Memoranda from Huntington Wilson to Robert Bacon
Subject(s): Alien labor--Legal status, laws, etc., Americans--Public opinion, Aoki, Shūzō, 1844-1914, Boards of trade, California--San Francisco, De Young, M. H. (Michael Harry), 1849-1925, Devlin, Robert T. (Robert Thomas), 1859-1938, Emigration and immigration, Employment agencies--Licenses, Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc., International relations, Japan, Katsura, Tarō, 1847-1913, Metcalf, Victor Howard, 1853-1936, Navies--Officers, New York (State)--New York, Powderly, Terence Vincent, 1849-1924, Public opinion, Japanese, Race relations, Statesmen--Biography, Yamagata, Aritomo, 1838-1922, Yamamoto, Gonnohyōe, 1852-1933
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Assistant Secretary of State Wilson sends three memoranda to Acting Secretary of State Robert Bacon. In the first, Wilson gives a brief curriculum vitae of Japanese diplomat Admiral Gonnohyōe Yamamoto, indicating he is considered an “elder statesman” in Japan and likely to be the next prime minister. In the second memorandum, Wilson describes Japanese public opinion and press coverage of the immigration situation in the United States, particularly in San Francisco. The third memorandum describes complaints sent by the Chambers of Commerce of Japan to the “principal” Chambers of Commerce of the United States regarding the treatment of Japanese immigrants.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-07-06
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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
13
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Record Type
Multi-image
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Cite this Record
Chicago:
Memoranda from Huntington Wilson to Robert Bacon. [July 6, 1907]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56408. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Wilson, Huntington, 1875-. Memoranda from Huntington Wilson to Robert Bacon. [6 Jul. 1907]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 15, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56408.
APA:
Wilson, Huntington, 1875-., [1907, July 6]. Memoranda from Huntington Wilson to Robert Bacon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o56408.
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. May 15, 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.
