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The letter contains instructions from the president regarding the immigration of Chinese citizens to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-26
Acting Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb about a copy of the correspondence between the Russian Ambassador and the Secretary of State that was sent to President Roosevelt. The correspondence focuses on China’s observance of neutrality.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-27
John Gardner Coolidge informs Yikuang of the Chinese foreign ministry that he has been given orders to protest against the forfeiture of the concession granted to the American China Development Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-27
Diplomat John Gardiner Coolidge confirms the Department of State’s telegram of January 6 regarding the Chinese government’s cancellation of agreements with the American China Development Company, and details the actions he took in response to the message. Coolidge observes that Zhang Zhidong seems to have been placed in control over the situation, but is no less hostile than the previous official. He advises that a representative of the American China Development Company be sent to argue their case and explain past misunderstandings.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-25
The Office of Naval Intelligence reports that there has been no change in position along the Sha River since last week. The first reported military operation on the west side of the Liao River was a Russian raid by Cossacks accompanied by mounted infantry and eight guns. It is not clear whether the troops passed though neutral Chinese territory.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-20
John Gardner Coolidge requests an update from Yikuang as to whether the railroad contract between the Chinese government and the China American Development Company has been annulled.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-17
John Gardner Coolidge requests from Yikuang that the Chinese government postpone canceling its agreement with the American China Development Company until all interested parties can voice their concern over the issue.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-09
Edwin Hurd Conger resigns as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America to China.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-05
Baron von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen forwards a telegram to President Roosevelt from the German Embassy. The German Emperor would like President Roosevelt to help form a plan to maintain the integrity of the Open Door Policy in China.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-05
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis writes to William Loeb, reminding him that President Roosevelt promised a diplomatic position in China to the chairman of the Colorado Republican State Committee.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-29
Ambassador Conger notifies Secretary of State Hay of an official gift from the Empress Dowager of China to President Roosevelt. Conger gives instructions for proper presentation of the gift.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-21
Ambassador Conger sends Secretary of State Hay a dispatch detailing his audience with the Empress Dowager of China. Conger delivered a letter from President Roosevelt. Her Imperial Majesty sends a photograph of herself as “an expression of cordial relations” between the United States and China.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-11-16
Secretary of War William H. Taft is depicted in the attire of various countries: Japan, France, China, Russia, and Germany. At the top of the cartoon is State of Colorado Executive Office letterhead and a handwritten note that reads, “This is the most delicious of all the Taft cartoons.. I have sent one to Mr. Vorys for Secretary Taft.. This one is for the President.. With compliments, Henry A. Buchtel.. October. 31, 1907..”
This clipping from the White House scrapbook of political cartoons is unique beyond its intrinsic contents. It was sent to the White House by an amused reader, the governor of Colorado, Henry Augustus Buchtel. He also (as cited in his handwritten note) sent the same clipping to an assistant of Secretary of War William H. Taft.
President Roosevelt tours Asia with tracts in his hand and his bag labeled, “T. Roosevelt U. S. A.” and a “big stick” under his arm. He is followed by men holding hymnals as foreigners run away. Minarets and Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance. Caption: “Is this to be President Roosevelt’s future? To tour the Orient with the big stick and blaze the way for American missionaries.”
The background of this cartoon has to do with more than President Roosevelt’s declaration, made on election night of 1904, that he would not seek a consecutive term after the one to which he had just been elected, but his agreement to be a regular post-presidency contributor to The Outlook, a weekly Christian magazine of opinion and news, was generally known.
President Roosevelt uses a “Peace of Portsmouth” axe to cut down the big stick labeled “war: partisan exaggeration of Roosevelt’s strenuousity.” “China,” “Germany,” “England,” “Italy,” and “France” all look on.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-04
Alvey A. Adee writes to William Loeb to discuss the Chinese boycott of American goods.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-23
Alvey A. Adee writes to William Loeb to say he has enclosed dispatches for President Roosevelt regarding the Chinese boycott of American goods.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-23
A French magazine reports on Alice Roosevelt’s trip to China.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1905
Assistant Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to inform President Roosevelt that he has learned that the Chinese boycott of American goods is not being enforced in north China. The reports in the American press, of the impacts of the boycott, are exaggerated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-21
Assistant Secretary of State Adee sends to William Loeb dispatches regarding the cancellation of the Canton-Hankow railway concession and the Chinese boycott of American goods.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-21