Diplomatic and consular service, American

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

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-07-19

Creator(s)

Unknown

Language

English

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

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

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

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 State Hay wrote to President Roosevelt recommending that Vice Consul General Morgan be considered as the replacement for Consul Riddle at Cairo, Egypt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-19

Chinese Minister to the United States Cheng Liang sends Secretary of State John Hay a letter from the Emperor of China to President Roosevelt along with a translation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-22

Acting charge d’affaires to Great Britain Henry White writes to Secretary of State Hay about British political issues, Parliamentary legislation, and Anglo-American concerns which the legation is handling. The Entente Cordiale was signed by France and England to the relief of both countries because neither wanted to be dragged into the Russo-Japanese War on the sides of their respective allies. White describes the financial legislation that is being considered. He then characterizes the negotiation process about the Samoan claim, the Nicaraguan incident, and the Ladd extradition case.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-22

James Russell Parsons requests an interview with President Roosevelt to discuss, in person, the Mexican offer.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-31

James Russell Parsons writes President Roosevelt to discuss which possible diplomatic position he will accept either in Ecuador or in Mexico City.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-14

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

Secretary of State Hay forwards information regarding conditions in Cuba.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-11

Acting Secretary of State Adee forwards a letter of resignation from U.S. Ambassador to Germany Andrew Dickson White.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-08-02

This article describes the endorsement of the “Lodge Bill” by the American Bankers’ Association led by Robert J. Lowry, President of the Lowry National Bank of Atlanta, Georgia. The aim of the Lodge Bill is the improvement of the consular service.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09-26