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Assistant Secretary of State Loomis requested that the State Department contact the telegraph company regarding what he believed might have been an error in transmission. The company confirmed that a mistake had been made at the New York office and the signature should have been Rampolla.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-21
Acting Secretary of State Loomis passes along the sympathies of President Roosevelt to Pope Leo XII who is gravely ill.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-18
Acting Secretary of State Loomis writes to Benjamin F. Barnes to check the wording of a message to Cardinal Rampolla regarding the health of Pope Leo XIII. Loomis would like President Roosevelt’s approval of the message.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-17
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis requests that the enclosed letter for the Sultan of Morocco be signed by President Roosevelt. Loomis acknowledges that it is unusual for the President to sign after the Department of State, but that it is necessary to save time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-07
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis asks William Loeb to let him know if he needs to send the picture and letter for the Sultan to Oyster Bay or send it direct to James W. S. Langerman in care of General Joseph Wheeler.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-07
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis acknowledges receipt of an original letter from William Loeb and informs Loeb that President Roosevelt’s letter to the Sultan of Morocco has been sent to James W. S. Langerman.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-09
Acting Secretary of State Loomis tells President Roosevelt that the Associated Press will release a statement made by the Russian Government that it has never offered an explanation to the American Government about the “Kischnieff incident”.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-01
Acting Secretary of State Loomis is having the commission of John Barrett prepared to send to President Roosevelt. An announcement of this upcoming appointment had been leaked leaked to the press by Barrett’s friends. Loomis also encloses a copy of a dispatch he received from the Minister at Bogota.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-01
A petition signed by leading men in the principal cities will not reach the president by July 10 but the petition signed by executive committee will.
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1903-07-02
Acting Secretary of State Loomis explains to the White House that the statement did not reach the newspapers in time for the late editions.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-02
Acting Secretary of State Loomis responds to a letter from Senator Thomas Collier Platt. Platt has suggested that James H. Worman, the unpopular consul general at Munich, be transferred to Ottawa to fill the vacancy left by John L. Bittinger. However, Loomis explains that the vacancy has already been filled by Alanson W. Edwards.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
Acting Secretary of State Loomis notifies William Loeb that James W. S. Langerman, the man who delivered the letter from the Sultan of Morocco, is viewed under suspicion by the State Department.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-07-03
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis sends a newspaper clipping from The Post to William Loeb, for President Roosevelt. The article deals with Russia refusing to recognize the passports of Jewish-Americans.
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1903-07-04
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis asks William Loeb to have President Roosevelt read the “London Cable” in the Sun on Russia.
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1903-07-05
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses list of cases in which “summary actions” have been taken, as requested by President Roosevelt from Secretary of State Hay.
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1903-07-06
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis sends William Loeb a copy of a newspaper article about the Russian attitude towards assistance for the Jews in the Kishinev region to be forwarded to President Roosevelt. Loomis also writes that he sent, as requested, telegrams to the two Oregon Senators on the Argentine Mission.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-12
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses a clipping from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune that may reflect Senator Hanna’s sentiments.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-17
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb regarding the possibility of President Roosevelt’s re-nomination for the presidency in Ohio. Friends of Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna have given a series of interviews to the press, bringing the question of who will be nominated to the forefront.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-23
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis discloses confidential information to William Loeb, claiming that Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna has openly opposed endorsing President Roosevelt for re-nomination.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-24
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis is sending a newspaper page from The World to William Loeb and President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-05-25