Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Assistant Secretary of State Bacon notifies William Loeb that he has forwarded the contents of the telegram to ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer. Bacon also acknowledges the kind, personal note from President Roosevelt and asks Loeb to let him know as soon as possible which day of the week Roosevelt would like to see him.  Bacon hopes to go to New York for a day to see his son, Robert Low Bacon off on his journey to Europe, and would like to know what day to go.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-24

Acting Secretary of State Bacon issues a memorandum stating that he has mentioned an inconsistency in the wording regarding the purchasing of some bonds to Jacob H. Hollander and Federico Velásquez y Hernández. Hollander has assured Bacon that the passage is understood by purchasers to be slightly inaccurate, but that the terms of the treaty with Santo Domingo are satisfactory.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-19

First Assistant Secretary of State Bacon apologizes for canceling on President Roosevelt and ruining his game this afternoon. He was held up because Secretary of State Elihu Root wanted him to stay in a meeting with Viscount Bryce about the Newfoundland fisheries question.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05

Assistant Secretary of State Bacon tells William Loeb that he read the attached letter from Ambassador Whitelaw Reid with interest and is returning it with thanks.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-01

Acting Secretary of State Bacon instructs James Andrew Drain to take the oath of office and proceed to Shanghai, China.

Collection

America

Creation Date

1906-07-11

Acting Secretary of State Bacon sends William Loeb a dispatch for President Roosevelt from Jacob Sleeper, Chargé d’affaires in Cuba. Bacon asks Loeb to return it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

Robert Bacon writes a note on his business card to an unknown recipient, about a meeting “on your way to Dp’t in the morning.” An attached note indicates this relates to a letter from Thomas Talbot.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-28

Secretary of State Bacon has read the letters that William Loeb enclosed. Jacob H. Schiff understands that President Roosevelt has done all that he can. Dr. Felix Adler’s letter noted a failed planned massacre. Bacon has kept the Ambassador in the loop and asked that he cable Bacon if further action requires attention.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-31

Acting Secretary of State Bacon sends President Roosevelt a copy of a dispatch from Jacob Sleeper, American chargé d’affaires, about the “extent and progress of the present uprising” in Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-06

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-1919

Creator(s)

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-1918

Creator(s)

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-07-24

Creator(s)

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-03-17

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-05-09

Creator(s)

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Recipient

Harper, Frank, 1882-1971

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-02-22

Creator(s)

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-04-28

Creator(s)

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Ambassador Bacon received Theodore Roosevelt’s telegram. President of France Armand Fallières will see Roosevelt on Thursday or Friday and wants to entertain him the following week. The Sorbonne and the French Institute have arrangements for Roosevelt on the twentieth. Bacon requests feedback from Roosevelt.  

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-03-18

Ambassador Bacon writes Theodore Roosevelt from France, where he has been staying with the outgoing ambassador Henry White and taking over his house. Bacon was reluctant to accept the post as Ambassador to France and is sorry that White is leaving the diplomatic service. Bacon saw Roosevelt’s family when they were in England and he was glad to hear about Roosevelt’s journey from Edith. He laments the possibility that Gifford Pinchot will be forced out of the Taft administration and reports on what he did during his stay in London.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-09-03

Assistant Secretary of State Bacon provides the requested report on Princess Sofia Grigorievna Kropotkina. She is the wife of Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin, a well-known geographer, scientist, and anarchist, and is known to assist him in his work. The State Department has no records regarding Kropotkin’s 1900 visit to the United States, nor the proposed visit of Kropotkina. There may be an indication in the records of the Department of Commerce and Labor regarding waiving the statute which excludes anarchists from entering the country.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-09

Robert Bacon sends President Roosevelt a copy of a dispatch from David Jayne Hill detailing the presentation of his credentials to German Emperor William II, and the cordial manner in which he was received.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-14