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Acting Secretary of State Loomis encloses a copy of a dispatch from Ambassador Hardy, the United States Minister to Spain, explaining the delay in his official reception.
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1903-03-10
Secretary of State Hay has already given the suggested order regarding the Shrewsbury celebration.
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1903-02-26
Secretary of State Hay encloses a dispatch from Henry Lane Wilson, the American ambassador to Chile.
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1903-02-28
Ambassador Choate thanks Secretary of State Hay for not insisting that he undertake an unnamed service.
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1903-03-06
Mahlon Van Horne is charged with failure to respond to requests for postage stamps and generally performing poorly as Consul at Saint Thomas.
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1903-02-02
Secretary of State Hay encloses the report on William B. Dickey’s case which was sent by Ambassador Irving B. Dudley.
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1902-12-08
Francis B. Loomis has just returned from a trip out West and has new on the political situation in that part of the country. Loomis would like to offer his Venezuelan expertise to President Roosevelt should the opportunity arise due to the difficulties between Venezuela, Germany, and Great Britain. Loomis is also looking for a new, more active diplomatic post. He wants something more active than Portugal since he still feels relatively young.
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1902-12-04
Arthur S. Hardy prefers to remain at his post as Minister to Spain. If there is a command to go elsewhere, Hardy is willing to go. He has experience in Spain, and wants to bring that to bear in his work.
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1902-12-12
Secretary of State Hay encloses a dispatch from the United States legation at Havana, Cuba, and a communication from the Havana Town Council regarding reciprocity for President Roosevelt’s attention.
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1902-10-20
George L. Bugbee would like the removal of Mr. Crocker, the consular agent, delayed until all of the complaints from the merchants have been collected and Bugbee’s letter has been received.
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1902-10-26
Assistant Secretary of State Adee requests instructions for obtaining the oath from Edward S. Bragg, Consul General at Havana, and William A. Rublee, Consul General at Hong Kong. Bragg and Rublee are exchanging diplomatic posts. The normal procedure would be to mail the oath to each, but given their locations, doing so would take several months. Adee asks whether telegrams might be used in this instance.
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1902-09-19
Secretary of State Hay recommends removing General Bragg from his position as Consul General at Havana.
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1902-09-02
Secretary of State Hay regrets the misunderstandings between Consul General Edward S. Bragg and Cuban authorities. If President Tomás Estrada Palma regards these differences as irreconcilable, Hay will discuss the removal of Bragg with President Roosevelt.
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1902-09-02
Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses a dispatch from the Consul General at Cape Town William R. Bigham, with a letter to President Roosevelt from Marie Koopmans-de Wet.
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1902-08-22
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends documents relating to comments made by the U.S. Consul General at Havana, Edward S. Bragg, which offended the Cuban government and people.
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1902-08-04
Acting Secretary of State Adee forwards a telegram from U.S. Minister to Turkey John George Alexander Leishman.
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1902-08-08
Secretary of State Hay returns to President Roosevelt a letter from Senator William P. Frye regarding William B. Dickey, former consul to Callao, Peru. Dickey was removed from office after complaints and an investigation, with Frye’s knowledge; but on Dickey’s return to the U.S., he convinced Frye that he was innocent. A second investigation concluded there was insufficient evidence for Dickey’s removal, and Hay has promised Frye that something will be done for Dickey at the earliest possible opportunity. Frye is not satisfied and is now petitioning for Richard R. Neill, who first brought the charges against Dickey, to be replaced by Charles V. Herdliska, and for Dickey to be returned to Callao.
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1902-07-21
Assemblyman Stranahan tells President Roosevelt that he will show every courtesy to returning Ambassador Reid.
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1902-07-23
Secretary of State Hay congratulates President Roosevelt on his “historic sense,” being able to appreciate and enjoy his place in history. Hay does not believe there is any remedy for the matter with Senator Frye. A place needs to be found for William B. Dickey. At another time, Roosevelt might push back against such senatorial interference in consular appointments, but this case is not the one and Frye is not the man with which to do so.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-25
The new consul at Callao, Peru, Charles V. Herdliska, is paying $240 gold for rooms for which the previous consul, William B. Dickey, claimed to have paid $500 gold. Dickey had been removed from the consulate and was appealing to be reinstated.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-01