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Ambassador Francis informs William Loeb about the Wiener Männergesang-Verein and its plan to visit the United States next year. He asks if President Roosevelt would allow the choir to visit him at the White House and give a private concert.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-14
Elbert F. Baldwin recommends that President Roosevelt appoint F. Marion Crawford to the Constantinople legation because Crawford has a good understanding of customs and culture in the region and because he is a Roman Catholic. Baldwin discusses Crawford’s qualifications in detail, including mentioning his time in Turkey and India. Baldwin is acquainted with the other men suggested for this mission, but he does not believe they measure up to the same standard as Crawford does.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-25
Whitelaw Reid, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, updates President Roosevelt on King of Britain Edward VII’s respectful behavior toward Sultan of the Turks Abdülhamid II. Turkey has embraced British Ambassador Sir Gerard Lowther, who has ended up in a position of power mostly by luck. The German Emperor William II has been recklessly deepening the financial troubles that plague Berlin. Reid does not think Roosevelt will need his Colonel’s uniform for visiting England, and details the appropriate attire. He discusses an agreement made with Chairman of the Republican National Committee Frank H. Hitchcock to send copies of the Daily Tribune to voters in New York. Lord Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes has been unavailable due to travel, but Reid should have more information when the next session begins in three weeks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-09-23
Alvey A. Adee encloses a copy of a dispatch and its enclosure from John George Alexander Leishman, relating to Leishman’s delayed reception by the Sultan of Turkey.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-20
John George Alexander Leishman updates Elihu Root on the situation regarding his becoming an ambassador in Turkey. There has been some reluctance from the Sultan and the European powers at having the embassy “forced upon him,” but Leishman is cautiously positive about his prospects at being accepted and presenting his credentials soon.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-03
An attempt was made on the life of Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, and although he was not hurt, many others were hurt or killed.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-21
President Roosevelt stands behind a “Quaker suit” with a tag that reads, “pacific speech of acceptance for campaign purposes,” and fires a revolver at the feet of the Sultan of the Turks Abdülhamid II. Sultan of Morocco Mulai Abd al-Aziz IV watches in the background with a sign that reads, “Perdicaris alive, or Raisuli dead.” In the distance, Ahmad Raysūnī watches from a cliff.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-08-10
President Roosevelt chases a “sultan” turkey on a horse with an “Oyster Bay” harness. Roosevelt carries a variety of weapons with him, including a sword and a revolver.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-30
“James Hazen Hyde, Abdul Hamid, [and] Castro” step off the earth hand in hand.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1909-05-26
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Several European rulers stand next to signposts labeled “France, Turkey, England, Germany, Italy, Austria, [and] Russia” lining the sides of a dirt road, with “Servia” and “Roumania” in the background. The rulers are all keeping an eye on William II, the German Emperor, as he walks down the road between them.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1893-10-18
Joseph Gurney Cannon, as the cruel, autocratic Sultan of the Turks, Abdülhamid II, sits on a throne, smoking a hookah labeled “Obstruction,” as two men, in the background, dressed as Turks labeled “Payne” and “Dalzell,” suffer from a chill or other deprivation.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1908-09-30
Ambassador Leishman has been unable to obtain an audience with the Ottoman Grand Vizier or Sultan Abdülhamid II.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-07
Draft of a response to the telegram from Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, hoping for Ted Roosevelt’s recovery from pneumonia. The draft has been submitted for approval by Assistant Secretary of State Adee and marked as “OK.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-02-13