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Ambassador to Great Britain Reid updates President Roosevelt on various matters, including poet Algernon Charles Swinburne and his “suppressed” poem, the Newfoundland modus vivendi, and happenings in Parliament. Reid also details how he “warded off…the offer of some brand-new territory and responsibilities” in Nicaragua.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-28
W. B. Prentice informs Theodore Roosevelt that the Los Angeles Young Men’s Christian Association heeded his advice and is organizing one for “colored” members. Prentice also provides a list of topics for Outlook articles primarily focused on the acquisition of Lower California.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-27
This brief summary of recent Congo international relations (through 1904) outlines the parameters of a new treaty between the United States and Congo.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-10-12
Record of a treaty between the United States and deputations of the Confederated Tribes of the Sacs and Foxes; the Medaway-Kanton, Wahpacoota, Wahpeton and Sisseton Bands of Sioux; Omahas, Ioways, Oitoes, and Missourias. The various tribes cede their titles to their lands in exchange for annual payments, physical supplies, and confirmed rights to reserved portions of their territory for continued settlement.
1830
This agreement between the United States, as represented by Indian Agent Lawrence Taliaferro, and the Wahpaakootah, Susseton, and Upper Medawakanton tribes of Sioux Indians cedes control of territory between the Missouri River and the state of Missouri from the various tribes to the United States. In return, the tribes will receive five hundred and fifty dollars worth of goods.
1836-11-30
This treaty between the United States, as represented by Commissioner of Indian Affairs Lea and Governor Ramsey of Minnesota, and the Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux, cedes native control of a substantial portion of territory in Iowa and Minnesota in exchange for a payment of $1,665,000, to be paid out over several decades, and which will be put toward several purposes, which the treaty enumerates. The Native American bands further agree to remove themselves to reservations designated for them by the United States government.
1851-07-23
President Roosevelt considers the possible outcomes of the conflict between the Russians and Japanese.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1905-05-24
Secretary of State Hay describes the German-American understanding that the Monroe Doctrine prevents European powers from acquiring territory in the Americas and that Germany will not seize any territory due to the ongoing dispute with Venezuela.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-16
Frederick Courteney Selous endeavors to answer some of Governor Roosevelt’s question about the South African War. Selous lived for many years in South Africa and had a lot of contact with Boer hunters and frontiersmen. He provides a comprehensive history of the “Transvaal Boers” and factors which led to their current conflict with the British.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-03-04