Telegram from Howard Thompson to Benjamin F. Barnes
Herbert H. D. Peirce is not responsible for the information leak from the Portsmouth peace talks.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-22
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Barnes, Benjamin F., 1868-1909
Telegram from Rudolph Forster to Benjamin F. Barnes
George von Lengerke Meyer met with Czar Nicholas II, who refuses to pay any indemnities to Japan.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-23
Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Benjamin F. Barnes
Alvey A. Adee encloses information for President Roosevelt regarding the Chinese railroad.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-23
Telegram from Oscar S. Straus to Benjamin F. Barnes
Oscar S. Straus asks Benjamin F. Barnes to present President Roosevelt with his letter sent the previous day.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-16
Letter from John Watson Yerkes to Benjamin F. Barnes
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes requested the resignation of four revenue agents, including George Wheelock. President Roosevelt wrote Yerkes to reconsider encouraging Wheelock’s resignation and Wheelock has refused the request. Wheelock was the most inefficient agent and his resignation will be encouraged unless President Roosevelt demands he stay.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-16
Telegram from Rudolph Forster to Benjamin F. Barnes
Rudolph Forster quotes a telegram for President Roosevelt from the Chinese Foreign Office, authorizing Viceroy Zhidong Zhang to take control of the Hankow-Canton railway.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-17
Letter from Gertrude Roosevelt to Benjamin F. Barnes
Gertrude Roosevelt is establishing a stage acting career, and the press has noted her shared last name with President Roosevelt. Roosevelt knows little of her father’s family, and hopes President Roosevelt will not object to the use of their shared name.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-17
Telegram from Rudolph Forster to Benjamin F. Barnes
Rudolph Forster forwards a confidential message for President Roosevelt from Ambassador Meyer stating that Czar Nicholas II claims peace will be impossible between Russia and Japan, if Japan does not concede its demands.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-18
Telegram from Herbert H. D. Peirce to Benjamin F. Barnes
The Peace Conference between Russia and Japan has adjourned, but talks will likely resume in a few days.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-18
Letter from Donald Wilson to Theodore Roosevelt
Donald Wilson explains to President Roosevelt that damage to Ted Roosevelt’s luggage was done prior to its being delivered to the Long Island Express and, therefore, the New York Transfer Company is responsible. Wilson offers to submit the claim to the New York Transfer Company on the president’s behalf if he wishes.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-18
Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Benjamin F. Barnes
Assistant Secretary of State Adee received the enclosed memorandum from the Chinese minister and seeks President Roosevelt’s instructions.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-19
Letter from Hilmar von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen to Benjamin F. Barnes
Baron Hilmar von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen requests that Benjamin F. Barnes present the enclosed letter to President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-19
Telegram from Rudolph Forster to Benjamin F. Barnes
Rudolph Forster received a message from Ambassador Meyer indicating that Russia would remove all discriminating duties.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-19
Telegram from John Callan O’Laughlin to Benjamin F. Barnes
Japan and Russia peace talks continue, with Russia refusing to pay indemnity and considering splitting Sakhalin between the countries.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-19
Letter from James R. Branch to Benjamin F. Barnes
James R. Branch did not send an enclosure with his previous letter and wishes to meet with President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-20
Telegram from Rudolph Forster to Benjamin F. Barnes
Rudolph Forster received a telegram from Ambassador Meyer indicating that Czar Nicholas II thinks Japan’s settlement demands are meant to embarrass Russia and wonders if England encouraged those demands.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-20
Telegram from John Callan O’Laughlin to Benjamin F. Barnes
Sergei Witte recommends Russia make concessions to Japan, but Czar Nicholas II is unwilling. George von Lengerke Meyer will support Witte.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-20
Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Benjamin F. Barnes
Assistant Secretary of State Adee encloses a proclamation regarding the Chinese boycott on American goods.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-21
Telegram from Herbert H. D. Peirce to Benjamin F. Barnes
Herbert H. D. Peirce will meet President Roosevelt’s messenger at Rockingham, and regrets the accidental release of Peirce’s previous message by telegram.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-21
Letter from Ellen Velvin to Benjamin F. Barnes
Ellen Velvin insists that no word of President Roosevelt’s letter of July 27 will be used, in accordance with his wishes. His second letter will be used in good quarters and not for gossip.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-08-09