Letter from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt
Subject(s): Alliances, Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess, 1859-1925, Hinman, George Wheeler, 1862-1927, Imperialism, International relations, Japan, Japanese--Public opinion, Kuroki, Tamemoto, 1844-1923, Lawson, Victor Freemont, 1850-1925, Marriages of royalty and nobility, McCormick, Joseph Medill, 1877-1925, Patterson, Eleanor Medill, 1881-1948, Russia, Shimizu, Seizaburo, -1934, United States
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Otto Gresham recounts for President Roosevelt his conversation with Seizaburo Shimizu, the Japanese consul in Chicago. Shimizu was concerned that the major papers in Chicago, especially the Tribune, might “lash the community into anger” against Japan because Eleanor Medill Patterson, daughter of a Tribune editor, had married a Russian nobleman. Gresham assured Shimizu that most Americans look poorly on foreign noblemen who marry American women and do not view such marriages as grounds for alliance. Gresham also mentions that Lord Curzon said the Japanese would try to take the Philippines from the United States. Shimizu, on the contrary, was shocked to hear this because he believes Japan wants the United States to keep the Philippines.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-03-26
Creator(s)
Recipient
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
3
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
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:
Letter from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt. [March 26, 1908]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o58394. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Gresham, Otto, 1859-1946. Letter from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt. [26 Mar. 1908]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 12, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o58394.
APA:
Gresham, Otto, 1859-1946., [1908, March 26]. Letter from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o58394.
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. March 12, 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.
