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Memorandum from W. W. Kimball to Theodore Roosevelt

Memorandum from W. W. Kimball to Theodore Roosevelt

W. W. Kimball recommends a plan for constructing a canal in Panama that will require the least amount of resources to protect and defend it from other countries. Kimball believes a canal in Nicaragua could be better because America would be able to have better control over it. He thinks it will be easier, diplomatically speaking, to build a canal there as well. The Clayton-Bulwer treaty has already made it easier to build a canal there than in Panama. He will always be available to give President Roosevelt opinions on the matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-02-19

Letter from Montagu White to Frederick Courteney Selous

Letter from Montagu White to Frederick Courteney Selous

Montagu White is glad that Frederick Courteney Selous is answering Governor Roosevelt’s questions about “the South African difficulty.” White believes that American public opinion is growing in favor of the Boers, and that those who wish to preserve the special friendship with Great Britain should push for peace in order to prevent anti-British feeling. White thinks that if the Boers lose their independence, Britain will lose South Africa.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-03-06

Letter from Francis J. Haeseler to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Francis J. Haeseler to Theodore Roosevelt

Lieutenant Francis J. Haeseler thanks Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt for persuading Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long to replace the USS Texas’ old system. They installed the new system, and Haeseler thinks that the guns will fire within ninety seconds instead of over two minutes if some changes are made. The officers and crew feel that the Texas is in “excellent fighting condition.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-17

Letter from Harry Godey to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Harry Godey to Theodore Roosevelt

Harry Godey relates an incident at a recent meeting of the Harvard Club of Philadelphia, at which Theodore Roosevelt was applauded by a Yale man for his service as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Godey goes on to reminisce about letters Roosevelt wrote him of his adventures in Egypt as a young boy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1898-04-18