Forbes, W. Cameron (William Cameron), 1870-1959

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1917-09-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Forbes, W. Cameron (William Cameron), 1870-1959

On behalf of Theodore Roosevelt, who is on his sick bed, his secretary thanks W. Cameron Forbes for the letter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-10-25

With an offer to explain further if William Cameron Forbes would visit him in New York, Theodore Roosevelt briefly expresses his opinions regarding the American sentiment towards William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson and their failings in dealings with Mexico and the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-10-25

Theodore Roosevelt understands W. Cameron Forbes’s feelings towards the Philippines and regrets that the United States is unwilling to properly defend the islands. He feels it is pointless to retain the Philippines without taking steps to “defend them against all comers.” President Wilson, William H. Taft, and other pacifists are placing the country in a “position of impotence to perform the work of a great nation.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-04-06

To keep the Philippines, Theodore Roosevelt believes the United States must administer the territory, keep politics out, and maintain the ability to defend the islands. He does not want any promises made to the Filipinos that the United States does not intend to fulfill. Roosevelt is distressed at how Democrats and the Wilson administration have handled the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-04

President Roosevelt tells Commissioner Forbes that he has given a letter of introduction to Patrick Egan for Forbes. Roosevelt says Egan was and excellent minister to Chile, but cannot comment on his business capacity.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-18

President Roosevelt introduces Patrick Egan, former minister to Chile in the Harrison administration, to Commissioner Forbes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-18

President Roosevelt asks if Commissioner of Commerce and Police in the Philippines W. Cameron Forbes can bring his cousin and big game hunter, Gerrit Forbes, to dinner on November 14. Several African big game hunters will be in attendance.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-22

Theodore Roosevelt writes W. Cameron Forbes to say it was nice of him but it is absolutely impossible for him to accept.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1918-09-23

Theodore Roosevelt says it is illogical to keep the Philippines unless no promises of independence are made and there is a strong military build-up. He questions supporting Charles Evans Hughes for president since he feels no one really knows how he stands on the issues.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-05-23

President Roosevelt was sorry to hear about Major George M. Barber, but comments that “a man who gets drunk at such a time and under such circumstances is utterly useless.” He thanks W. Cameron Forbes for what he tried to do for James Andrew Drain, and was interested to read Forbes’s account of his work with Governor-General of the Philippines Henry C. Ide. Roosevelt believes Lieutenant General Henry Clark Corbin’s plan to merge troops is a good one.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-07-14

Theodore Roosevelt congratulates W. Cameron Forbes on accepting the presidency of the National Hughes Alliance. He says the organization will be a great service toward getting Charles Evans Hughes elected as president.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-09-08

Theodore Roosevelt says he cannot dine with W. Cameron Forbes as he suggested but invites him to lunch and tells him to bring Everett Colby.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-09-03

Theodore Roosevelt introduces J. Mitchel Thorsen who has a plan he thinks will be of service to the National Hughes Alliance. Roosevelt hopes W. Cameron Forbes, chairman of the Alliance, will grant him an interview.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-08-16

Theodore Roosevelt writes that this letter will be delivered by his cousin Nicholas Roosevelt. Theodore lists Nicholas’ strong qualities and says he commends him to W. Cameron Forbes’ courtesy.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916-05-13

Theodore Roosevelt writes that if W. Cameron Forbes is ever in New York he will give him his reasons in full. He says William H. Taft is just as much to blame for the affairs in Mexico as President Woodrow Wilson and since the American people seem to support them, he does not feel America should keep the Philippines.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1915-10-25

Theodore Roosevelt writes to say it is useless for America to retain the Philippines if they will also accept the inept foreign policies of William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson. He feels America is not prepared to militarily defend the Philippines and should thus give them up.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1915-04-06

Theodore Roosevelt writes to W. Cameron Forbes about the Philippines and to disagree with Forbes’ view on suspending powers of the Philippine legislature. Roosevelt is concerned with the Jones Bill promising independence to the island but then tricking them by having the right denied.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1915-01-04

Theodore Roosevelt writes to W. Cameron Forbes about his nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson and urges Forbes to include him in his South American plans. Roosevelt wishes he could talk over the Philippine matter with Forbes but he does not feel he would be of much use since he is out of sympathy with the current administration and Republican Party.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1914-10-24

President Roosevelt writes to W. Cameron Forbes and asks him to bring his cousin Gerrit Forbes to a dinner that will be attended by two or three African hunters.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1908-10-22