Diplomacy

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Woodville Rockhill

President Roosevelt writes to William Woodvill Rockhill to detail the background behind a misunderstanding with Chinese missionaries, citing a previous incident where they felt brushed aside by Rockhill, the American Minister to China. Roosevelt also asks Rockhill to explain a rumored rivalry between the Chinese and the Japanese. Roosevelt further mentions his desire to keep Chinese laborers out of the United States while supporting Chinese students, travelers, and businessmen.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-05-18

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Woodville Rockhill

President Roosevelt confirms receipt of William Woodville Rockhill’s recent letter and agrees with his opinion. Roosevelt states that he does not have “much hope for peace” between Japan and Russia since the Russians are “such fools”.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-08-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Woodville Rockhill

President Roosevelt encourages Minister William Woodville Rockhill to influence his contacts in the Chinese administration to address their handling of the boycott and the Canton-Hankow Railroad concession if they want to gain favor with the U.S. Congress.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-08-22

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Woodville Rockhill

President Roosevelt confirms receipt of William Woodville Rockhill’s letter discussing the Japanese Navy and its weaponry. Roosevelt also continues his conversation regarding the Hankow Railroad Boycott and the state of Russo-Japanese relations.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-08-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Woodville Rockhill

President Roosevelt thanks Minister William Woodville Rockhill for fowarding a speech by Togo. Roosevelt is also grateful for Rockhill’s expert commentary regarding China.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1906-02-20

Hypocrisy does not pay

Theodore Roosevelt comments on the implications of arbitration treaties and specifically singles out the example of the United States’ relations with Russia. One of Roosevelt’s observations is that the U.S.’s actions in foreign policy may result in discrediting its influence in global affairs.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

Unknown

Russian treaty, arbitration and hypocrisy

In this editorial, Theodore Roosevelt examines the abrogation of the international agreement by the U.S. Congress and its relation to America’s greater foreign policy. Roosevelt reflects on the responsibilities of American leadership and the Monroe Doctrine in his examination. This appeared in The Outlook on December 30, 1911.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1911-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Mason Mitchell

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Mason Mitchell for the tooth-billed pigeon and for Mitchell’s success in getting the Governor of German Samoa to issue an ordinance. Roosevelt also discusses the Uganda elephant foot that was just about the size of Roosevelt’s biggest bull killed at Mount Kenya.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-05-07

Speech at the dinner of the Nobel Peace Committee

Theodore Roosevelt discusses the United States’s involvement in the Spanish-American War and its ongoing commitment to the new republic of Cuba in his 1910 speech at the Nobel Peace Committee Dinner. Roosevelt also describes other incidents of U.S. intervention.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1910-05-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Grant

President Roosevelt confirms receipt of a letter and article from Public Opinion sent by Robert Grant and shares with him his opinion on divorce and foreign policy.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-03-14

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Grant

President Roosevelt comments on his recent meeting with Robert Grant’s son and suggests further discussing Grant’s 1905 publication, The Orchid and foreign relations on their next meeting.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-07-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Grant

President Roosevelt responds to Robert Grant’s letter of August 30, 1905, regarding a doctor, gives him his literary opinion on Captain Craig, and briefly comments on diplomatic affairs with the Japanese.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1905-09-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Anna Roosevelt Cowles

Theodore Roosevelt provides his opinion on Bayard’s misunderstanding of British diplomacy for his sister Anna Roosevelt Cowles, probably referring to United States Ambassador to Britain Thomas F. Bayard. He comments on the invaders in the Transvaal and lists some recent dinner guests.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1896-01-05

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Katherine Lowell Roosevelt Bowlker

President Roosevelt will see Dr. Kin and after that will decide if he can say anything to the Chinese Minister.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1904-02-17

Letter from Robert Peet Skinner to Francis B. Loomis

Robert Peet Skinner encloses a letter from Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, to President Roosevelt. The letter is discussing gifts to the President, including lions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-04

Letter from Cecil Spring Rice to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt

Cecil Spring Rice announces to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt that he has become engaged to be married. He also writes about the situation in Russia, sharing his opinion of the United States ambassador to Russia. He discusses opinions in Russia regarding President Roosevelt and about the possibility of war. While the idea of war is unpopular because the common people do not understand what the fight is about, Spring Rice thinks the people would bear a war regardless of any disasters. The Emperor seems to be above both law and morality.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-20

Letter from Edwin H. Conger to John Hay

Ambassador Conger relays a request by the Chinese government that President Roosevelt reply to a special letter from the Chinese Emperor to be hand-delivered by Prince Pulun, the Emperor’s nephew.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-17

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Assistant Secretary of State Adee encloses a translated note given to Secretary of State John Hay by Colombian General Rafael Reyes. Adee notes the hasty translation and assures President Roosevelt that the note will be revised later.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-24

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Hay discusses options for the United States government’s position with regard to Colombia. If insurrection breaks out in Panama, action must be taken to keep transit clear, and such action should not favor Bogota. Hay advises President Roosevelt to consider all this for a few weeks, seeing how events transpire in the meantime.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-13

Telegram from Arthur M. Beaupre to John Hay

Arthur M. Beaupre writes to John Hay regarding an interview with Senator Pedro Nel Ospina and securing a treaty in relation to the Panama Canal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-05