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Due to a severe drought in Austin, Texas, James B. Milam has suffered a pay cut as a Baptist missionary and is struggling to provide for his family. Milam has written to the “rich men” in New York asking for money, but has either been rejected or ignored. He wonders if Theodore Roosevelt will send $500 to help the Milam family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-18
A. R. Moore praises Theodore Roosevelt’s recent articles in The Outlook. Moore informs Roosevelt of his previous debts and the smearing of his name in the press. Moore includes correspondence with the Vice President of the Manufacturers National Bank in Troy, New York, Edward Murphy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-14
Jacob H. Hollander encloses the agreement that was reached regarding the debt crisis in Santo Domingo.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-17
Dr. Hollander discusses the terms of the contract to settle the debt problem in Santo Domingo. He encloses a plan of adjustment which states that the Dominican Republic has entered into a contract with Kuhn, Loeb & Company for a sale of bonds under a set of terms.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-12
Acting Secretary of State Bacon encloses copies of a letter from Kuhn, Loeb & Company to Jacob H. Hollander and the reply of Federico Velásquez y Hernández accepting the company’s proposal to refinance the debt of Santo Domingo. The contract will be put into a more formal shape and will be important to Santo Domingo and the prospects of treaty ratification.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-07-19