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Report from George F. Pollock to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

Report from George F. Pollock to Ethan Allen Hitchcock

George F. Pollock submits a report to Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock following an order from President Roosevelt that no patent be issued to public land until an “examination on the ground” has been made by an agent of the Department of the Interior, in order to hinder “theft of the public lands.” Pollock reports on the current pending cases and requests additional funding to carry out the work.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-22

Report of Frederick M. Tate

Report of Frederick M. Tate

Secret Service Agent Tate records comments made by Julia Connor about her former neighbor Lulu Grover. Grover claimed to have known President Roosevelt when he was ranching near Medora, North Dakota, and left her cats to Roosevelt after committing suicide.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-15

James De Vrescheville report on Russian meeting

James De Vrescheville report on Russian meeting

Summary written by James de Vrescheville, clerk to the American ambassador to Russia, George von Lengerke Meyer. The letter describes a meeting between Meyer and Count Lamsdorff of Russia, explaining the meaning of the English translation of a Russian communique saying that Russia and Japan would be willing to sit with President Roosevelt to discuss a truce between the two warring countries. During the meeting, Meyer explained the particular choice of words harped on by the press, that would in no way impact negotiations.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-15

Report on Articles I and II of proposed treaties for arbitration of international differences

Report on Articles I and II of proposed treaties for arbitration of international differences

Charles E. Magoon, on behalf of the Office of the General Counsel, answers questions raised by Secretary of War Taft as to the authority of President Roosevelt and the Senate in proposed arbitration treaties. The two articles of the treaty in question designate that irreconcilable disputes between parties are sent to the Hague after agreement by both parties regarding the particulars of the dispute. Magoon concludes that the articles in question do not constitute an exception to the generally understood powers of the President and Senate in such matters, citing numerous similar laws and treaties. Magoon further points out that the articles in question would not deprive Congress of its legislative rights and makes clear that later acts of Congress contradicting the treaty would supersede the treaty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-08

Summary of the condition of U.S. trade failure in the Pacific field

Summary of the condition of U.S. trade failure in the Pacific field

Harold Bolce uses government statistics to show that the United States is not succeeding in foreign markets, contrary to popular belief. The United States’ “portentous defeat commercially in South America, Oceania and Asia” is detailed. Bolce argues that the U.S. has not managed to dominate markets on the Atlantic side of South America; therefore, he does not agree that the Panama Canal will guarantee trade success in Pacific markets.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-09

Dispatch number 1747

Dispatch number 1747

Ambassador Conger sends Secretary of State Hay a dispatch detailing his audience with the Empress Dowager of China. Conger delivered a letter from President Roosevelt. Her Imperial Majesty sends a photograph of herself as “an expression of cordial relations” between the United States and China.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-16

Report by the Interstate Commerce Commission

Report by the Interstate Commerce Commission

A report (which is missing pages) by the Interstate Commerce Commission on the advantages, disadvantages, and “evils” of privately owned railroad cars. The report discusses both cars in which goods belonging to the cars’ owners are transported, and ones in which the goods of others are transported. Advantages include the investment of private investors in new technologies, such as refrigerator cars, and the rental of these cars to carriers. Disadvantages include monopolies over refrigerator cars, an unfair advantage for companies who own both the cars and the goods, as well as costs and complications regarding ice. The meatpacking company Armour is particularly singled out for their consolidation over the refrigerator car business.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-02

Special points of excellence in reference to the medical department of the Japanese Army

Special points of excellence in reference to the medical department of the Japanese Army

United States Navy Surgeon General Rixey praises the Japanese Army’s medical department. The Japanese Army allocates a large number of personnel and a great deal of money to its medical department, and it is led by a number of officers of high rank. During the recent Russo-Japanese war, the Japanese Army was constantly transporting sick and injured soldiers from the front to hospitals in Japan, in addition to maintaining well-provisioned field hospitals. While they have not made discoveries in the field of sanitation, they have maintained good conditions for their troops and thus prevented sickness.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10

Reciprocity office

Reciprocity office

After reviewing the annexed papers regarding a reciprocity treaty with Newfoundland, J. B. Osborne has determined that the Blaine-Bond Project of 1890 is a poor basis for a current reciprocity treaty.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-13

Exhibit no. 35

Exhibit no. 35

Correspondence related to a request by the municipal council of the pueblo of Lubao for the removal of Galo de la Calle, an Augustinian Friar who is attempting to take charge of the local parish.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-29

Extract from a letter from Henry J. Jackson to Joe Murray

Extract from a letter from Henry J. Jackson to Joe Murray

Henry J. Jackson, former secretary of the immigration board at Castle Garden, New York City, provides a letter of reference for Joe Murray. He notes that no complaints were made to the Board of Commissioners from 1880 to 1885 during Murray’s tenure with the restaurant at the immigration depot. Jackson believes that during this time the restaurant was “never better or more honestly conducted.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-03-31