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William Lawrence Penfield asks if President Roosevelt would prefer the facilities needed for William J. Calhoun’s investigation to come through the regular legation in Caracas. Penfield indicates he would like to take his vacation after he meets with Calhoun and Elihu Root.
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1905-07-13
Baron van Tuyll called to relay the dissatisfaction of the Netherlands with the Venezuelan government, and to notify the United States government that the Netherlands would need to take serious measures.
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1905-03-24
A transcript of the interview between Acting Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee and the Japanese Minister regarding how the United States intends to handle the docking of the Russian cruiser Lena in San Francisco for repairs. Adee informs the minister that the State Department does not have the authority to enforce neutrality laws, but that the proper departments will deal properly with the cruiser after the necessity and extent of the repairs has been ascertained.
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1904-09-13
Secretary of the Navy Morton writes William Loeb after unsuccessfully trying to reach him by phone, and updates him on the situation with the Russian steamer Lena, which is docked in San Francisco. Morton would like President Roosevelt to state which department should handle the matter, but says that everyone involved currently understands that the State Department is in charge.
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1904-09-13
J. Sloat Fassett informs William Loeb about the trouble caused by a letter written by Leigh S. J. Hunt, which was intended for Secretary of State John Hay but was mistakenly delivered to Horace Newton Allen, U.S. Minister to Korea.
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1904-09-02
Secretary of State Hay informs President Roosevelt that he approves of Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee’s telegrams to the diplomatic staff in China and he has scheduled a meeting with the Russian ambassador.
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1904-08-24
Ambassador White discusses Sir Cecil Spring Rice’s plans to travel to the United States and the issues related to the trip. He also shares information and various updates with President Roosevelt.
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1905-01-13
Acting Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee submits a telegram to Russian Ambassador Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini for President Roosevelt to approve. It will be sent to Bar Harbor, Maine, from the State Department if it is approved. A handwritten note says that the telegram was approved by telephone.
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1904-09-14
Secretary of State Root tells John Jackson Brinkerhoff, Minister to Persia, to continue quarreling with the missionaries.
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1907-12-23
The creator makes a note to copy Secretary of State Elihu Root on a message via special delivery, at the request of Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee.
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1907-10-05
Theodore Roosevelt explains to President Charles H. Sholes how he came to accept honorary membership to the American Alpine Club but not to the Mazamas. Roosevelt asks that the matter is not given any publicity.
1906-05-22
This color postcard features text from the proclamation issued by President Roosevelt announcing the celebration of the Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition in 1907. The postcard also features portraits of Roosevelt and six other politicians involved with the event.
1905-03-29
Jacob H. Hollander sent William Loeb a separate letter concerning the Dominican debt negotiations. He asks that President Roosevelt send a letter to President of Johns Hopkins University Ira Remsen requesting a leave of absence for Hollander.
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1906-09-17
John Hay encloses a copy of a circular dispatch.
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1904-02-08
J. R. Buck encloses additional instructions to accompany copies sent with Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee’s letter concerning Panama.
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1903-12-28
Secretary of State Hay discusses options for the United States government’s position with regard to Colombia. If insurrection breaks out in Panama, action must be taken to keep transit clear, and such action should not favor Bogota. Hay advises President Roosevelt to consider all this for a few weeks, seeing how events transpire in the meantime.
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1903-09-13
With news of the Bogota Congress rejecting the Panama Canal Treaty, Secretary of State Hay considers other options and recommends consultation with key Senators and with Secretary of War Elihu Root.
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1903-08-16
Acting Secretary of State Loomis has written to German Ambassador Baron Herman Von Sternburg concerning the State Department’s Assistant Secretary Alvey Adee’s letter about Sternburg’s credentials.
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1903-07-27
Secretary of State Hay has notified the courts of the ordered changes that will be made known on Wednesday and Alvey A. Adee inquiries about the date of an unnamed announcement.
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1902-12-31
Postmaster General Payne called seeking to arrange a meeting between himself, Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee, and President Roosevelt.
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1902-11-08