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Secretary of War Taft notifies President Roosevelt that James Speyer suggests Roosevelt appoint someone to Santo Domingo as an agent authorized to adjust outstanding claims through new loans. Speyer recommends Greison and Taft suggests George R. Colton as an alternative.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-06-20
President Roosevelt would like for Frank L. Laird and Adam C. Haeselbarth to discuss the conditions in Santo Domingo with some members of the War or State Department. Roosevelt praises Haeselbarth’s performance as Director of Charities in Puerto Rico, but does not know how familiar he is with the situation with the Dominican Republic compared with government agents George R. Colton or Thomas Cleland Dawson. He is interested in learning exactly what Haeselbarth wishes to discuss, but then would like to invite the pair to Washington, D.C., to discuss the matter. Regarding the recent treaty, Roosevelt maintains that “there was literally one one honest or intelligent objection,” and the Senate’s conduct was shameful.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-08-03
President Roosevelt tells Minnesota Representative Bede to show this letter to Thomas Cleland Dawson, the American Minister in Santo Domingo. Dawson will treat this letter as a “personal request” to ensure that Bede has every opportunity to investigate the political environment there.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-09-19
President Roosevelt asks Elihu Root to review a pair of reports to give him a preliminary idea of the state of affairs in Santo Domingo. He additionally encloses a telegram from Secretary of War William H. Taft, and asks if Root would be willing to consider the transfer of Panama.
Following the death of Secretary of State John Hay, Theodore Roosevelt appointed Elihu Root Secretary of State on July 7, 1905, with his term officially beginning on July 19, 1905.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-07
President Roosevelt instructs Acting Secretary of State Adee to take the actions outlined in a cablegram by Thomas Cleland Dawson regarding actions in the Dominican Republic. United States citizens should be nominated as receivers of the ports in the Dominican Republic, and the nation’s creditors should not take any further steps at this time. This would temporarily maintain the status quo in the Dominican Republic until a formal treaty is ratified in the Senate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-28
Joseph Bucklin Bishop hopes Theodore Roosevelt will visit Colonel George W. Goethals while he is in the United States. He shares an amusing telegram from President William H. Taft to Minister Thomas Cleland Dawson, saying he wants to visit Panama since the canal is “the great work of my administration.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1910-09-28
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends a copy of a dispatch from Minister Resident/Consul General Dawson concerning the political conditions in the Dominican Republic to Theodore’s Roosevelt’s secretary for the President’s consideration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-19
Diplomat Thomas Cleland Dawson has cabled that the Dominican government has issued a decree accepting the terms of an agreement between the United States and Dominican republic. Acting Secretary of State Adee believes that now it is possible to designate the American collector and New York bank that will act in accordance with the agreement, unless President Roosevelt would like to wait for a formal request from the Dominicans.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-01
Assistant Secretary of State Adee forwards a cablegram from Charles D. Sigsbee which was received this morning. Adee presumes that the naval vessels in Dominican waters are “competent and instructed to act in case revolutionists interfere with the execution of the terms of the Gray-Carlisle Award.” He asks William Loeb if President Roosevelt has directed any answer to a communication from Thomas Cleland Dawson.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-26
President Roosevelt says that Secretary of War William H. Taft will take action on the cablegram from Thomas Cleland Dawson regarding the collector for the Dominican Republic. Either Adee or Taft will announce the collector as having been appointed by Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-04-02