Telegram from Elihu Root to Robert Bacon
Subject(s): California--San Francisco, Colombia, International travel, Mayflower (Yacht), Panama, Scheduling
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Elihu Root informs Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon that he hopes to reach Panama by September 16. If the USS Mayflower can be ready by then, at Colon, Panama, to take him to Cartagena, Colombia, he will probably be able to return via San Francisco.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-27
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Recipient
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
1
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Record Type
Image
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Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Telegram from Elihu Root to Robert Bacon. [August 27, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187828. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937. Telegram from Elihu Root to Robert Bacon. [27 Aug. 1906]. Image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187828.
APA:
Root, Elihu, 1845-1937., [1906, August 27]. Telegram from Elihu Root to Robert Bacon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o187828.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
