Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt
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White, Henry, 1850-1927
Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt
Henry White reports information he has learned since returning to London that might provide insight into the prospects of President Roosevelt’s renomination and reelection. Josiah Quincy reported that the Democrats do not feel they have a chance of winning. Craig W. Wadsworth also learned that Democrats do not believe that they will win. White delivered Roosevelt’s messages to various people. He also says that the sentiment on Wall Street regarding Roosevelt has changed, and that his nomination now seems more likely.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-02-05
Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador White thanks President Roosevelt for the honor of naming him his representative to the Algeciras Conference. He will update Roosevelt and Secretary of State Root by cipher when matters involving the conference develop. White describes his social events on Thanksgiving Day, including a Thanksgiving dinner where he hosted George Otto Trevelyan, who was very pleased to attend and spoke highly of Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-12-10
Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador White discusses Sir Cecil Spring Rice’s plans to travel to the United States and the issues related to the trip. He also shares information and various updates with President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-01-13
Letter from Henry White to Unknown Recipient
Letter from Henry White to Unknown Recipient
Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt
Henry White sends Christmas wishes to Theodore Roosevelt and his family and remarks on Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt’s accident and health. He sends a newspaper clipping written by his son, J. C. White, regarding the Russian trusts that he believes gets to the point. He comments on President William H. Taft’s handling of the situation and Senators Henry Cabot Lodge and Elihu Root’s admirable push in the Senate.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-12-24
Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt
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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-05-24
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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1911-04-13
Telegram from Henry White to Edith Kermit Carow 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
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
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
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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-10-07
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.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-09-01
Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador to France Henry White expresses regret that President Roosevelt was unable to secure funding from Congress for the construction of four battleships. He praises Roosevelt’s handling of the controversy surrounding German Emperor William II’s dislike of the new American Ambassador to Germany, David Jayne Hill. White also offers his assessment of H. H. Asquith, the new British Prime Minister, and updates Roosevelt on the Trevelyans, with whom he recently dined. Includes handwritten original and typed copy.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-04-19
Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt
United States Ambassador to France White encloses an article by André Tardieu in Le Temps. White is pleased with President Roosevelt’s observations with respect to religious toleration and reform leading to religious harmony. He thinks this view will be productive in France. He also encloses pictures of the new American embassy in Paris. Finally, White updates Roosevelt on the political situation in France. Emile Combes gave an unfortunate speech at a dinner honoring Henri Brisson, which hurt his own chances of ousting Georges Clemenceau as Prime Minister.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-03-20
Letter from Henry White to Theodore Roosevelt
Regarding the central bank question, Ambassador White informs President Roosevelt that he has spoken to Luigi Luzzatti, an Italian financier. He believes that sooner or later, the United States will need to move to a central banking system, and that the men in the country are capable of rising to the challenge. Luzzatti provided several examples of banking systems in other countries and noted that Italy modeled their bank after Germany’s. Currently Luzzatti is working to establish an international conference on banking and would like the United States’s cooperation. White briefly congratulates Roosevelt on the progress of the Great White Fleet. White also updates Roosevelt on the progress of the embassy in France, which will finally be able to host the official reception for newly arrived ambassadors and officials. The record includes a handwritten letter and a typed transcription.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-01-31