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Surveyor of Customs Clarkson writes to William Loeb about a hammock which is to be sent to President Roosevelt. The hammock is a diplomatic gift from United States Minister William B. Sorsby who found the hammock while serving as a diplomat in South America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-01
The Bolivian minister insists that a concession given to American business interests does nothing to interfere with Brazilian sovereignty.
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1902-07-10
The State Department instructs Ambassador Charles Page Bryan to protect American interests in Brazil without taking sides in a Brazilian-Bolivian dispute.
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1902-07-10
Secretary of State Hay details an emerging problem regarding a United States business concession in Bolivia, which is threatening Bolivia’s relationship with Brazil. Hay encloses a draft response for President Roosevelt’s approval.
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1902-07-10
President Roosevelt is delighted with William Emlen Roosevelt’s “intentions in the Bolivian matter.”
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1903-02-20
President Roosevelt would like to know what action is being taken in the Bolivian matter. Senator Lodge had previously written regarding Brazil interfering with Bolivian concessions to American citizens.
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1902-07-02
Granville Fortescue writes to President Roosevelt requesting letters to the U.S. Ministers to Bolivia and Argentina, for his friend Gerald Morgan. Fortecue also mentions an article in the Journal of the United Service Military Institution.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-01-08
Acting Secretary of State Loomis writes that Ignacio Calderon, newly appointed Minister from Bolivia, would like to set a time to meet with President Roosevelt in order to present his credentials.
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1904-05-25
This pamphlet advertises travelogues by Frank R. Roberson and presents his credentials for the quality of his work. Many people in the United States know very little about South America, so Roberson offers travelogues on Panama, the east coast of South America, Chile and the Andes, and Peru and Bolivia, in addition to resources about other parts of the world.
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1908-07-03
Acting Secretary of State Adee forwards a letter from Brazil asking American business interests to abandon their concession in Bolivia.
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1902-07-24
Colombian General Daniel Ortiz distributes a General Order to commanders, officers and soldiers of the Army of the Pacific Ocean of the Department of Panama to defend Colombia against American forces in the Panama Revolution of 1903. Ortiz admonishes President Roosevelt’s policy and the Monroe Doctrine, asserting their contradiction of the Mallarino-Bidlack treaty of 1846, which stated Colombia’s ownership of Panama. Ortiz references Simón Bolívar and the triumph of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia over the Spanish Empire in the Spanish-American War.
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1903-11-23
William Emlen Roosevelt will be clear of “the Bolivian matter” in a month. He hopes that what he has heard about Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt being “worn out” is overstated.
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1903-02-19
William Emlen Roosevelt is involved with the Bolivian Syndicate, a company caught up in the dispute over the Acre territory between Brazil and Bolivia. War is a possibility and Emlen is working towards a settlement that will prevent war, allow him to get out of the Syndicate, and keep the Roosevelt name out of the papers in relation to the dispute.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-01-27
Brazil has decided that Bolivia’s decision to lease the Acre territory is hostile and requests the U.S. government to advise its citizens against engaging in enterprises there.
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1902-07-24
Secretary of State Hay forwards material pertaining to a dispute between Brazil and Bolivia.
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1902-07-11
Claudio Pinilla has some questions regarding commercial relations and alterations to a treaty of July 2, 1896, between Brazil and Bolivia. The Brazilian government is threatening to withdraw from the previous treaty.
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1902-05-14
Dr. Pinilla lays out the Bolivian point of view on a potential treaty with Brazil pertaining to the Acre territory. There is concern over some provisions of a new commercial and territorial treaty that Brazil supports. Brazilian interests in the Acre Territory threaten Bolivia in some ways. There is the possibility of a private police force that has Brazilians worried, but Pinilla tried to make the Brazilians comfortable that any force would be under the control of the Bolivian government. He promises the protection of any Brazilian citizens already living in the area under question. Pinilla points out that Bolivia has never attempted to take a foot of foreign territory and that there has already been a joint survey as to the border between Javary and Madeira.
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1902-05-14
“Translation of Article 23 of the Treaty signed July 31, 1896, by representatives of Bolivia and Brasil, but not ratified by the Brasilian Congress, and now withdrawn because Bolivia has made the Aramayo Contract.” Article 24 of the same treaty is translated on page 2.
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1902-05-14
Brazil and Bolivia are attempting to work out a treaty dealing with business concessions in the Acre Territory. Magalhaes, representing Brazil, is concerned that business interests will be given too much sovereignty and police powers. He argues that a section of the treaty that allows the commercial syndicate given the lease of the land under consideration will be able to set up their own defense force with boats to police the river. He wonders who this force would be accountable to. This group would, in effect, have more control than the Bolivian government.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-14
Dr. Magalhaes raises several questions to Dr. Pinilla regarding a treaty between Bolivia and Brazil, primarily to the extent of business concessions. He argues that the original treaty was mutually beneficial, but that a new monopoly would lead to the nomination of consular agents that the Brazilian government will not recognize.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-04-14