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Russian diplomat Count Cassini, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, complains to Assistant Secretary of State Loomis that at a recent White House reception, the Diplomatic Corps was made to use the same narrow staircase as servants carrying platters of food.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-06
From finding aid: “With partial copy”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-24
Wilbur T. Gracey informed Fu Zhou about the severity of the American boycott in China.
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1905-08-12
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1905-09-27
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1905-06-24
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1905-04-20
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1905-03-28
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Benjamin F. Barnes informs Acting Secretary of State Loomis that President Roosevelt must postpone Baron Sternburg’s visit on August 6 due to a previously scheduled engagement.
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1903-08-01
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1918-02-14
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1914-07-21
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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1914-07-06
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Theodore Roosevelt informs Francis B. Loomis he wishes to meet with him and Alfred Zimmern for lunch on Friday, October 27th at 1pm. Roosevelt has been reading Alfred Zimmern’s book and has been enjoying it.
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1911-10-19
Theodore Roosevelt accepted Francis B. Loomis’s letters and statements regarding peace and Congress.
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1914-11-24
Theodore Roosevelt responds to Francis B. Loomis’ letter. In that letter, Loomis advocates for a “great peace meeting” and says that the Japanese question may lead into war. Roosevelt believes that peace meetings within the last fifteen years have been “a little worse than useless.”
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1914-11-09
President Roosevelt does not think it would be wise for him to attend a meeting such as the one that Francis B. Loomis suggested. Roosevelt believes that presidents should be careful to not take any positions “which may cause ill will and jealousy at home unless it is absolutely essential to the accomplishment of some great cause for the good of the people.”
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1906-07-14
President Roosevelt tells Francis B. Loomis that he should speak with Secretary of State Elihu Root regarding an appointment to the East, as Roosevelt has given Root a free hand in the matter. Roosevelt also would like to see his works translated into Spanish and published in Buenos Aires, but does not think he could write a preface. If a preface was written, it would have to be done in a way that does not make Roosevelt responsible for the translation. A few sentences about the Spanish-American War would have to be changed as well, to avoid hurting relations between Spain and the United States.
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1906-02-13
In response to press reports regarding Herbert Wolcott Bowen’s false statements about the relationship between Assistant Secretary of State Loomis and the late Secretary of State John Hay, President Roosevelt assures Loomis that Hay spoke highly of him and strongly condemned Bowen.
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1905-09-27
President Roosevelt tells First Assistant Secretary of State Loomis about a visit from Russian diplomat Baron Rosen, where Rosen stated that Tsar Nicholas II would like to take the lead and get credit for initiating another international peace conference at The Hague. Roosevelt tells Loomis that he is all too happy to allow Nicholas to lead the effort, as he is concerned that after his activities in recent months, people will start to view him as a “professional peace maker.”
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1905-09-16
William Loeb instructs Acting Secretary of State Loomis to dispatch a message from President Roosevelt to Emperor Guangxu of China. Roosevelt shares Guangxu’s happiness with the results of the peace negotiations between Russia and Japan and sees it as an “incalculable benefit” to the world and the Far East.
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1905-09-08