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Using his access to Theodore Roosevelt’s correspondence, Joseph Bucklin Bishop examines the events, decisions, and actions that brought about the Treaty of Portsmouth and ended the Russo-Japanese War on September 5, 1905. Bishop primarily focuses on Roosevelt’s work to bring about peace; work that earned Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize.
1919-09
Joseph Bucklin Bishop includes a citation from W. E. Gladstone in his enclosure with which he thinks President Roosevelt will agree. He also asks how Commander Hubbard’s “Panama business” is coming along.
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1904-02-08
Joseph Bucklin Bishop asks William Loeb to have the enclosed letter forwarded to President Roosevelt.
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1904-02-09
Joseph Bucklin Bishop asserts that if he had had a “free hand,” he would have written somewhat differently about Elihu Root’s speech. Nicholas Murray Butler has just been in and shown him what a true friend he has in the President. Bishop expresses sincere gratitude for what Roosevelt has done for him.
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1904-02-04
Bishop encloses a copy of an article he wrote on Judge George Gray, to let his readers know what Judge Gray said about the coal strike. Bishop tells President Roosevelt that his own situation is still unsettled (regarding his position at the Commercial Advertiser, where his editor had tried to fire him) but it looks a little better.
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1904-02-05
Joseph Bucklin Bishop tells President Roosevelt that support in New York is shifting to Roosevelt after the newspapers’ and William Jennings Bryan’s assertion that moneyed interests were trying to buy the Democratic nomination.
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1904-01-29
Joseph Bucklin Bishop comments on the “rascally methods” of the New York Evening Post, which he says used bribes to get the names of regular subscribers to Bishop’s newspaper, The Commercial Advertiser.
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1904-02-01
Joseph Bucklin Bishop requests a “straight tip” from President Roosevelt concerning Senator Hanna’s proceedings. He encloses several political cartoons for Roosevelt.
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1904-01-18
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses items for President Roosevelt. He notes that it is “delightful” to see William Jennings Bryan turn down Wall Street investors in his bid as the Democratic candidate for president.
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1904-01-19
Joseph Bucklin Bishop tells President Roosevelt it is “vitally important” that he deal through him.
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1904-01-20
Joseph Bucklin Bishop asks William Loeb to hand the enclosure to President Roosevelt.
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1904-01-20
Joseph Bucklin Bishop has met with General Hubbard and Hubbard would like the International Bank to be the government’s fiscal agency in Panama. Hubbard had a fiscal agent visit Panama and he found no financial institution of any importance. Hubbard believes his bank could be very useful to American interests. Bishop believes that the proposal is “reasonable and proper.”
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1904-01-21
Bishop sends President Roosevelt a report of his conversation with General Thomas Hubbard. Bishop asks that if the President decides in favor of his request, he let Hubbard know that Bishop had some influence in the decision.
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1904-01-21
Joseph Bucklin Bishop congratulates President Roosevelt on his message regarding Panama.
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1904-01-04
Joseph Bucklin Bishop regrets that President Roosevelt will not be coming as previously planned since they had a such a good time at past gatherings. Bishop also wishes Roosevelt a happy Christmas and New Year.
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1903-12-23
Joseph Bucklin Bishop encloses comments concerning Secretary Root’s letter to General Wood. Bishop wishes to dine with Roosevelt and Nicholas Murray Butler when Roosevelt visits New York.
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1903-12-21
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes President Roosevelt to provide dates when he and Nicholas Murray Butler are available to meet with Roosevelt.
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1903-12-05
Joseph Bucklin Bishop tells President Roosevelt that he is looking forward to their upcoming meeting. Bishop confides that he is uncertain about the loyalty of Benjamin B. Odell, Governor of New York.
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1903-12-10
Joseph Bucklin Bishop asks President Roosevelt for the result of his conversation with Thomas Collier Platt and Benjamin B. Odell. Bishop includes an article he wrote and a reproduction from a New England paper.
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1903-11-24
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes about uneasiness and uncertainty among Republicans due to what happened at the White House among President Roosevelt, Senator Platt, and Governor Odell. Bishop references a memorandum by Roosevelt.
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1903-11-30