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Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador to Italy Henry White tells President Theodore Roosevelt that he will extend hospitality to Frances M. Wolcott at the request of the President and First Lady. White also discusses Roosevelt’s recent meeting with British diplomat Cecil Spring Rice and Roosevelt’s policy towards Latin America, especially the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. White is confident Roosevelt’s actions (part of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine) will lead to America’s “supremacy in our own hemisphere.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-24

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

American diplomat Henry White updates President Roosevelt on efforts to have British diplomat Cecil Spring Rice visit Roosevelt to discuss policy on the “far east.” Spring Rice, who had recently met with King Edward VII, will visit Roosevelt but stay with historian Henry Adams instead of at the White House. White also discusses meeting with Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick, who hopes to receive command of a new squadron. White also notes anti-Semitic attitudes in Austria and Italy towards Jewish diplomats.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-13

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

American diplomat Henry White thanks President Roosevelt for his appointment as Ambassador to Italy. White also discusses the secret negotiations going on with Lord Lansdowne that would lead to British diplomat Cecil Spring Rice being transferred from acting ambassador to Russia to serving as a special representative to Roosevelt. White notes that he has kept these negotiations secret, even from the United States’ Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Joseph Hodges Choate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-07

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry White recounts an encounter with Chief Justice Edward Douglass White to whom he conveyed a message from Theodore Roosevelt on the recent Standard Oil decision. He shares the chief justice’s thoughts on the case before confiding in Roosevelt the details of a conversation with President Taft on “the situation in Canada” and difficulty the president is having with the two senators from Rhode Island. He closes with an inquiry as to whether he can stay with the Roosevelts in Oyster Bay before departing on a trip to Europe in June. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-24

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry White is pleased by Theodore Roosevelt’s enthusiastic reception in the West and found his recent editorials interesting. He discusses the mobilization of troops to Mexico and his suggestion to President William H. Taft that an informal, friendly message be sent to the other Central and South American countries. During his upcoming stay in New York City, White plans to visit Roosevelt’s office and discuss topics of interest.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-04-13

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

Letter from Harry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Harry White to Theodore Roosevelt

France’s Foreign Office has asked Ambassador White whether decorating William Bailey Howland with the Legion of Honor would be well received by the American people. As Howland is the publisher of The Outlook and has recently secured President Roosevelt to write for it, White wonders whether this association would influence the magazine’s future coverage of France. White believes that “the American people would not care in the least one way or the other,” but will act in accordance with Roosevelt’s views on the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-09

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador White recently travelled to the South of France to see the Great White Fleet, and he was highly impressed by both the vessels and the behavior of their crews. The day before the fleet departed he hosted a celebratory lunch for its commanding officers, French dignitaries, American diplomats, and American locals. White just attended a meeting in the Sorbonne amphitheater where Roosevelt will give his eagerly anticipated lecture next year, and he describes the space. On February 22 he will host representatives from the other “American countries” at a lunch honoring both George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays. White hopes to encourage the celebration of this holiday in Latin American countries that Lincoln protected from European “annexation” with his adherence to the Monroe Doctrine.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-31

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador White is on his way back to the United States to vote for William H. Taft on Election Day. While White understands that President Roosevelt wants any visits he makes in Europe following his African trip to be quiet and unofficial, Roosevelt does not understand how popular he is in Europe. Any ministry that does not give Roosevelt “proper attention” would be looked poorly upon by its people. White in particular believes that Roosevelt should visit Berlin to see Emperor William II. White currently believes there will be no war breaking out in Europe, and informs Roosevelt of where he will be while he is in the United States. Item contains handwritten letter and a typed transcript.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-01

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

Letter from Henry White to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Letter from Henry White to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Ambassador White warns Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt about the Russian Countess Lydia Rostopchine, whose grandfather was governor-general of Moscow during the invasion of Napoleon. Rostopchine intends to give lectures in the United States about her grandfather with the aim of raising money for her niece’s marriage, and she made several inappropriate requests of White. She asked White to appeal to President Roosevelt on her behalf so that she could give a lecture at the White House. White tells Edith not to allow her husband to extend such an invitation. He also informs her that he hopes to be back in the United States just in time to vote for William H. Taft.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-07

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry White, ambassador to France, sends his sympathies to President Roosevelt on the death of his friend Ambassador Herman Speck von Sternburg. White feels Sternburg’s death is a great detriment to the relationship of the United States and Germany. He does not know of anyone who is a suitable successor, although Oscar von der Lancken, the secretary to the German embassy at Paris, might be acceptable.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-01

Creator(s)

White, Henry, 1850-1927