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

Assistant Secretary of State Adee requests instructions for obtaining the oath from Edward S. Bragg, Consul General at Havana, and William A. Rublee, Consul General at Hong Kong. Bragg and Rublee are exchanging diplomatic posts. The normal procedure would be to mail the oath to each, but given their locations, doing so would take several months. Adee asks whether telegrams might be used in this instance.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-19

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses documents related to previous reciprocity negotiations with Newfoundland and adds several comments clarifying aspects of these documents.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-13

Acting Secretary of State Adee has met with Arthur Stewart Raikes, charge d’affaires of the British Embassy, and Robert Bond, Premier of Newfoundland. At Lord Lansdowne’s instruction, they would like to reopen negotiations on a reciprocity treaty between the United States and Great Britain regarding Newfoundland. Adee requests President Roosevelt’s direction in moving forward with this proposition.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-12

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses a dispatch from the Consul General at Cape Town William R. Bigham, with a letter to President Roosevelt from Marie Koopmans-de Wet.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-22

Assistant Secretary of State Adee will contact the Consul General at Ottawa regarding President Roosevelt’s desire for a Hudson Bay axe.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-11

Acting Secretary of State Adee forwards a telegram from U.S. Minister to Turkey John George Alexander Leishman.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-08

Acting Secretary of State Adee sends documents relating to comments made by the U.S. Consul General at Havana, Edward S. Bragg, which offended the Cuban government and people.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-04

Draft of a response to the telegram from Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, hoping for Ted Roosevelt’s recovery from pneumonia. The draft has been submitted for approval by Assistant Secretary of State Adee and marked as “OK.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-02-13

Assistant Secretary of State Adee suggests that the response to Count Gustav Adolf von Go¨tzen’s letter be sent from the White House and not the State Department as the letter is for President Roosevelt and appears to be of a personal nature.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-28

Acting Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb two dispatches containing Consul General Frank Maximilian Steinhart’s reports on the Cuban situation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-20

Assistant Secretary of State Adee encloses a letter and newspaper report from General Rafael Reyes, the vice president of Colombia.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-05

Assistant Secretary of State Adee encloses a personal note that was sent to Secretary of State John Hay from Albert von Quadt-Wykradt-Isny. Quadt should be put on the “same footing” as Gerard Lowther.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-29

Assistant Secretary of State Adee believes it would be irregular for President Roosevelt to send a letter of greeting to President Porfirio Diaz through members of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. The organization and convention have no government recognition and official messages should be exchanged between accredited ambassadors.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-15

Acting Secretary of State Adee notifies Assistant Secretary of State Bacon that the Dixie sailed this morning from Cienfuegos, Cuba, after landing 225 marines, and is now needed in Santo Domingo. In addition, the Cleveland is now needed in Cienfuegos to supply provisions to the landed marines, and the Newark and Minneapolis are due in Havana, Cuba, tomorrow.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-21

President Roosevelt’s instructions for the American delegates to the Pan-American Conference at Mexico have been delivered.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-10

Assistant Secretary of State Adee submits the draft of instructions outlining the duties of the American delegates to the Pan-American conference in Mexico. He requests the draft be considered by President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-07

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-08-28

Creator(s)

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

Recipient

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-08-13

Creator(s)

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

Recipient

Buck, Alfred E. (Alfred Eliab), 1832-1902