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Assistant Secretary of State Robert Bacon desires that Minister Merry will express President Roosevelt’s thanks to the President of Honduras for his “cordial message” in the same manner in which he addressed the delegates yesterday.
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1906-07-22
Acting Secretary of State Bacon encloses documents from the Legation at Berne for President Roosevelt regarding a monument proposed to be erected at Geneva. This monument will commemorate the efforts of the Geneva Convention of 1906.
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1906-07-21
Acting Secretary of State Bacon encloses copies of a letter from Kuhn, Loeb & Company to Jacob H. Hollander and the reply of Federico Velásquez y Hernández accepting the company’s proposal to refinance the debt of Santo Domingo. The contract will be put into a more formal shape and will be important to Santo Domingo and the prospects of treaty ratification.
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1906-07-19
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon has received El Salvador’s acceptance (of terms to end a border conflict) from the President of Guatemala. He asks President Roosevelt’s permission to send it over Roosevelt’s signature.
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1906-07-15
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon writes to William Loeb that due to the renewed hostilities, he has sent telegrams in the President’s name to Guatemala and El Salvador, sending copies to Mexico and Loeb.
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1906-07-13
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon agrees to the positioning of war vessels off the coast to protect the interests of the United States. Bacon advises David E. Thompson, Ambassador to Mexico, to telegraph Secretary of War Russell Alger regarding the acts of El Salvador which indicate wanton aggression. Peace may be secured through moral pressure by the United States and Mexico.
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1906-07-12
Acting Secretary of State Bacon informs Ambassador Thompson that President Roosevelt is thankful for the cooperation of Mexican President Porfirio Díaz in maintaining peace in Central America. Bacon quotes the text of a telegram Roosevelt sent to President Pedro José Escalón of El Salvador and President Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala urging arbitration between the two countries.
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1906-07-13
Robert Bacon encloses a copy of a dispatch by the Argentinian chargé d’affaires to correct a false statement attributed to President Roosevelt.
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1906-06-28
Robert Bacon sends William Loeb a copy of the remarks that the Norwegian Minister will make when presented his letter of credence and a draft of the president’s reply.
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1906-04-24
Robert Bacon sends William Loeb a memorandum of a cablegram by Mr. Adee to the King of Italy about the eruption of Vesuvius.
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1906-04-10
The Minister at Copenhagen reports that Frederik VIII, King of Denmark, thanks Roosevelt for his telegram of condolence upon the death of the late king, Christian IX. Frederick VIII also toasts Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s wedding.
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1906-03-07
Acting Secretary of State Bacon forwards to William Loeb a letter from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer in St. Petersburg. The letter addresses remarks made by Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia.
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1906-02-06
Robert Bacon, Assistant Secretary of State, writes to President Roosevelt, offering an apology.
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1905-12-25
Secretary of State Robert Bacon was asked by President Roosevelt to find government employment for Harvard Class of 1880 student Frank Herbert Brackett. Bacon writes to William Loeb noting that a consulship does not seem appropriate, and asking whether an opening might be found in another branch of the government.
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1905-11-29
Robert Bacon reports that the attendees for the peace conference are aboard the Marblehead.
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1905-07-19
Robert Bacon tells William Loeb that he, his wife, and daughter will accept an invitation for lunch with the president at Sagamore Hill.
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1905-07-07
Robert Bacon congratulates Roosevelt and the country on having Elihu Root back again as Secretary of State after the death of John Hay.
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1905-07-07
Robert Bacon thanks President Roosevelt for his note regarding Bacon’s candidacy for Congress. Bacon received advice he “could not ignore” that he should not accept the offer and he therefore declined the opportunity. He now regrets having done so, and wishes he had been able to speak to the president before deciding.
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1904-10-12
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.
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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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-19