Diplomatic and consular service, American

Paul A. Zuber asks Theodore Roosevelt how to get the consulate position in Bale, Switzerland. The Consul is too ill to attend to business, and the Vice Consul is an old Swiss man. Zuber suggests that he be appointed future consul and, in the meantime, provide aid to the current consul. He is an ideal candidate as he is a Swiss citizen and naturalized American who knows multiple languages. 

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-12-05

Photograph showing President Roosevelt standing among a crowd of diplomats and dignitaries before his inauguration.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-03-06

Maria Longworth Storer is happy the Roosevelt family will be living in her house. Storer is hoping her husband, B. Storer, will be given another post in either Paris or Berlin in the spring, depending on vacancies, and discusses the tensions in Spain following President McKinley’s recent message. Storer notes efforts to bolster “Republican Catholocism” in France.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-12-11

The article determines to prove Edward J. Sullivan is the “original Roosevelt man,” while also praising his diplomatic career and articles.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-31

Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses copies of correspondence between the State Department and the United States Legation in Havana, regarding the establishment of a consulate on the Isle of Pines. The department approves of establishing an office, but would like to know if President Roosevelt desires such action to be taken.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-16

Ambassador to Austria Storer informs President Roosevelt that Francis Augustus MacNutt has denied being dismissed from the American diplomatic and consular service. Although MacNutt was dismissed from the Vatican due to his misdemeanors, he wants to be reinstated there. Storer asks Roosevelt to look into the papers concerning MacNutt’s dismissal and wonders if Secretary of State Elihu Root has known about MacNutt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905

Maria Longworth Storer tells President Roosevelt that Francis Augustus MacNutt denies that he was dismissed from diplomatic service at the Vatican and has simply gone back to the United States to “rehabilitate himself.” Ambassador to Italy Henry White is friendly with MacNutt, though Storer hopes that Secretary of State Elihu Root can find proof of his dismissal. She also asks if she and her husband can be special envoys to Spain in the event of the wedding of King Alfonso XIII.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-24

Senator Platt reminds President Roosevelt of the matter of appointing William Blumenthal as secretary to Portugal. He asks Roosevelt to read the attached letters from Blumenthal and Senator Horace White on the issue.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-19

Ambassador to England Choate submits his resignation to President Roosevelt effective March 4, 1905.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-12

Acting Secretary of State Adee sends Benjamin F. Barnes a dispatch from Minister to China William Woodville Rockhill about the Chinese officials’ desire to be included in the peace negotiations between Japan and Russia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-08-04

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-19

Creator(s)

Unknown

Language

English

American Minster to Paraguay Edward Charles O’Brien recently hosted a lavish and well-attended reception celebrating the Fourth of July. The author particularly notes that the community of English subjects in Paraguay made up a significant portion of the guests, and comments on the good relationship of the citizens of the two nations who are living in Paraguay.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-12

Philip Marshall Brown informs Secretary of State Root that Leslie Combs, Minister to Guatemala, was unable to disembark at Champerico, Guatemala. Combs has decided to proceed for the moment, but will look for the State Department’s decision at Salina Cruz, Mexico, where he will arrive on Friday. In the meantime, Brown has sought to carry out the department’s instructions and continue Combs’ policy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-12

President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Root if the United States should have an ambassador in Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-01

President Roosevelt instructs the United States State Department to make Bellamy Storer special ambassador to Spain in the event of King Alfonso XIII’s wedding.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-11-24

President Roosevelt read the consulate inspection report by Third Assistant Secretary of State Herbert H. D. Peirce. He lists several consuls who are to be removed.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-16

Secretary of War Taft shares his plans regarding Cuba. He suggests President Roosevelt appoint Beekman Winthrop as provisional governor given his previous experience in Puerto Rico.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-29

President Roosevelt wishes for Ambassador Meyer to be Ambassador to St. Petersburg, as he believes for many reasons that there is no better man for the job.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1904-12-26

Text of the speech delivered by Theodore Roosevelt before the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on January 30, 1916. Roosevelt calls for the United States to carry out its international duties and support military readiness.

Collection

Newberry Library

Creation Date

1916-01-30

Articles titled “The New White House,” “Consular Reform” by John E. Monk, and “Where Statesmen Loiter” by Hal H. Smith are included. The second comments on President Roosevelt’s advocacy of the merit system as the basis on which to appoint and promote members of the diplomatic service, extending the civil service principle into the consular service.

Collection

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site

Creation Date

1902-11-01