Magoon, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1920

President Roosevelt informs Charles E. Magoon, Occupational Governor of Cuba, that the time is nearing when the United States will need to make plans for the kind of government they should have in place when they leave the island next February. He includes excerpts of letters from German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg and Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, which offer opinions about what should be done. They suggest the United States maintaining a military presence and advisory presence on the island. Roosevelt has doubts about the feasibility of leaving a temporary military force, and asks Magoon’s views on the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-04-04

President Roosevelt writes a letter of introduction for Eva Jane Harris Comer, wife of Governor B. B. Comer of Alabama, and her daughter Eva Jane Comer, to be presented to Governor Magoon of Cuba.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-02-21

President Roosevelt writes to Governor Magoon about a gift he is receiving. Normally, he says he could not accept a gift under the circumstances, but given the impossibility of having it sent back, Roosevelt will seek to have the gift appraised and send money to pay for it.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-01-17

President Roosevelt confirms, based on the statement from Governor Magoon of Cuba, that James Pennie’s claim can not be paid. Roosevelt has sent a copy of Magoon’s letter to Senator Frank P. Flint of California.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-31

President Roosevelt introduces Sir John Rodger, Governor of the Gold Coast of Africa, to Governor of Cuba Magoon. He instructs Magoon to give Rodger any aid he can in examining the situation in Cuba.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-24

President Roosevelt must take the pitcher and basin that were to have been Governor Magoon’s present to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt and give them to her himself because they are so very beautiful, but he will pay Magoon for them and remains obligated to him for finding them.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-23

President Roosevelt asks Provisional Governor Magoon when the church claims related to Santiago de Cuba will be settled, as he would like to have the matter wrapped up before the end of their time on the island. If Roosevelt can not procure a saddle horse for Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt for Christmas, he will have to impound the basin and pitcher he and Magoon have discussed.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-12-18

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt is extremely taken with a silver pitcher and basin Provisional Governor Magoon had sent to Edith Ruth Root from Cuba, and President Roosevelt wonders if Magoon could send another set for him to present to Edith Roosevelt on Christmas or Easter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-27

President Roosevelt would like Governor of Cuba Magoon to read an enclosed letter from W. Sloan Simpson, a Rough Rider and old friend of Roosevelt’s. Roosevelt believes the delay in action regarding Simpson’s visit to Cuba has given Simpson just cause to be upset. He requests that Magoon investigate and make whatever changes are necessary to ensure similar requests will be met with prompt action.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-20

President Roosevelt introduces fellow Rough Rider W. Sloan Simpson to Provincial Governor Magoon.  Roosevelt speaks highly of Simpson’s character and hopes Magoon will help him “expedite his business” within Cuba as much as he can.  

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-27

President Roosevelt introduces colonial Governor Magoon to William Eleroy Curtis, who is planning a visit to Cuba.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-13

President Roosevelt introduces his cousin, John S. Elliot, to Provisional Governor of Cuba Magoon.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-10-10

President Roosevelt tells Charles E. Magoon, United States Minister to Panama and Governor of the Canal Zone, that he wants to support the work of the Home Missionary Society and the Young Men’s Christian Association in the Panama Canal Zone. He asks Magoon to get in contact with a representative of the Home Missionary Society.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-30

President Roosevelt introduces Charles E. Magoon, Minister to Panama, to his personal friend Louis Adams Frothingham. Roosevelt would like Frothingham to be introduced to Manuel Amador Guerrero, the President of Panama.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-02-19

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Magoon, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1920

The letter from Charles E. Magoon, Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, both impressed President Roosevelt and made him uneasy. Roosevelt is thinking of appointing a commission of experts to visit the Canal Zone to compile a report on what should be done to avoid outbreaks of illness, and asks for Magoon’s opinion on such an action.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-03

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Magoon, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1861-1920

President Roosevelt writes to Judge Magoon of the War Department that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt loves the Aztec frog gift and is turning it into a pendant.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-10

For the public good, Cuban newspaper editors implore Provisional Governor Magoon to continue the public works program.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-18

Acting Cuban Secretary of the Treasury Gabriel García y Echarte submits a preliminary accounting of the funds expended outside the ordinary budget of the Government of Cuba since the insurrection of 1906, noting that a full accounting will take much more time to compile.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-14