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President Roosevelt tells Professor Hart that he hopes Admiral French Ensor Chadwick will be able to acquire a degree from Harvard. Roosevelt further vouches for Chadwick’s reputation as a naval officer, author, and American.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-12-13
George Haven Putnam writes Theodore Roosevelt to ask him a favor concerning Putnam’s brother’s son, George Palmer Putnam. George Palmer Putnam is a newspaper correspondent currently residing in Oregon but recently returned to New York to get married, and will travel back to Oregon soon via the Panama Canal whilst writing news reports on the canal’s status. George Haven Putnam hopes Roosevelt might still be in contact with people involved in the Panama Canal and connect Putnam’s nephew with these individuals. Putnam also knows of a book concerning war photography being published soon that Roosevelt might find interesting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-13
American diplomat Henry White updates President Roosevelt on efforts to have British diplomat Cecil Spring Rice visit Roosevelt to discuss policy on the “far east.” Spring Rice, who had recently met with King Edward VII, will visit Roosevelt but stay with historian Henry Adams instead of at the White House. White also discusses meeting with Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick, who hopes to receive command of a new squadron. White also notes anti-Semitic attitudes in Austria and Italy towards Jewish diplomats.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-13
After discussing the matter with Secretary of the Navy Paul Morton, President Roosevelt wants to offer the position of Arbiter to Rear Admiral C. H. Davis. Morton also suggested Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick or Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee, but Roosevelt feels that Davis is the best candidate. If Davis refuses, Roosevelt is inclined to favor Sigsbee, pending the opinion of Secretary of State Hay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-30
Theodore Roosevelt directs Arthur G. Chapman to contact Admiral French Ensor Chadwick and Colonel Herbert H. Sargent for more information. He has nothing new to say about the battle besides what he wrote in his reports and book on the Rough Riders.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-14
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Cornelia Jones Miller Chadwick for her letter but is not sure he will be able to write the book review for her husband, French Ensor Chadwick. He receives so many requests to write articles and encloses a letter that came in the mail at the same time as Cornelia Chadwick’s letter to make his point.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-15
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt noticed the difference and was pleased. He returns the photographs to Francis T. Bowles. The Journal’s stories initially made him angry, but “it was just a bubble, and it will go down stream with the other bubbles.” Roosevelt sends a line from French Ensor Chadwick regarding the dry dock.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-21
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt asks Francis M. Bunce if French Ensor Chadwick has talked to him about having the editor of the Engineering News visit with Bunce.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-17
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Secretary of the Navy Long that he issued the order to Francis T. Bowles and will think over the proposition to abolish the Yards and Docks by merging it with the Bureau of Construction and Repair. He discusses his initial thoughts that the plan is undesirable and comments on the question of dry docks and the matter of torpedo boats. Roosevelt believes sending French Ensor Chadwick to England to learn about naval administration would be beneficial. He will be with the squadron next week.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-09-04
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Admiral Bunce either French Ensor Chadwick or Richard Wainwright will be on the board. Roosevelt will involve the Bureau of Navigation as acting Secretary of the Navy, but would prefer to do so only if Secretary of the Navy Long would leave the decision overruled upon his return.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-08-23
Cornelia Jones Miller Chadwick asks Theodore Roosevelt to be the one to review her husband, French Ensor Chadwick’s book on the Spanish-American War for The Outlook.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-11
Charles Emory Smith suggests that President Roosevelt send a naval squadron commanded by Rear Admiral French E. Chadwick to Tangiers in response to the recent kidnapping of Ion Hanford Perdicaris by bandits led by Raisuli. Smith writes to Roosevelt at the urging of Dr. Williams, a friend of Perdicaris and an individual familiar with the geographic area and its customs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-21
In his review of Henry J. Hendrix’s Theodore Roosevelt’s Naval Diplomacy, William N. Tilchin examines each of the seven chapters of the book, highlighting both the issues where he disagrees with Hendrix and praising him for “a well-crafted narrative account” of diplomatic milestones in Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency. Tilchin challenges Hendrix on the latter’s account of the Venezuelan crisis of 1902 – 1903, and he takes exception with one of the conclusion’s assertions, but he finds great value in Hendrix’s chapters on the Panama Canal, the Ion Perdicaris affair, the Treaty of Portsmouth, and Roosevelt’s transformation of the United States Navy. Tilchin’s review includes a number of references to prior works on Roosevelt’s diplomacy, highlighting the historiographical debates which have marked issues addressed by Hendrix.
Three photographs of naval commanders under Roosevelt and two illustrations, including the book’s cover, supplement the text. An advertisement for chocolate bars from The Chocolate Lady of Oyster Bay, New York, appears at the end of the review.
Collection of newspaper clippings of articles, photographs, and maps showing some of the actors, naval vessels, and events making up parts of the Spanish-American war. Includes some handwritten notes and hand-colored photographs.
1898
John Davis Long, former Secretary of the Navy, protests Henry Reuterdahl’s recent characterization of the Navy Department under his leadership in an article in Pearson’s magazine. By saying that President Roosevelt “was the navy department,” Reuterdahl ignores the contributions of the chiefs of the various bureaus within the Navy Department, as well as the numerous employees and officers that helped the department to run smoothly. Long acknowledges that Roosevelt, during his term as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was efficient and active in his duty, but wishes to correct the record.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-19
Ambassador White discusses Sir Cecil Spring Rice’s plans to travel to the United States and the issues related to the trip. He also shares information and various updates with President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-13
American author and journalist Poultney Bigelow writes to President Roosevelt asking for a nonsalaried mission to Abyssinia, to present condolences on behalf of all Americans for the loss of the King of Abyssinia’s pet lion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-06
Poultney Bigelow thanks President Roosevelt for his encouragement regarding Bigelow’s new position at the Boston University School of Law. Bigelow had an amiable meeting with Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody and hopes that Admiral French Ensor Chadwick can visit the points around the Red Sea and Persian Gulf that will become important to Russia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-04-06