Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee advises President Roosevelt that during his weekly diplomatic visit, British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand informed him of the British government’s intention to enter into a financial agreement with Liberia. Durand was misinformed about the failure of the agreement between the United States and Santo Domingo, and Adee told him that the convention had not failed, but is still pending in the Senate.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-23

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Alvey A. Adee sends a summary of his conversation with the Korean charge d’affaires.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-22

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that Italian Ambassador Edomondo Mayor des Planches referred to “the situation in Santo Domingo” in conversation today. Adee gave him the statement that Roosevelt directed him to make. Mayor des Planches said he was not aware of the Italian government having any intention to take action on the matter at present.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-23

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of State Adee informes President Roosevelt that the current Spanish Minister, Emilio de Ojeda, has confirmed that he will be replaced by Bernardo Jacinto de Cólogan. Adee mentions Cólogan is well known to to the United States due to his work during the Boxer Rebellion. Ojeda hopes the new minister is agreeable to Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-18

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs William Loeb that all correspondence about German tariffs will be forwarded to President Roosevelt, at his request.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-14

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Adee has not been able to decipher a letter from Spencer F. Eddy, secretary of the American embassy at St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-04

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb.

Assistant Secretary of State Adee writes to William Loeb to make an appointment for a portrait to be presented to President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-17

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb.

Assistant Secretary of State Adee encloses a note stating that the letter from President Roosevelt was delivered to Cecil Spring Rice.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-21

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Baron Pierre de Coubertin has left a package for President Roosevelt at the American embassy in Paris. Assistant Secretary of State Adee forwards the package to William Loeb’s attention.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-21

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee sends William Loeb a copy of a memorandum by Eki Hioki, thanking President Roosevelt for the message he sent to Meiji, Emperor of Japan, on his anniversary.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-05

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee informs William Loeb that the telegram congratulating Panamanian President Manuel Amador Guerrero on the first anniversary of Panama’s independence has been sent as directed, and that United States Minister to Panama John Barrett has been advised of this.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-03

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Adee acknowledges receipt of a letter from William Loeb with President Roosevelt’s instructions to send an appropriate letter of acknowledgement to Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, regarding the announcement of the death of María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias. Adee confirms that such a letter was sent on October 19.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-26

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

On behalf of Secretary of State John Hay, Assistant Secretary Adee asks William Loeb to make a change to a memorandum about the Congo.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-14

Relation of the United States to the Independent State of the Congo and to its internal affairs

This brief summary of recent Congo international relations (through 1904) outlines the parameters of a new treaty between the United States and Congo.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-12

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee writes to William Loeb, forwarding a letter from the German Emperor thanking President Roosevelt for his congratulations on the German Crown Prince’s engagement.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-04

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee forwards a letter to President Roosevelt that Assistant Secretary of State Loomis received from British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand. In this letter, Durand agrees with the judgment against Hugh Gurney and sends payment for Gurney’s fine. Adee advises that they wait until Secretary of State John Hay’s return to respond to the letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-03

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee forwards to William Loeb the court papers pertaining to the case of Hugh Gurney who was charged with excessive driving speed in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Adee also includes a letter from Assistant Secretary of State Loomis to the Governor of Massachusetts and requests that Loeb have President Roosevelt approve the letter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-01

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Curtis Guild

Second Assitant Secretary of State Adee writes to Governor Guild to request a full account of the arrest and charges to Hugh Gurney, Third Secretary to the British Embassy. Adee would like to determine whether Gurney “inadvertently, or persistently, willfully and defiantly violated the law of the State” and to avoid diplomatic embarrassment.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-01

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee writes to William Loeb to confirm that he acknowledged Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera’s gift of the Album of Minerva to President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-17

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee relates that he received an official communication from Japanese Minister Takahira requesting that the United States detain any Russian officers and crewmen on the Lena warship once it docks in San Francisco for repairs. Adee suggests that President Roosevelt acknowledge the request and affirm U.S. neutrality. Also, Adee refers to a telegram from Admiral Goodrich that was forwarded to Roosevelt, in which Goodrich notes the Lena‘s Commander’s request that the crew be paroled and sent home. Adee advises acknowledging the request and emphasizing U.S. neutrality and the necessity of obtaining Japanese permission before paroling the crew. Lastly, Adee notes that there is one passenger on the Lena and asks Roosevelt whether he believes he should also be detained.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-17