Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-28

Creator(s)

Loeb, William, 1866-1937

Recipient

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-26

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

President Roosevelt authorizes Herbert H. D. Peirce to accept the Nobel Peace Prize on his behalf, “and receipt therefor.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-07

New Hampshire Secretary of State Pearson has found that Hotel Wentworth, along with the Rockingham, will be able to provide every possible courtesy and convenience to the peace plenipotentiaries. Pearson will visit the Mount Washington Hotel tomorrow and let them know of the change in hotel. New Hampshire’s governor will forward amended invitations to the Russian Ambassador and Japanese Minister.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-03

Ambassador O’Brien provides Acting Secretary of State Peirce with a translation of an article which appeared in the Danish newspaper, Politiken. The article suggests that the purchase of the Danish West Indies will come up in the next session of Congress.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-03

Theodore Roosevelt expresses the regret that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt felt on learning that Ambassador Peirce would no longer be continuing in the foreign service as Ambassador to Norway. The rumor about Roosevelt visiting Norway “is wholly without foundation.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-05-31

Theodore Roosevelt informs Minister Pierce to come next Sunday. He and his wife, Helen Jose Pierce, can take the eleven o’clock train.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-01-25

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-04-04

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

President Roosevelt directs Third Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce to deliver a message to Sergei Vitte, requesting that he send Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen or some other trusted representative to see Roosevelt immediately.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-18

President Roosevelt sends Ambassador Peirce a letter of introduction for his friend William Dudley Foulke, and Foulke’s daughter, Caroline.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-23

President Roosevelt tells Ambassador Peirce to secretly accept the offer of the 1906 Peace Prize from Chairman of the Nobel Committee Jørgen Løvland. Roosevelt tells him to convey his extreme gratitude, and that once the prize is publicly announced he will make a proper acknowledgement.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-01

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-29

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

At the direction of President Roosevelt, William Loeb sends Third Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce a confidential message to be delivered to Baron Jutarō Komura. He asks that Peirce secure a reply as quickly as possible and send it to Roosevelt by cipher telegram.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-28

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

President Roosevelt gives Herbert H. D. Peirce a message to communicate to Sergei Witte, Roosevelt believes Witte misunderstood his previous message, and attempts to make clear his proposal for Russia paying an indemnity to regain control of the northern part of Sakhalin Island and repatriate military prisoners. The exact price can be decided through further negotiations with Japan–the current issue is simply to agree in principle to such an exchange. Roosevelt believes Russian Emperor Nicholas II should be shown the telegram directly to avoid miscommunication.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-23

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-30

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Peirce, Herbert H. D. (Herbert Henry Davis), 1849-1916

Jorgen Løvland, Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, acknowledges the committee’s receipt of two letters. President Roosevelt passed them through Herbert H. D. Peirce, the U.S. Ambassador to Norway, regarding Representative Richard Bartholdt’s candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-04