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Justice White’s note of congratulations was the first President Roosevelt received after the successful conclusion of the Alaskan boundary dispute.
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1903-10-19
President Roosevelt has a feeling that Oliver Wendell Holmes showing his July letter to Neville Chamberlain and others may have had an effect on the Alaska boundary decision.
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1903-10-20
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Assistant Secretary of State Loomis suggesting that Secretary of War Root, Mr. Foster, and Senator Lodge publish articles to explain the scope and meaning of the Alaska boundary award. Roosevelt thinks that this is an admirable suggestion and asks if Senator Lodge would play his part.
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1903-10-20
President Roosevelt compares Theodore Roosevelt’s success in athletics to his own time in the New York Assembly. President Roosevelt is pleased with the Alaska boundary award and believes that a decisive factor in the arbitration was the British understanding of the consequences that would follow a disagreement.
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1903-10-20
President Roosevelt encloses a letter from Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis suggesting that Secretary of War Root, John Watson Foster, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge publish articles to explain the scope and meaning of the Alaska boundary award. Roosevelt thinks that this is an admirable suggestion and asks if Root would play his part.
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1903-10-20
President Roosevelt is pleased with the Alaskan boundary award and is amused at the reaction of Canada.
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1903-10-24
President Roosevelt is pleased to hear Henry White’s forecast for the Alaska boundary business. Roosevelt believes that a deadlock would be much worse for the Canadians and British because he would be forced to end negotiations and take possession of the territory in question.
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1903-09-26
Secretary of War Root is in London with the Alaska Boundary Tribunal and President Roosevelt provides updates on various events and political issues in the United States including the post office scandal, State Senator Greene, and political candidates.
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1903-10-03
President Roosevelt agrees about the islands and would be glad to use them as a balance in the Alaska boundary matter. If an agreement cannot be reached, Roosevelt prefers the Hague Court.
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1903-09-15
President Roosevelt encloses a letter and clipping from Foster which shows that political pressure is being used to prevent an impartial decision on the Alaskan boundary. If necessary, Roosevelt would consider ending negotiations and seizing the disputed territory.
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1903-09-21
President Roosevelt appreciates the information about General Miles and will use it if necessary. Roosevelt is glad that Elihu Root will be handling the Alaska negotiations with Great Britain and Canada.
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1903-08-20
President Roosevelt returns the “remarkable letter” from Baron Takahira and suggests that Secretary of State Hay keep it. Roosevelt hopes that the English act with “sanity and propriety in the Alaska business.”
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1903-08-21
President Roosevelt provides his thoughts on the Alaskan boundary dispute and generally favors the claims of the United States. Roosevelt concedes that the British have a few small points of argument.
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1903-07-25
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Secretary of War Elihu Root are against any delay by the British in the Alaska boundary negotiations. President Roosevelt does not want the dispute pending during the presidential campaign and, if necessary, is willing to get Congressional appropriations in order to “run the line ourselves.”
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1903-06-29
Secretary of War Root, Senator Lodge, and Senator Turner have been appointed as American representatives to the tribunal that will determine the boundary between Alaska and Canada. Roosevelt instructs the representatives to impartially judge the questions that come before them and then explains the American interpretation of the boundary. This copy of the letter was sent to Root.
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1903-03-25
President Roosevelt has received Senator Turner’s letter of explanation and finds it satisfactory. There was criticism of Turner’s appointment to the Alaskan Boundary Commission due to his connections with the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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1903-03-04
President Roosevelt invites Frederick William Holls to lunch or dinner for some campaign planning. Roosevelt would like Holls to delay judgment regarding the Alaskan boundary until after the commissioners report.
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1903-02-21
President Roosevelt has reviewed the report by Lieutenant Emmons and has concluded that the United States has rights to more land on the Alaskan-Canadian border. Any American negotiator on the boundary should have access to the Emmons report.
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1903-01-14
President Roosevelt encloses another document from Lieutenant Emmons regarding the Alaskan-Canadian border.
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1903-01-15
President Roosevelt is looking forward to John St. Loe Strachey’s visit to Washington, D.C. Roosevelt has been occupied over an Alaskan boundary dispute with Canada and is not inclined to compromise since he believes that the Canadians do not have a “leg to stand on.” Roosevelt also met with some Boer prisoners with whom he sympathized, describing the men as “admirable stock out of which to make a nation.”
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1902-07-18