Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-06-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-05-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1913-03-19

Creator(s)

Secretary of Theodore Roosevelt

Recipient

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Theodore Roosevelt writes to Robert Bacon to update him about the Roosevelt family and their Christmas together. Roosevelt also includes descriptions of the growing problems within the Republican party and the fear that if William H. Taft is nominated there will be a third party created.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-02

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-04-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Bacon, Robert, 1860-1919

Theodore Roosevelt understands that Viscount Bryce meant well but believes that Bryce’s letter has damaged the cause of the allies by further muddling American public opinion on the war. Pacifists like Bryce cannot be depended upon in an emergency. Roosevelt’s efforts on behalf of the allies will be greatly hampered by Bryce’s statements. People who argue against military readiness or clamor for peace are strengthening the side that supports German brutality.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-03-29

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Robert Bacon for remembering him. Roosevelt updates Bacon on family visits, including a lunch with Mrs. Bacon. Roosevelt will send his collected articles as they appear. He also remarks about the desperate situation of the Belgian people.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-12-29

President Roosevelt directs Secretary of State Bacon to arrange for Arthur Donaldson Smith to take the diplomatic and consular service exam. Roosevelt intends to appoint Smith for consular service in Africa based on his past award-winning exploration work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-24

President Roosevelt has invited Canada and Mexico to a conference in Washington, D.C., on the conservation of natural resources in North America. The three commissioners he would like to represent the United States government are Secretary of State Bacon, Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield, and Gifford Pinchot, chief of the United States Forest Service. Roosevelt encloses to Bacon a copy of his letter of invitation in lieu of instructions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-02-11

Judge Lebbeus R. Wilfley has submitted serious charges against Consul General Charles Denby. President Roosevelt would like Secretary of State Bacon to find someone to investigate the charges.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-29

President Roosevelt tells Assistant Secretary of State Bacon that he would like something to be done for James Weldon Johnson, as he has repeatedly asked for Johnson to be promoted with no success. Roosevelt believes that Johnson is being discriminated against in spite of his excellent record of service because of his color. He asks Bacon why Johnson has not been promoted before now, and directs him to make sure that Johnson is promoted before Roosevelt leaves office if at all possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1909-01-04

President Roosevelt appoints Assistant Secretary of State Bacon to be the representative of the United States Department of State on the Central Committee of the National Red Cross.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-03

President Roosevelt directs Acting Secretary of State Bacon to travel according to his recent telegram and offers the use of the Mayflower for his trip.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-06

President Roosevelt asks Acting Secretary of State Bacon to refer to an enclosure, and says that he is of the opinion that Frank P. Sargent, Commissioner of Immigration, should be sent to Japan. There are still many Japanese laborers arriving in the United States who should not be. Roosevelt says that there seems to have been some difficulty with the Department of Commerce and Labor, and asks to know what the difficulty is so that he can fix it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-06

President Roosevelt asks Robert Bacon to contact the Mexican Embassy to ask them to make an appointment for next Monday, and says that if the Senator does not come next Monday he will not be able to see him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-26

President Roosevelt writes to Robert Bacon about Arthur Donaldson Smith’s book Through Unknown African Countries: the First Expedition from Somaliland to Lake Rudolf.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-26

President Roosevelt has received a book on monuments of ancient architecture in Toledo, Spain. He asks Assistant Secretary of State Bacon to thank “the distinguished donors” and ensure they know that he appreciates the gift.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-06-06

President Roosevelt asks Acting Secretary of State Bacon if his letter is ironic. He does not know whether he is supposed to give Burke a watch or chain, if the department will do it, or if Burke will receive a certificate of character.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-22

President Roosevelt quotes an extract from the English Fortnightly Review praising the men of his administration.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-23

President Roosevelt encloses Senator Samuel Douglas McEnery’s letter about Alcée Fortier and a memorandum from John Avery McIlhenny regarding the places to which Fortier could be appointed. Roosevelt tells Assistant Secretary of State Bacon that French Ambassador J. J. Jusserand would be pleased if Fortier could be given something.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-13