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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to David E. Thompson

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to David E. Thompson

President Roosevelt assures David E. Thompson, United States Ambassador to Mexico, that he “took exactly the right course.” Roosevelt’s message to President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz was unofficial and informal. Roosevelt does want Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina working together “to secure the peaceful and orderly development of the less fortunate tropical American countries,” but this is not ready for formal negotiation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-12

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Norris Gillett

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Norris Gillett

President Roosevelt explains to California Governor Gillett that protesters in San Francisco who want to exclude Japanese laborers are preventing their goal through their own actions. Japan has agreed not to issue passports to laborers as long as Americans do not discriminate against or insult the Japanese. Attempts in California to legislate discrimination against the Japanese will undermine this agreement with Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt updates his son Kermit Roosevelt on the comings and goings of the White House and his thoughts on a recent article that appeared in Outing. Roosevelt had hoped to keep his upcoming visit to Groton School and Harvard University private, but it has leaked. He is having difficulties resolving the segregation of Japanese students from San Fransisco schools and the resulting diplomatic tensions, but has decided immigration from Japan must be curtailed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nicholas Murray Butler

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nicholas Murray Butler

President Roosevelt tells Columbia University President Butler that he does not want to have “Hamlet with Hamlet left out,” and asks him to find out whether the Speyers and Burgesses can come to Washington on January 4 for the Diplomatic Reception and supper after. Either that day or the following day, the party will also have lunch with German Ambassador Hermann Speck von Sternburg and his wife Lilian May Speck von Sternburg. He hopes Butler can come to both functions.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. J. Jusserand

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. J. Jusserand

President Roosevelt discusses the various busts of George Washington, and in particular praises the one by Jean Antoine Houdon. He tells French Ambassador Jusserand that a gift like the one from France makes him appreciate why everyone turns to the French to teach them “how to do those things which need in the doing the perfection of good taste.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-06

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom

President Roosevelt asks Ambassador Griscom to relay a message of appreciation to Meiji, Emperor of Japan. Roosevelt especially would like to thank Meiji for his message thanking him for his role in negotiating peace between Japan and Russia. Roosevelt believes that in agreeing to peace terms, Japan has done something very honorable and that it will have a long-lasting impact on the “welfare and tranquility” of the Far East.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-09-04

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Emperor Nicholas II

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Emperor Nicholas II

President Roosevelt thanks Emperor Nicholas II of Russia for the message, and congratulates him on the outcome of the peace negotiations. He sends his hopes for Russia’s future.

Comments and Context

The Russian and Japanese delegations to the Portsmouth Peace Conference had recently concluded negotiations, bringing the Russo-Japanese War to an end and prompting many people around the world to congratulate Theodore Roosevelt on his successful mediation. The official treaty would be signed several days later, on September 5, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. Grant La Farge

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to C. Grant La Farge

President Roosevelt wishes he could come visit C. Grant La Farge, but he has found that while he is president his vacations need to be at his home at Sagamore Hill. While that is the case, however, he invites La Farge to visit him with his wife, Florence Bayard La Farge, and instructs him to bring Owen Wister, if possible. He was proud to read what La Farge wrote about his son, Ted Roosevelt. Roosevelt was amused at the furor his going down in the submarine Plunger caused, especially because his son and La Farge were in more danger sailing on top of the water that day.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-31