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Millard J. Bloomer thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letter declining the invitation to the Citizen’s Peace Banquet. Bloomer explains his own beliefs around world peace as well as his understanding of the purpose of the banquet. Bloomer appreciates Roosevelt’s caution and will be wary of any request to act contrary to his convictions
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1911-12-13
John E. Leaycraft thanks Theodore Roosevelt for his letters of introduction to Joseph Hodges Choate and Horace Porter.
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1901-06-06
John E. Leaycraft asks Vice President Roosevelt for a letter of introduction to Joseph Hodges Choate and Horace Porter before he visits England and France over the summer. He is already acquainted with Henry White, but is worried White will be away from London during his visit.
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1901-06-03
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Root about his opinion regarding a proposal by Great Britain at the International Peace Conference at the Hague. Roosevelt is inclined to agree with Admiral Charles S. Sperry’s views.
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1907-07-29
President Roosevelt approves of the response sent to the Smart Set magazine in response to a request for his endorsement. He says reports of Ambassador Reid’s “ostentation” and other unflattering news reports about official embassy conduct are harmless; he appreciates all the speeches Reid has made in an effort to unite the “right classes” of Americans and English people. Roosevelt agrees with Reid regarding pursuing arbitration in a treaty dispute with Great Britain over fisheries in Newfoundland. He also comments briefly on the result of the trial of Big Bill Hayward, calling it a “gross miscarriage of justice.” Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt appreciates the silver bowl Elisabeth Mills Reid sent as a gift.
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1907-07-29
Harry Pratt Johnson and the Union League Club want Joseph Hodges Choate to be the speaker at the next Washington’s Birthday celebration. Johnson hopes Theodore Roosevelt will put in a good word for them.
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1911-10-09
British Ambassador Durand would like to deliver a letter from King Edward VII to President Roosevelt.
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1905-06-25
American diplomat Henry White thanks President Roosevelt for his appointment as Ambassador to Italy. White also discusses the secret negotiations going on with Lord Lansdowne that would lead to British diplomat Cecil Spring Rice being transferred from acting ambassador to Russia to serving as a special representative to Roosevelt. White notes that he has kept these negotiations secret, even from the United States’ Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Joseph Hodges Choate.
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1905-01-07
John Hay informs the President that what he has written seems to be perfect and that it will gratify the recipient.
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1904-12-24
Governor Odell wrote to President Roosevelt praising Roosevelt’s appointment of James Hyde as French Ambassador.
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1904-12-10
Joseph Bucklin Bishop reports to President Roosevelt that there is very little support for Seth Low for postmaster. Bishop discusses the appointment of Francis E. Leupp as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Bishop is anxious about Roosevelt’s trip to St. Louis.
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1904-11-21
Seating chart for a lunch held on December 4, 1901.
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1901-12-04
Secretary of State Hay encloses a telegram he recently sent to Joseph Hodges Choate.
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1902-07-17
Richard Harding Davis requests President Roosevelt’s help in getting a seat at the coronation at Westminster Abbey.
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1902-06-06
President Roosevelt reports to Kermit that his mother is missing him terribly. Roosevelt entertained Ambassador Joseph Hodges Choate, Secretary of State Elihu Root, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and also played tennis.
1905-09-21
Theodore Roosevelt asks his sister Anna if “darling Muffie” accepted his letter. He lists what he has been doing with his free time. Also since a large portion of his college career is over, he must figure out what he wants to do once he graduates.
1878-10-13
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of State Hay it might be worthwhile to bring up the treaty again and suggests he speak with Senators Henry Cabot Lodge, Eugene Hale, and William P. Frye. Roosevelt is displeased by Sir Edward Clarke’s remarks at a dinner honoring American diplomat Joseph Hodges Choate.
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1904-11-29
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay to review and correct the enclosed letter. He also sends several other letters.
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1905-02-09
President Roosevelt accepted Ambassador Joseph Henry Choate’s resignation effective May 30. He wants Secretary of State Hay to look at his correspondence with Choate. Whitelaw Reid can take office as ambassador on May 30 or June 1. The Ambassador to Spain, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, will be replaced by William Miller Collier on April 1. Roosevelt appreciates Hay’s moral support after dealing with the House of Representatives on the matter of battleships.
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1905-02-20
President Roosevelt is opposed to arbitration in the Alaska boundary dispute but is willing to appoint three commissioners to meet with commissioners from Canada and Great Britain. However, Roosevelt believes that the Canadian claim is “wholly false” and he does not want to yield on American claims. Secretary of War Elihu Root has been secretly strengthening the garrisons near the disputed territory.
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1902-07-16