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Memorandum referring a claim by Edward F. Scholder to John E. Wilkie

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-29

Creator(s)

Presidential Office Staff

Language

English

Memorandum for the Japanese Government given by the President to Minister Takahira, June 15, 1905

While President Roosevelt regretted Japan’s rejection of the Hague as the location of peace negotiations between Japan and Russia, he has notified Russia that the location will be Washington, D.C. He advises Japan to not demand an answer from Russia regarding the negotiating powers of their plenipotentiaries, as Russia used the same language Roosevelt did which was already vetted by Japan. Even if Russia does not give its representatives full negotiating power, it would not give Japan grounds to refuse to meet.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-15

By telephone from Secretary Shaw to the President

Treasury Secretary Shaw leaves a message of the text of a telegraph that he will send to Merrell if President Roosevelt agrees to it. Shaw will advise Merrell that Roosevelt wants him to come to Washington, D.C., and bring any letter he has regarding farm loans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-29

Note from Presidential Office Staff

As requested by President Roosevelt, C. W. Watson sends his reasons for supporting a resolution before the National Convention regarding eventual independence for the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-29

Note from Presidential Office Staff

Senator John C. Spooner will be bringing the Archbishop of Milwaukee, Sebastian G. Messmer, with him to meet President Roosevelt. Spooner thinks that Roosevelt should know in advance that Messmer is especially influential among Germans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-16

Note from Presidential Office Staff

A note instructs an item to be held for a few days for Judson Whitelocke Lyons, and to communicate with Lyons if he is not heard from in a few days. A later note on December 28 states that Lyons has not yet been heard from, with a third note instructing that the item should be held for two or three more days.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12

Message regarding Maxim Svagrovsky

Maxim Svagrovsky, a Bohemian currently in Panama, volunteers his services in the upcoming election. He is a good public speaker and proficient in Bohemian and German, and could potentially persuade “several hundred thousand votes of Bohemian, Poles and Germans.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-22

Summary of letter by Presidential Office Staff

The Presidential Office Staff summarizes a letter from Justice John Thomas McDonough of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. McDonough was surprised to read the rumors that he was “antagonizing the Commissioners,” especially because he has a good opinion of Governor William H. Taft. He will be pleased for Secretary of War Elihu Root and Archbishop John Ireland read his letter. He also requests transportation to the United States for himself and his family.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-14

Note about statehood matter

Indiana Senator Albert J. Beveridge hopes President Roosevelt can see Senators Joseph Benson Foraker, Porter J. McCumber, Henry Clay Hansbrough, and R. A. Alger on the statehood matter before Monday.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-07

Note about the Great Lakes Canal Commission

A note states that Clemens Herschel has the endorsement of Senator Thomas Collier Platt for Engineer Commissioner. Item contains shorthand.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-23

Note from Presidential Office Staff

A note states that the War Department does not know of any such commission, but that it probably refers to the commission related to attached correspondence. A second note, presumably from a later date, says that it appears that the correspondence suggests that in June 1902, President Roosevelt intended to appoint someone else.