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Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, baron d’Estournelles de Constant, informs President Roosevelt that he has “seen a great many things in America,” which he will reflect on once he returns to France. Roosevelt’s family left the best impression on him.
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1907-04-13
French Senator Estournelles de Constant apologizes for not having seen “Faithful Nurse” and asks President Roosevelt to convey his sympathy.
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1907-04-10
Baron Estournelles de Constant accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to meet on April 8th.
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1907-02-28
French diplomat Baron d’Estournelles de Constant accepts President Roosevelt’s invitation to visit and will be embarking on the Savoie to New York, arriving in Washington by April 8th.
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1907-02-28
French Senator Estournelles de Constant describes to President Roosevelt the itinerary for his upcoming trip to the United States. He will be delivering a speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Carnegie Institute, and will also be visiting friends in New York, New York, and Washington, D.C., including Nicholas Murray Butler, J. J. Jusserand, Elihu Root, and Joaquim Nabuco. He insists that he also needs to see Roosevelt to discuss the projects he has been building up since their last meeting in 1902, and that his main aim in taking the trip is to visit with Roosevelt. He hopes Roosevelt can grant him a prompt reply so that he can finish planning his trip.
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1907-02-09
Baron d’Estournelles de Constant encloses a letter his friend Jules Cambon wrote to President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
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1907-05-09
French Senator d’Estournelles de Constant encloses for President Theodore Roosevelt a sheet of chess problems designed by M. G. Renoir of Alfort, France, dedicated to Roosevelt as “the most heeded apostle of Peace and Arbitration.” Each letter of Roosevelt’s name forms the object of a problem in three moves.
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1906-10-17
Senator Estournelles de Constant of France thanks President Theodore Roosevelt for his letter which encouraged him “as the signal of a lighthouse above the fog.” Estournelles de Constant talks of the relationship between France and Germany and, in a postscript, reflects on the impact that the International Peace Conference at the Hague may have on arms limitation.
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1906-10-18
Senator Estournelles de Constant of France finds a letter from President Roosevelt to be “like the signal of a light-house above the fog” when compared to his communications with most European governments. He eagerly anticipates his meeting with Roosevelt in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, next spring. Estournelles de Constant notes the challenges of getting Germany and France to reconcile and predicts “brilliant failure” for the next conference of The Hague if arms limitation cannot be agreed upon.
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1906-10-18
In a translated letter, French Senator Estournelles de Constant remarks that President Roosevelt and America’s youth and confidence “will have made amends for the old age and the skepticism of Europe.” The Baron believes that Europe created America and that America will recreate Europe in return. He feels that Roosevelt will “contribute to this harmony” between ignorance and egotism. The Baron thanks Roosevelt for the invitation to the White House. He wishes he could have received Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Nicholas Longworth when they were in Paris.
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1906-08-05
Senator Estournelles de Constant of France notifies President Roosevelt of his trip to Pittsburgh for the inauguration of Andrew Carnegie’s Institute pending Roosevelt’s availability to visit with d’Estournelles in Washington. D’Estournelles would like to tell the American people of Roosevelt’s decisive role in the evolution of the policies and morals of the times.
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1906-07-05
Senator Estournelles de Constant sends a list of signatures of French diplomats in favor of the court in the Hague.
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1906-04-12
Senator Estournelles de Constant of France notifies President Roosevelt of his trip to Pittsburgh for the inauguration of Andrew Carnegie’s Institute pending Roosevelt’s availability to visit with d’Estournelles in Washington. D’Estournelles would like to tell the American people of Roosevelt’s decisive role in the evolution of the policies and morals of the times.
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1906-07-05
French Senator Estournelles de Constant remarks that President Roosevelt and America’s youth and confidence “will have made amends for the old age and the skepticism of Europe.” The Baron believes that Europe created America and that America will recreate Europe in return. He feels that Roosevelt will “contribute to this harmony” between ignorance and egotism. The Baron thanks Roosevelt for the invitation to the White House. He wishes he could have received Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Nicholas Longworth when they were in Paris.
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1906-08-05
Deputy Estournelles de Constant thanks President Roosevelt for supporting the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, likely in reference to the Venezuelan crisis. He also points out that Europe has been reluctant in this area to resort to international justice. Original and English translation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-27