous conduct of Herbert Squiers and Reverend Francis D. Gamewell during the attack on the Legation quarter in Beijing during the Boxer rebellion and asks that the British Government's appreciation be extended to them. Squiers was the Secretary of the U.S. Legation and Gamewell was the Methodist minister connected with the University of Peking.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Boxer Rebellion (China : 1899-1901); China; Squiers, Herbert G. (Herbert Goldsmith), 1859-1911; Pauncefote, Julian, Baron, 1828-1902
Date:
1900-12-26
Description:
Arthur Hamilton Lee reviews recent events related to Anglo-American relations.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
South African War (1899-1902); International relations; Diplomatic and consular service, British; Press and politics; Boundary disputes; Great Britain; Alaska; Panama--Panama Canal; Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; Lansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice, Marquess of, 1845-1927; Pauncefote, Julian, Baron, 1828-1902; Herbert, Michael Henry, 1857-1903; Northbrook, Thomas George Baring, Earl of, 1826-1904
Date:
1901-12-17
Description:
Gerald C. Kitson has informed Ambassador Pauncefote of President Roosevelt's displeasure concerning British management of concentration camps during the South African War. He offers to send summaries of the various blue books regarding the war and assures Roosevelt that Joseph Chamberlain's statement that "never has such a [significant] effort been made to minimize the horrors of war" is justified.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
South African War (1899-1902); War crimes; Concentration camps; International relations; Great Britain; Pauncefote, Julian, Baron, 1828-1902; Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914
Date:
1902-03-18
Description:
President Roosevelt asks Colonel Kitson to thank Lord Pauncefote for the clippings.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Letters; Pauncefote, Julian, Baron, 1828-1902
Date:
1902-03-21
Description:
Secretary of State Hay encloses a sketch of the proposed tribunal to determine the Alaskan boundary and a private memorandum from Ambassador Pauncefote with the British government's suggestions. Hay believes that Pauncefote is favorable to the American draft of the treaty and will influence his government accordingly.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
International relations--Treaties; Boundaries; International cooperation; Alaska; Great Britain; Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; Pauncefote, Julian, Baron, 1828-1902
Date:
1902-03-24
Description:
As per President Roosevelt's request, Gerald C. Kitson forwards a copy of a letter from Henry LeGuay Geary, Governor of Bermuda, to Ambassador Pauncefote.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Letters; Pauncefote, Julian, Baron, 1828-1902; Geary, Henry LeGuay
Date:
1902-03-28
Description:
George Bruce Cortelyou writes to John Hay to inform him that he returns the papers regarding the Alaskan Boundary Rribunal and Lord Pauncefote's memorandum.
Resource Type:
Letter
Subject:
Memorandums; Alaskan Boundary Tribunal; Pauncefote, Julian, Baron, 1828-1902
Date:
1902-04-07
