Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to William Loeb

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.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-09

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to Theodore Roosevelt

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.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-14

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Memorandum from Robert Bacon

First Assistant Secretary of State Bacon has heard that it would be satisfactory for only half the Atlantic Fleet to visit China. This allows Plan A to be ruled out. An attached note states that this meets Secretary of State Elihu Root’s approval.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-27

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of State Bacon advises President Roosevelt that it may be wise to notify John James Jenkins, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, that Roosevelt expects an opinion from Secretary of State Elihu Root regarding the charges against Judge Lebbus R. Wilfley, and that he will provide it to the committee once he has it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-25

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Bacon encloses a letter for President Roosevelt from Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, Ambassador in Rome, reporting that he gave King Victor Emmanuel III copies of the new coinage.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-12

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Bacon responds to a letter from William Loeb by sending President Roosevelt information on the exclusion of Chinese laborers from Japan. He also encloses a memorandum which includes the Imperial Ordinance under which Chinese laborers were deported from Japan and is held to also apply to Americans.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-06

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to Rudolph Forster

Robert Bacon sends a copy of a report by the Chief of the Bureau of Citizenship for President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-30

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Roger Bacon to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Bacon forwards copies of correspondence to William Loeb related to the recent gift of two busts by William II, German Emperor, to the United States Military Academy at West Point, as they may interest President Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-10-17

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to William H. Taft

Acting Secretary of State Bacon passes along a message from German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg. German Emperor William II has gifted two busts to the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York which are currently being held by the Department of State.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09-25

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Bacon asks William Loeb when President Theodore Roosevelt would like to receive the official visitors from the Norwegian ship that arrived (likely referring to the Haarfarge, a ship from the Royal Norwegian Navy). Bacon may need to reschedule the dinner with Secretary of the Navy Victor Howard Metcalf.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-06-19

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to William Loeb

First Assistant Secretary of State Bacon writes to William Loeb in response to a question that President Theodore Roosevelt has about if the American flag should be displayed at American embassies, legates, and consulates. In response, Bacon states that the American flag only needs to fly during special ceremonies, and he uses Mexico as an example of the American flag being unfurled only during holidays.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-20

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Bacon forwards a copy of a telegram from the President of Brazil, Alfonso Pena, acknowledging receipt of a telegram which Secretary of State Elihu Root sent on President Roosevelt’s behalf.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-21

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Telegram from Robert Bacon to Elihu Root

Assistant Secretary of State Bacon informs Secretary of State Root that Root’s telegram from yesterday seems unnecessary because of the decree cabled to Root that same day.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-04

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Telegram from Robert Bacon to Alvey A. Adee

Robert Bacon informs Alvey A. Adee that the Assistant Secretary of State has already issued the instructions Adee detailed in his telegram and notified the diplomats and consuls in Cuba. Secretary of War Taft instructs Bacon to ask Adee to tell Quesada that he fervently hopes that Quesada will not resign, because his services to Cuba and the United States are crucial.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-30

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Memorandum from Robert Bacon to William Loeb

“By reply to [Cuban chargé d’affaires Jacob] Sleeper’s request for instructions I will send the following if the president approves.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-30

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Telegram from Robert Bacon to Alvey A. Adee

Robert Bacon does not believe that the war in Cuba can be ended by a mutual agreement between the two parties. Secretary of War Taft would like to know Elihu Root’s opinion on how best to continue normal diplomatic relations between Cuba and the rest of the world. Bacon also asks Alvey A. Adee for his views on the situation and inquires what the situation was like under Spain.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-29

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Telegram from Robert Bacon to Elihu Root

Assistant Secretary of State Bacon writes to Secretary of State Root. Bacon will answer tomorrow about the arrival of the Dixie and other warships, likely delayed due to weather. Bacon asks Root for updates on ship movement as well.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-20

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Letter from Robert Bacon to Alvey A. Adee

Acting Secretary of State Bacon directs Assistant Secretary of State Adee to send a telegram to chargé d’affaires Jacob Sleeper at Havana, authorizing Sleeper to request a guard from the Denver if there is not one at the Legation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-14

Creator(s)

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Telegram from Robert Bacon to Theodore Roosevelt

Robert Bacon advises Theodore Roosevelt that using “bluejackets,” the U.S. Navy, instead of Marines in Havana might lead to faster and more covert action in Havana. Three ships with 2,000 sailors can arrive within five days, but it will take longer to assemble that many Marines.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-13

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Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Telegram from Robert Bacon to Theodore Roosevelt

Robert Bacon forwards a telegram from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer. Meyer’s doctor recommends that he does not return to St. Petersburg yet, unless it is of “vital importance” that he do so. Meyer does not anticipate any problems arising in his absence.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-12

Creator(s)

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919