Diplomatic and consular service, American--Management

Letter from Horace Porter to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Porter submitted his formal resignation to President Roosevelt earlier, but here details various points of the diplomatic situation in France. These include French proposals for the increase on tariffs on imports and the negative effect for American businesses, the needs of American life insurance companies in France, an upcoming world’s convention of the Young Men Christian’s Association, and the finances of the search for the remains of John Paul Jones.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-02-03

Letter from Bellamy Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Storer wrote to President Roosevelt acknowledging that President Roosevelt had asked him to remain as ambassador to Vienna. As was customary after an election Ambassador Storer, in a previous letter, had offered his resignation after the 1904 election to Roosevelt. Roosevelt, in turn, asked Storer to continue in his post for Roosevelt’s second term.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-23

Letter from Oscar S. Straus to Theodore Roosevelt

Oscar S. Straus is confident the Russo-Japanese War will soon be over and encourages President Roosevelt to wait for assurances before agreeing to or making any offers of mediation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-06

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William H. Wiley

President Roosevelt approves of Representative Wiley’s plan to “start an agitation” for improvement of the United States consular service. He asks Wiley to speak with Secretary of State Elihu Root before proposing his bill.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-10-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay to look into reports about the American embassy in Constantinople. If present Consul General Charles Monroe Dickinson is not spending at least ten months a year at Constantinople, he must be removed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-30

Letter from William Loeb to O. O. Howard

President Roosevelt would not write to the head of a foreign country in such a case but William Loeb encloses a note from Roosevelt to Ambassador Clayton.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lloyd Carpenter Griscom

President Roosevelt asks Ambassador Griscom to acquire a pass for Richard Harding Davis.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-17

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

Consul Green, consul at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, would like to be transferred to Taiwan (Formosa). Green knows Japanese and Senator Hoar supports the transfer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-10

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to B. Storer

President Roosevelt will not accept Ambassador Storer’s resignation and considers the matter closed. He will explain Secretary Hay’s thorough investigation the next time they see each other in person.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

The Commission on International Exchange will not be made permanent and its appropriation will not be extended beyond the fiscal year. Mr. Conant and Mr. Jenks should be instructed to return before the appropriation ends. They should also be reminded that their mission is to investigate and not negotiate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-03

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to B. Storer

President Roosevelt showed the letter to Secretary of State Hay, who informed him “the treaty has gone over.” Roosevelt asks Bellamy Storer to tell him exactly what he wants him to do.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay if the changes suggested by Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna can be implemented.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-09

Letter from Maria Longworth Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Maria Longworth Storer continues to advocate and seek support for the elevation of Archbishop John Ireland to the College of Cardinals. She offers to carry a cable directly to Pope Pius X about President Roosevelt’s good opinion of the Archbishop. Her intentions are to bypass the prelates who are not in favor of the Archbishop’s nomination.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-20

Letter from Albert Halstead to William Loeb

Albert Halstead writes William Loeb that he is concerned that the American consular agency at Redditch, England, has been turned into a commercial agency. He believes that this will discredit the nearby Birmingham commercial agency where his brother, Marshal, is consul.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-05-03

Letter from Francis B. Loomis to William Loeb

Recent letters have confirmed that Ambassador Herbert Wolcott Bowen has fallen out of favor in Venezuela. Assistant Secretary of State Loomis would like to ask President Roosevelt about transferring Irving B. Dudley, the minister of Peru, to Venezuela and sending Bowen to Peru.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-10

Letter from John Hay to William Loeb

Secretary of State Hay informed Secretary to the President William Loeb that he has approved the leave of absence request of Ambassador Clayton.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to George von Lengerke Meyer

President Roosevelt was sorry to hear about the illness of Ambassador Meyer’s daughter. He regrets that Meyer was not ordered back to Saint Petersburg, Russia, three weeks ago as there was a need for an ambassador. Hopefully the need has passed, but Meyer should return as soon as possible.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1905-11-09

Roosevelt – Peacemaker

Using his access to Theodore Roosevelt’s correspondence, Joseph Bucklin Bishop examines the events, decisions, and actions that brought about the Treaty of Portsmouth and ended the Russo-Japanese War on September 5, 1905. Bishop primarily focuses on Roosevelt’s work to bring about peace; work that earned Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize.

Collection

Newberry Library

Creation Date

1919-09

Summary of letter from Albion W. Tourgee

Consul Tourgee states that calls for reform of the American consular service stem from a misunderstanding of the service and a belief that Americans are lacking compared to other countries. He submits a study he made into the consular service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-21

Letter from John Hay to William Loeb

Secretary of State Hay encloses a dispatch from the legation in Greece where a Greek paper reported that President Roosevelt was ill and King George I inquired about Roosevelt’s health. The legation was informed that the report was false but the King’s inquiry was appreciated.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-19