Belgium--Brussels

Theodore Roosevelt explains to his son Ted that he met Madame Depage, who is delivering this letter, in Brussels. He would like the younger Roosevelt to help her fund raising efforts for Belgian field hospitals. She believes that California is a logical place to concentrate her efforts and the elder Roosevelt hopes the younger Roosevelt, along with his wife, Eleanor Butler Roosevelt, and her mother, Grace Green Alexander, will do all that they can to provide Madame Depage with introductions and advice.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-02-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt is pleased to inform Rachel Sherman Thorndike that he will be able to send her brother-in-law, Alexander M. Thackara, to Berlin as a consul. Consul George W. Roosevelt has said he does not know German, and would prefer to remain in Brussels.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Not wanting any misunderstandings, President Roosevelt emphasizes to Rachel Sherman Thorndike he never promised to send Minister Alexander M. Thackara to Paris. He will look into the Hamburg matter.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt instructs Assistant Secretary of State Loomis to send Consul General Alexander B. Thackara to Berlin and retain Consul General George W. Roosevelt at Brussels for two years. After Frank H. Mason leaves the diplomatic service in two years, Roosevelt will be reassigned to his post in Paris.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-02

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt informs Governor Black he has already filled the diplomatic posts. However, he may be able to assign John M. Francis to Vienna in a few years.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-21

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

President Roosevelt expresses his frustration about the matter pertaining to John Lewis Griffiths joining the consular service. Although another Indiana man, John K. Gowdy, is leaving Paris, that does not mean that Griffiths gets to take his place when there are other men in the consular service waiting for promotions. Roosevelt informs William Dudley Foulke he will find a suitable position for Griffiths and promote him to Consul General later, if possible.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Many people have shown interest in Colonel Roosevelt of Brussels, a distant relative of President Roosevelt. The general opinion is that he is a “good fellow” and President Roosevelt asks if he can be given a promotion.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-09-28

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Recipient

Storer, B. (Bellamy), 1847-1922

Language

English

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt writes to President McKinley on behalf of Consul George W. Roosevelt, who wishes to be retained as Consul to Brussels. Roosevelt affirms that Consul Roosevelt is not a close relationship and attests to his efficient service as consul and gallantry during the Civil War. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1897-05-01

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-03-31

Creator(s)

Bostock, Frank Charles, 1866-1912

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Senator Beveridge hopes that when President Roosevelt names David Jayne Hill as Ambassador to Germany he will assign Henry Lane Wilson to fill Hill’s vacated position as Ambassador to the Netherlands and name Beveridge’s brother-in-law Spencer F. Eddy as Ambassador to Belgium. Beveridge assures Roosevelt that he will approve of Eddy’s work. Beveridge also notes that Eddy’s mother is in poor health and would likely be heartened by the news of such an appointment.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-11-07

Creator(s)

Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927

Bellamy Storer writes to President Roosevelt asking him to consider the facts, which Storer has enclosed as a statement of points, regarding his dismissal from diplomatic service. The dismissal was based on the grounds that both Storer’s conduct, in his capacity as an American ambassador, and his wife Maria Longworth Storer’s conduct in Rome, blurred the lines of public office and personal opinion regarding the promotion of Archbishop John Ireland to Cardinal. Storer defends his actions, including full and partial correspondence between those chiefly involved, to prove that he was acting in his public capacity at the request of President Roosevelt, which Roosevelt now denies. Storer is aggrieved that he was dismissed before his letter of resignation could have reached Washington since he was on leave in Egypt at the time he received Roosevelt’s request for his resignation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-18

Creator(s)

Storer, B. (Bellamy), 1847-1922

Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to President Roosevelt to discuss a report, which stated that Loomis had spoken to the King of Belgium about Henry Kowalsky.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-13

Creator(s)

Loomis, Francis B. (Francis Butler), 1861-1948

Richard Bartholdt writes to President Roosevelt to congratulate him on the peace treaty and to discuss the 13th Session of the Interparliamentary Union in Brussels.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-07

Creator(s)

Bartholdt, Richard, 1855-1932

Representative Bartholdt relays his experience at the Interparliamentary Council in Brussels in which they asked about the second Hague Conference, which led to talk of the Russo-Japanese War. He discusses the outcomes of the Conference and the American pride he felt and asks if President Roosevelt wants to say anything about the conference paper.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-30

Creator(s)

Bartholdt, Richard, 1855-1932

On behalf of Secretary of State John Hay, Assistant Secretary Adee asks William Loeb to make a change to a memorandum about the Congo.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-14

Creator(s)

Adee, Alvey A. (Alvey Augustus), 1842-1924

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1871 to December 1878. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s trip to Europe and Egypt, Roosevelt’s entrance to Harvard, the death of Theodore “Thee” Roosevelt, Roosevelt’s trip to Maine, and Roosevelt meeting Alice Hathaway Lee.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Creator(s)

Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association

Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from October 1858 to December 1870. Notable events include the Roosevelt family’s involvement in the American Civil War, Theodore Roosevelt meeting John Hay as a child, and the Roosevelt family’s first European trip.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association

Creation Date

1985

Creator(s)

Moore, Robert J. (Robert John), 1956-; Theodore Roosevelt Association

Cartoon shows a man in German dress “Cartel Magnate” jumping a rope “Brussells Conference” turned by a barefoot man “Cuba” and Republican House Speaker Sereno Elisha Payne. The cartoon refers to the 1902 Brussels Sugar Convention where discussions included the topic of a German sugar cartel that received trade advantages over Cuban sugar.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Unknown

Daily Telegraph reporters comment on opinions from Brussels, Belgium, and Paris, France, regarding the recent exchange of letters between Baron Tweedmouth, Edward Marjoribanks, and German Emperor William II. Opinions from both countries seem to think that the fervor over the incident was blown out of proportion, and that tensions between England and Germany regarding the English Navy are high.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-10

Creator(s)

Unknown