Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Harry Johnston
President Roosevelt reports that President-elect William H. Taft was not angry about Harry Johnston’s letter. The breakwater that Johnston spoke of will soon be started and they will have to “just disregard the Panamans’ susceptibilities.” Roosevelt chose not to take his “wanderjahr” in Central America and the Caribbean, as he wants to stay out of politics right after he leaves office and not appear to look like an American envoy appearing in different countries.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1909-02-15