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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses a copy of a dispatch from Ambassador Whitelaw Reid on the subject of fishery rights in Newfoundland. The note from the Foreign Office states that the divergence of views between the American and British governments makes an immediate settlement impossible. The British government, however, is prepared to work on an arrangement allowing conflicting parties to exist peacefully and will submit relevant proposals in the near future.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-28

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee has enclosed a letter from Jacob Sleeper, the chargé d’affaires in Havana, about the political situation there.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-20

Creator(s)

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

Note from Alvey A. Adee to Colonel Montgomery

The enclosed seems to be a personal message for President Roosevelt to answer.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-18

Creator(s)

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

Memo. for Secretary Loeb

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs William Loeb that, following the request of First Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon, he has telegraphed Minister to Cuba Edwin V. Morgan that President Roosevelt feels he should return to his post. Adee asks whether he should tell Morgan to visit Roosevelt at Oyster Bay on his return journey.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-1909

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that Count Hermann von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg has communicated to him that Kaiser William II would like to know whether Roosevelt would be happy with Johann Heinrich Bernstorff being named German Ambassador to the United States. Adee encloses a memorandum detailing Bernstorff’s qualifications and background.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-01

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee acknowledges receipt of President Roosevelt’s letter regarding Japanese immigration. Adee forwards Roosevelt a telegram from Baron Kogoro Takahira outlining the steps being taken by the Japanese Government to further control the emigration of Japanese citizens into the United States.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-23

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee updates William Loeb on the appointment of Wu Tingfang as China’s Ambassador to the United States. The Chinese Foreign Office has not asked the American government for an opinion on the appointment. Adee sees no harm in waiting for First Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon to return before addressing the matter. Adee informs Loeb that the Chinese objected to the appointment of Henry W. Blair and he was recalled to Washington.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-28

Creator(s)

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

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Adee forwards a telegram from Ambassador Whitelaw Reid regarding the modus vivendi for Newfoundland fisheries. He requests a copy be given to Secretary of State Elihu Root if present.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-10

Creator(s)

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

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to inform Secretary of State Elihu Root that he received a note from Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy stating Mexico recognizes the provisional government in Honduras and its neutrality. He gives additional information about which officials to contact.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-14

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of State Adee sends President Roosevelt a message from Japanese Ambassador Shūzō Aoki, noting that the ambassador wanted to avoid “the formality” of sending the communication through official channels. Adee discusses his interpretation of the treaty of 1894 as it pertains to laborers to present his opinion about the letter from Aoki.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-31

Creator(s)

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

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Alvey A. Adee of the Department of State sends President Roosevelt a telegram that he is sending text of Edward Grey’s fisheries note to Secretary of State Elihu Root, which he previously sent to the president earlier in the day.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-06

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Alvey A. Adee of the Department of State writes to President Roosevelt confirming the telegram he sent before regarding Newfoundland fisheries. Adee encloses a copy of Edward Grey’s proposal for a modus vivendi, as well as a dispatch from Whitelaw Reid, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, about the legalities.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-07

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Charles Ray Dean

Alvey A. Adee instructs Chief of Bureau of Appointments Charles Ray Dean to refer the matter of destroying the signed, un-promulgated proclamation to William Loeb.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-08

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee encloses a copy of an un-enacted, signed proclamation and asks William Loeb to have President Roosevelt determine what to do with it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-09

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Adee thanks President Roosevelt’s secretary William Loeb for sending Frederick W. Whitridge’s report on the “royal festivities,” likely referring to the recent wedding of King Alfonso of Spain, of which Whitridge was special ambassador.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-03

Creator(s)

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

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses a dispatch from the American Minister in Christiana, Norway, about Richard Bartholdt’s candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-24

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses forwards to President Roosevelt an interview Jacob Sleeper had with Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma, in which the latter requested United States intervention to protect U.S. citizens from Cuban rebels. Also enclosed is Estrada Palma’s address to the Cuban congress.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-25

Creator(s)

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

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Robert Bacon

Acting Secretary of State Adee agrees with Assistant Secretary of State Bacon that a circular telegram, which recites the circumstances under which the United States provisionally administers to Cuba and announces that diplomat and consular services continue, should be sent to all missions. Adee will draft the circular with Scott’s help and send it to Secretary of State Elihu Root when he arrives.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-29

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Adee sends a copy of a dispatch from Minister Resident/Consul General Dawson concerning the political conditions in the Dominican Republic to Theodore’s Roosevelt’s secretary for the President’s consideration.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-19

Creator(s)

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

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee sends Theodore Roosevelt a dispatch from Ambassador Reid that proposes a modus vivendi for the Newfoundland Fisheries for 1906.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-19

Creator(s)

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