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Kate Riis informs William Loeb that her father, Jacob A. Riis, is camping in the Canadian woods and will not return home until October fourth.
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1905-09-26
Frederick B. Fetherstonhaugh asks Theodore Roosevelt to speak to the Empire Club of Canada in Toronto, possibly on the subject of world problems and solutions through the eyes of John Bull and Uncle Sam. The club is affiliated with the Royal Colonial Institute and has many prestigious members.
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1911-12-16
Newsletter from the Champlain Society detailing their history, membership fees, and publications, including volumes already published and works to be published.
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1911-01
William Wood shares with Theodore Roosevelt that Alfred Russell Wallace is delighted Roosevelt has read his book. Wood thanks Roosevelt for the appreciation Roosevelt gave of his book, which he showed to the Prime Minister of Quebec, Sir Lomer Gouin. Wood hopes to visit Roosevelt in his office when his is in New York.
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1911-11-24
President Roosevelt thanks Arthur Hamilton Lee for the painting, saying he is overwhelmed by Lee’s kindness and generosity, and the way in which he has read Roosevelt’s thoughts about the painting. Roosevelt mentions that Admiral William S. Cowles, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, and Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks recently attended the tricentennial celebrations in Québec, emphasizing the “hearty friendship” between the United States and England. Roosevelt thinks the British fleet should be kept up to the highest standards for the “peace of the world,” though he would like to limit the size of ships. Roosevelt’s African safari is coming up, and he hopes he can travel as a private person, but will pay his respects to various important personages along the way if need be.
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1908-08-07
President Roosevelt agrees with Secretary of War Taft and has removed the reference to receivership from his speech. The “Philippine question” is the only point on which he remains uneasy. He details his thoughts and concerns about the United States’ continued relationship with the islands, including their strategic importance in the event of a conflict with Japan and the issue of granting autonomy.
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1907-08-21
President Roosevelt tells Nathan Bijur that it is difficult for him to understand how prosecuting “certain criminal rich” would affect stock markets around the world, but understands that he will be responsible for the results, whether he deserves it or not. Roosevelt cannot change his Provincetown speech, but will look for the opportunity to make a statement like the one Bijur suggests.
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1907-08-14
President Roosevelt tells British Ambassador to the United States Grey that Rennel Rodd was offered a position interacting with the US government, but turned it down. Roosevelt contrasts the attitudes and relations of a number of different countries with America and England, and takes a specific focus on Japan. Roosevelt notes that Japan has continued preparing for war over the last decade, and writes that there will be industrial competition between Japan and European countries. He also wonders if they are planning on invading America, Germany, or the Philippines. Roosevelt wants the United States and Japan to sign a treaty stating they will keep their citizens out of each other’s labor markets. Roosevelt closes by remarking on the similarities in governmental thinking and military approach between the United States and England.
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1906-12-19
John P. Grant knows Theodore Roosevelt appreciates large families, so he sends him an article and mentions he himself is one of thirteen children. He says his oldest brother J. A. Grant is involved in Canadian politics and is strongly conservative. John P. Grant will be sailing to Europe soon and would like to visit Roosevelt if possible.
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1911-10-13
Wilfred E. Harris invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak at the annual dinner of the Canadian Club of Boston on a topic of his choosing. Harris hopes this will strengthen the relationship between the United States and Canada.
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1911-10-07
Senator Lodge agrees that there is “an element of grim comedy” in the failure of Canadian reciprocity. Representative Foss claimed that reciprocity would already have been achieved if Lodge had supported it twenty years ago.
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1911-09-25
August F. Herrmann encloses a copy of an article recently published in the St. Louis Daily Globe about the proposed reciprocity agreement with Canada and an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. Herrmann copies a portion of a letter sent to a member of the cabinet, related to the reciprocity agreement and the number of Japanese, Indian, and Chinese immigrants in the Canadian workforce.
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1911-09-22
Thomas T. Wright asks Theodore Roosevelt if he could attend the 1914 Celebration to commemorate the peace between Canada and the United States.
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1911-09-13
Paul V. Collins informs Theodore Roosevelt that Minnesota and Dakota farmers opposed Canadian reciprocity, citing economic losses and betrayal by the administration, and describes efforts to organize a Farmers’ League for protection of agricultural interests.
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1911-09-13
Thomas T. Wright expresses to Oscar W. Underwood that the U.S. needs more American ships in foreign trade and urges Congress to pass a ship subsidy bill to support the merchant marine and boost the southern economy.
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1911-09-11
Commissioner General of Immigration Sargent answers William Loeb’s request that a report regarding Japanese movement into and out of the United States be prepared for President Roosevelt.
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1907-08-27
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Reid gives President Roosevelt an update on international politics in Europe, especially events in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia. He assures the President that the London Morning Post has a good opinion of him, and proposes a solution to the problem of one of its correspondents writing unfairly on the Roosevelt administration.
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1907-04-17
Harvard University President Charles William Eliot regrets that he will be away in Canada when President Roosevelt visits. He asks Roosevelt to speak to the students and try to improve their work ethic.
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1907-02-18
British Foreign Secretary Grey updates President Roosevelt about James Bryce’s plans regarding his upcoming trip to Canada and the ongoing conversations about the best position to take at the International Peace Conference. Grey hopes the diplomatic debacle following Jamaican Governor James Alexander Swettenham’s refusal of American help after the Kingston Earthquake is blowing over, as well as the conflict between the Japanese Government and America regarding California. Grey thinks that King Léopold II of Belgium should relinquish control of the Congo, which he believes should pass to the Belgian Government.
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1907-02-12
Attorney General Bonaparte relays to President Roosevelt the language of the immigration law enabling the President to prevent the Japanese government from issuing passports for immigrants to the continental United States who first travel through other countries or United States territories and the draft executive order. Bonaparte suggests changes to the order to make it conform with the immigration law.
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1907-03-14