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Letter from Douglas L. Howard to Edwin C. Pendleton

Letter from Douglas L. Howard to Edwin C. Pendleton

Midshipman Howard of the USS Missouri informs Captain Pendleton that he took a team of sixteen men ashore to Kingston, Jamaica, following the earthquake. First, they extracted the American Consulate archives. Howard then met up with Lieutenant William P. Scott where they began searching for and recovering bodies. Next they helped the owner of the company Milke Bros. recover a safe and return the contents to the owner, Mr. Milke. They also assisted a Mr. Newton in recovering and opening another safe for him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-20

Creator(s)

Howard, Douglas L. (Douglas Legate), 1885-1936

Memorandum from Arthur Bainbridge Hoff to Edwin C. Pendleton

Memorandum from Arthur Bainbridge Hoff to Edwin C. Pendleton

Lieutenant-Commander Hoff, of the USS Missouri, notifies Captain Pendleton that he arrived in Jamaica with fifty men, including Lieutenant William P. Scott, Midshipman Richard S. Edwards, Gunner Robert E. Cox, and Carpenter Harry E. Cooper, and began removing damaged walls and clearing deceased bodies following the recent earthquake. Hoff and six others protected the United States Embassy while its archives were safely extracted as well as stopped looters and protected property.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-17

Creator(s)

Hoff, Arthur Bainbridge 1869-1925

Letter from Alexander Konta to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Alexander Konta to Theodore Roosevelt

Alexander Konta writes of the “scantiness, unreliability and confusion of the records of the past” and modern technologies being used for commercial rather than historical value. He proposes the Modern Historic Records Association be created in an effort to combine efforts at the local, state, and national level to preserve the historic record, including the voices of men of importance. He hopes that Theodore Roosevelt might look kindly on this idea and will consider joining in the planning of such an undertaking.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-14

Creator(s)

Konta, Alexander, 1862-1933

Letter from John Barrett to John Hay

Letter from John Barrett to John Hay

John Barrett has submitted a copy of the letter that Philippe Bunau-Varilla wrote to Secretary of State Hay to the Panama Minister of Foreign Affairs and has also let it be known that the United States is ready to negotiate for the protection of revenues and trade. This letter “absolves the United States Government from blame for alleged arbitrary interpretation of the treaty.” Barrett has heard a rumor that the Minister of Foreign Affairs has found the original Bunau-Varilla letter and the reply from the Junta in his archives.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-08-20

Creator(s)

Barrett, John, 1866-1938