Speech in regard to the Panama Canal
Subject(s): Canals--Finance, Colombia, Extortion, France, International relations, Marroquín, José Manuel, 1827-1908, Panama--Panama Canal, Treaties, Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
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Theodore Roosevelt describes the Colombian president’s attempt to “blackmail” the United States in 1903 to secure a high price for the rights to build the Panama Canal. Roosevelt credits himself with refusing to pay the Colombian government and for paying the French Company for the land. President Wilson’s administration is now proposing to pay the Colombian government for its rights in Panama, to which Roosevelt is opposed.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1915-02
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
Post-Presidential Years (1913-January 6, 1919)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
23
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
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Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Speech in regard to the Panama Canal. [February 1, 1915]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288756. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Speech in regard to the Panama Canal. [1 Feb. 1915]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288756.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1915, February 1]. Speech in regard to the Panama Canal.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o288756.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
