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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1913-06-05
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Estournelles de Constant, Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, baron d', 1852-1924
President Roosevelt sends a “hearty thanks” to baron d’Estournelles de Constant.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-11
Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed hearing from Baron Estournelles de Constant and will send the article to Jacob Riis is he forwards it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-08
President Roosevelt was pleased to write to the Nobel Prize Committee on behalf of Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet, Baron d’Estournelles de Constant. Roosevelt believes that he deserves the prize, and hopes that he gets it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-18
President Roosevelt writes to Baron d’Estournelles de Constant about a letter he received from him and from Jules Cambon. He remembers with fondness the time d’Estournelles visited him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-05-22
President Roosevelt sends Baron Estournelles de Constant a dispatch from Prime Minister Henry Campbell-Bannerman and the ones he has sent to Robert Grant, A. Lawarence Lowell, and Barrett Wendell. Roosevelt apologies for not having Estournelles de Constant be seen by nurse Mary D. Ledwith.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-11
President Roosevelt thanks Baron d’Estournelles de Constant for the telegram of congratulations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-11-07
President Roosevelt profusely thanks Baron Estournelles de Constant for the medal and the thoughtfulness of him and his committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-26
President Roosevelt is pleased to hear that Baron d’Estournelles de Constant might be able to come to the United States, and urges him to accept the invitation of the Carnegie Institute. When he is in the United States, Roosevelt will invite him to spend a night at the White House.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-20
President Roosevelt thanks Baron d’Estournelles de Constant, as well as all the others who contributed, for the gift of the memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully. The signatures of all those who contributed to the gift make the book, “not merely one of the two or three in my library which I value most, but that one which I value most.” Roosevelt expresses his affection for France, and wishes everyone who contributed to the gift could visit him in the United States as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-04-23
President Roosevelt thanks Baron d’Estournelles de Constant for remembering his daughter Alice Roosevelt’s wedding day.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-02-17
President Roosevelt thanks Baron Estournelles de Constant for the “long and interesting letter,” and says that he would rejoice if there could be a Franco-German understanding like there is a Franco-English understanding. Such an understanding would be good for the peace and progress of the world. He also thanks him for the photographs, especially the ones of his children.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-06
President Roosevelt has received the biography of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, and asks Baron Estournelles de Constant if he and the parliamentary committee could write and sign a document stating in a few lines why they sent him the gift. Roosevelt would like the signed and handwritten paper to be placed in the front of his copy of the book.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-06
President Roosevelt is very pleased that Baron Estournelles de Constant’s parliamentary committee decided to send him the history of King Henry IV’s advisor Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-11-28
President Roosevelt informs French Baron d’Estournelles de Constant that he cannot visit France at this time, as the unwritten custom states that the president cannot leave the United States during his term of office. However, Roosevelt will do his best to get Congress to accept d’Estournelles de Constant’s invitation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-04
President Roosevelt has received the letter and enclosure. He will take up the matter with Secretary of State John Hay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-09
President Roosevelt agrees with French Deputy Estournelles de Constant in reference to the Hague court and is unsure of how to advise regarding the invitation to members of Congress.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-11
President Roosevelt supports the Hague Court and hopes its international support will grow. Roosevelt would like to offer a good word or deed for the people of Turkey and states that there is good and evil in all nations and creeds. Roosevelt would like to be reelected and he tries to act in accordance with what is right, but also what is practical.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-01
President Roosevelt was delighted that the powers involved in the Venezuelan crisis have agreed to arbitration at the Hague court.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-15
President Roosevelt confides to Paul Estournelles de Constant his hope that he will be elected to the presidency, but he does not want to win election if he has to abandon his principles. Roosevelt also asserts that he believes in the arbitration of international disputes, and he feels that he should only act in international affairs when he can achieve something practical.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
1903-09-01