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The American company is gauging Chinese interest in the railroad. The Hong Kong government will lend Viceroy Zhidong Zhang money to pay the American company, and British capitalists are investing millions in the railroad. Full details to follow in a letter.
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1905-08-17
Rudolph Forster asks Riggs National Bank to deposit funds in the accounts of Ted, Kermit, and Ethel Roosevelt.
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1908-08-31
Rudolph Forster acknowledges the letter and royalty check from Robert Bridges.
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1908-08-31
Rudolph Forster asks Douglas Robinson to deposit the enclosed check from Charles Scribner’s Sons in President Roosevelt’s principal account.
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1908-08-29
Rudolph Forster proposes an itinerary for a trip that Kermit Roosevelt and Robert Harry Munro Ferguson want to take to Coleraine, Minnesota, returning via Huron, South Dakota. He asks John F. Fairlamb to provide transportation and make Pullman reservations, billing Ferguson’s share to himself and Kermit’s share to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. A canceled version of this letter was written by Thomas H. Netherland the previous day.
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1908-08-27
On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Rudolph Forster thanks Lee R. Downs.
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1908-08-26
On behalf of Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Rudolph Forster thanks David Pell Secor for the note and enclosures.
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1908-08-26
Rudolph Forster asks G.P. Putnam’s Sons to send P. H. G. Powell-Cotton’s In Unknown Africa to President Roosevelt.
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1908-08-25
Rudolph Forster asks Abercrombie & Fitch to send the poles and pins that go with the tent that President Roosevelt recently ordered.
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1908-08-25
On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, Rudolph Forster orders ammunition and target stickers from M. Hartley Company.
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1908-08-24
On behalf of President Roosevelt, Rudolph Forster orders ammunition and stickers for targets from M. Hartley Company.
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1908-08-24
Rudolph Forster informs Jeanne C. Irwin-Martin that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is having a quiet summer and not inviting anyone to sing for her.
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1908-08-20
Rudolph Forster asks the Eastman Kodak Company to send President Roosevelt a five-by-four folding pocket Kodak camera.
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1908-08-15
Rudolph Forster instructs Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry to send a telegram on behalf of President Roosevelt to the prime minister and governor of New Zealand via Admiral Charles S. Sperry, expressing the “sincere regard” of the American people for the people of New Zealand.
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1908-08-13
Rudolph Forster informs the Pach Brothers that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt does not want to make the requested arrangement to take more pictures.
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1908-08-07
Rudolph Forester directs Maurice Latta to hold up the appointment of the United States postmaster at Westminster and call attention to it in light of the letter from Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte and memorandum of the Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou.
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1907-03-15
Emperor Meiji has appointed Baron Komura, minister for foreign affairs, and Mr. Takshira as plenipotentiaries for Japan.
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1905-07-03
Assistant Secretary of State Forster writes to William Loeb about a message he received from Ambassador George von Lengerke Meyer, who discusses President Roosevelt’s plans to announce the plenipotentiary nominations. Meyer mentions that he expects more information about the delegates from Foreign Minister Lamzdorf, and he goes on to share Lamzdorf’s opinion about the plans for an armistice.
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1905-07-02
Rudolph Forster writes to William Loeb regarding the plenipotentiary nominations, the plenipotentiary meeting time and location, and the plans for peace. Forster requests information from Loeb concerning Japan’s plans for an armistice.
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1905-07-01
Rudolph Forster forwards a message for President Roosevelt to William Loeb. Japan appreciates Roosevelt’s efforts to secure peace between Japan and Russia. Baron Jutarō Komura will travel to the United States to undertake the negotiations.
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1905-06-30