Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emperor Meiji
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-06
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912
Language
English
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Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emperor Meiji
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-06
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912
Language
English
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emperor Meiji
On behalf of the American people, President Roosevelt extends sympathy and concern to Japan following a naval disaster. (The warship Matsushima exploded on May 1, 1908).
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1908-05-01
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Meiji, Emperor of Japan
President Roosevelt thanks Emperor Meiji of Japan for the kind letter he received referencing the contributions of the American Red Cross Society for the relief of famine in northeastern Japan. Roosevelt now thanks Meiji in turn for the generosity and sympathy the Japanese people have shown the people of San Francisco in the wake of the earthquake there.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-08-11
Creator(s)
Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Meiji, Emperor of Japan
President Roosevelt sends Emperor Meiji of Japan a telegram of goodwill and friendship over the newly completed telegraph cable between Guam and Japan.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-06-25
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Meiji, Emperor of Japan
President Roosevelt thanks Emperor Meiji of Japan for the beautiful suit of armor, and for the gift Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt received from Empress Shōken.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-06-09
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emperor Meiji of Japan
President Roosevelt sends Emperor Meiji of Japan the skin of a bear that he shot as a token of respect. He thanks Meiji for the courtesy he and his country have shown his daughter Alice Roosevelt and Secretary of War William H. Taft.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-06
Creator(s)
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Emperor Meiji of Japan
President Roosevelt strongly praises the conduct of Emperor Meiji of Japan, both during the war with Russia and in deciding to enter peace negotiations. Roosevelt also praises the people of Japan, who, along with Meiji, possess “high valor and foresight” and “lofty wisdom.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1905-09-06