Ambassadors

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lawrence F. Abbott

President Roosevelt encourages Lawrence F. Abbott to say that he spoke after having looked at the same documents that Roosevelt had access to regarding the Portsmouth Treaty. Roosevelt feels it is ridiculous for The Springfield Daily Republican to call for a formal denial of the vague reports from Ambassadors Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini and Baron Roman Romanovich Rosen. The unofficial statements would under no circumstances require President Roosevelt’s involvement, and he has made himself clear in his own letters.

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1908-10-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elbert F. Baldwin

President Roosevelt agrees with Elbert F. Baldwin’s letter regarding the recently deceased German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg, and is pleased that the Germans agree with Roosevelt’s own assessment of him.

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1908-09-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lord Curzon of Kedleston

President Roosevelt hopes to visit Lord Curzon of Kedleston, and lists the authors he would most like to meet while visiting Oxford. He discusses the issue of the reserves in Africa, and compares the situation to Yellowstone Park in the United States. Roosevelt mourns the loss of former German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg, a great soldier and effective ambassador.

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1908-09-12

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Hermann Paul von Hatzfeld

President Roosevelt is shocked and grieved to hear of Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg’s death. He describes Sternburg as an intimate friend and attests to his character. Roosevelt credits Sternburg, a skilled diplomat who loyally served his country, for strengthening the relationship between Germany and the United States.

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1908-08-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John St. Loe Strachey

President Roosevelt tells Spectator editor John St. Loe Strachey that he is embarrassed of the way that former Ambassador Bellamy Storer has behaved in the press as of late, but that he ultimately stands by all sentiments he gave in the letters that have been made public. The president muses on the details surrounding the recent controversy regarding the exclusion of Japanese children from San Francisco schools, as well as his proposed plan for the United States and Japan to keep their laborers out of one another’s countries.  

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1906-12-21

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Michael Walsh

President Roosevelt tells Catholic newspaper publisher Michael Walsh that his main point of contention in the recent incident regarding B. Storer and Maria Longworth Storer was the damage done to Archbishop John Ireland. Roosevelt notes that he does not regret anything he stated in the private letters that were recently published. The letter is marked “Private” and Roosevelt scrawls “Not for publication” at the top.

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1906-12-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Holmes Conrad

President Roosevelt tells Holmes Conrad that he had never heard of the matter prior to receiving his letter. Roosevelt notes that Luke E. Wright is now ambassador to Japan, and had nothing to do with the situation since he accepted the position. Roosevelt says he will forward Conrad’s concern to Secretary of War William H. Taft, and reiterates his lack of knowledge on the topic and apologizes if Conrad is disappointed.

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1906-12-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

President Roosevelt thinks the editorial that Ambassador Reid has forwarded is nice and intelligent. Roosevelt says that the sentiment of the editorial’s thoughts on Reid are “simply what I hear on all sides,” and he praises the work that he and his wife have done.

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1906-12-10

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Jørgen Løvland

Roosevelt reiterates his thanks to Løvland for the Nobel Prize, and notes that he will communicate further by letter via “the Norwegian Minister at Washington,” Hjalmar Christian Hauge.

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1906-12-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to the Diplomatic and Consular Representatives of the US in South and Central America

President Roosevelt asks the Diplomatic and Consular Representatives of the US in South and Central America to extend Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark “any proper official courtesy” during his goodwill trip to the region.

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1906-12-09

Letter from William Loeb to Francis E. Clark

William Loeb forwards Dr. Francis E. Clark the “letter of introduction to our diplomatic and consular representatives in Central and South America,” as per Clark’s request.

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1906-12-09

Letter from Uchida Kōsai to Theodore Roosevelt

Uchida Kōsai is returning to Japan due to his duties as Minister for Foreign Affairs and is glad he was able to meet with Theodore Roosevelt.

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1911-09-19

Letter from Charlemagne Tower to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Tower informs President Roosevelt that he will need to return to the United States next summer and asks that Roosevelt accept his retirement at that time. Although he has enjoyed his time in diplomatic service, he has considerable interests at home that need to be addressed. Tower has three sons growing up and wants to be able to address their development and proper direction.

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1907-09-19

Letter from J. J. Jusserand to Theodore Roosevelt

French Ambassador Jusserand thanks President Roosevelt for the letter and book, which he says he has been reading in the midst of seeing work done to the house. He has spent the majority of his days on the top of ladders, not like some ambassadors who must only emphasize their greatness. Jusserand goes into detail about some of the stories, saying that they remind him of Secretary of State Elihu Root’s lecture at Yale where he noted that the main thing is progress.

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1907-09-17

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee informs President Roosevelt more fully about the meeting of the Central American ministers in Washington, D.C. All five ministers agreed to holding a conference overseen by Roosevelt and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz in Washington, D.C., to discuss any disputes between the countries. Adee informs Roosevelt that he and Díaz should consult about the wording of the invitation to make sure that both parties follow the same course.

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1907-09-12

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that he and Mexican Charge José F. Godoy, along with five Central American ministers, had developed a protocol for a conference in Washington, D.C., in November 1907. Roosevelt and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz would extend the invitation, and one or both would arbitrate over any disputes that arise in the coming months. Adee will send more details tomorrow.

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1907-09-11

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of State Adee sends communications from President Porfirio Díaz of Mexico and President Fernando Figueroa of El Salvador regarding the selection of a location for the conference, with his reflections and the opinions of the Central American ministers Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Mora of Costa Rica and Luis Felipe Corea of Nicaragua. Secretary of State Elihu Root thinks Mexico would be the right choice. If Washington, D.C. is selected as the location, the conference could not be scheduled until Root returns from Mexico, following diplomatic etiquette.

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1907-09-02

Letter from Ambassador Kogoro Takahira to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Kogoro Takahira writes President Roosevelt, informing him that he has been awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. Takahira also writes that he has been appointed ambassador to Rome.

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1907-04-03

Letter from Anna Roosevelt Cowles to Theodore Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles informs President Roosevelt about the different people that will be coming to visit him. Cowles wishes that they could have visited when Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was available.

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1907-03-19

Letter from Charles S. Francis to William Loeb

Ambassador Charles S. Francis notes that Professor John Williams Burgess attended Ambassador Charlemagne Tower’s recent dinner at the Embassy in Berlin and will be traveling to Vienna. Due to Burgess’s criticism of President Roosevelt, Francis does not want to entertain him, and asks William Loeb’s opinion on the matter. Francis hopes that Roosevelt approved of unofficial efforts to pressure the Austrian Phoenix Insurance Company to reach an agreement with a committee representing the San Francisco earthquake claimants.

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Creation Date

1907-03-11