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Theodore Roosevelt is happy to help Augusta Saint-Gaudens. He instructs her to write Ambassador Thomas J. O’Brien along with the letter he encloses. She needs to recite what she wrote Roosevelt that she wants to gift the bas-reliefs to Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and to sell the La Page production to him.
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1911-11-15
Theodore Roosevelt assures Robert Stuart MacArthur that he knows him. He cannot give MacArthur letters to any foreign rulers, but he can give him one to Ambassador Curtis Guild in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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1911-11-14
Theodore Roosevelt expresses the regret that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt felt on learning that Ambassador Peirce would no longer be continuing in the foreign service as Ambassador to Norway. The rumor about Roosevelt visiting Norway “is wholly without foundation.”
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1911-05-31
The secretary of Theodore Roosevelt forwards a letter from Mrs. Langley to Ambassador Wilson, the United States ambassador to Mexico. The secretary notes that Roosevelt said all he can do for Langley is bring the letter to Wilson’s attention.
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1911-05-19
Theodore Roosevelt sends to Ambassador Reid a letter of introduction for Bernard Goldsmith, a “most esteemed” member of the Milwaukee community and a former member of the Consular Service, long known to Roosevelt.
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1911-05-02
Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Julius D. Dreher for his progress in the Consular Service and thanks him for the kind words regarding the last campaign.
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1910-12-15
Theodore Roosevelt was glad to hear from Charles Page Bryan and is pleased Emperor William II spoke well of him.
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1910-11-07
Theodore Roosevelt is a “genuine lover of peace” and does not believe war is necessary to “maintain the virile qualities.” However, he believes the professional pacifists have lost these qualities and are the “very worst enemies of real peace.” Lewis Einstein currently holds an interesting position at the American embassy in Istanbul and it must be a “sad spectacle” to view the failures of the Turkish revolution. Roosevelt had hoped that Turkey could transform and lead the Muslim community into the modern world. It appears they could not.
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1915-05-29
Obituary praising the public service, diplomatic career, and explorations of William Woodville Rockhill.
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1915-02-13
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Harry Bryan Owsley for his letter, adding that what he says of American diplomat William Woodville Rockhill is true and that Rockhill’s treatment by President Woodrow Wilson was “scandalous.”
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1915-02-13
Theodore Roosevelt advises Gardiner Howland Shaw regarding his future plans, as he will graduate from Harvard in just a few months. (Shaw’s father, Henry Russell Shaw, was a Harvard classmate of Roosevelt’s, and died in 1904.) Roosevelt advises against studying law for a year if Shaw does not intend to be a lawyer. He recommends that Shaw meet with Arthur Dehon Hill, who was district attorney in Boston. If Shaw is ultimately interested in politics, Roosevelt suggests an apprenticeship at a newspaper. Shaw should not look for a diplomatic position until he acquires some experience in local politics.
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1915-01-27
Theodore Roosevelt approves of Emily Tyler Carow’s actions after the outbreak of war in Europe and hopes that Italy will not be drawn into war. He understands Carow’s desire to stay in Italy and will not try to influence her as there appears to be no imminent danger. Roosevelt is distressed at the “awful cataclysm” in Europe and describes what is happening in Belgium as “enough to wring a man’s soul.” The Roosevelt family is doing well. Kermit and Belle Roosevelt have been staying at Sagamore Hill before traveling to South America and Roosevelt has been able to see his other children and grandchildren often. In a postscript, Roosevelt asks Carow to thank the consul general at Genoa, Italy for his courtesy and efficiency towards Americans in his province.
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1914-09-01
President Roosevelt wants it on the record that he wishes for John Gardner Coolidge to return to diplomatic service. Roosevelt believes Coolidge is well suited to a career as a diplomat and praises him as a great public servant whose resignation was a loss for the government.
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1909-02-18
President Roosevelt is obliged to Ambassador Reid for speaking to Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes. He has already written Reid about the matter regarding president-elect William H. Taft, and cannot speak on it until Taft speaks to him. Roosevelt hopes Reid can stay at least until he finishes his visit to London the following year.
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1909-02-11
President Roosevelt thanks Governor Magoon for the admirable work he has done as a public servant over the course of Roosevelt’s administration.
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1909-02-04
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Egan for the letter, and gives him permission to show their correspondence to Prince Valdemar of Denmark. Roosevelt is too busy to write more, but would sincerely like to meet Valdemar on his European trip.
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1909-02-04
William Loeb assures Frances M. Wolcott that it was President Roosevelt’s pleasure to write the enclosed letter of introduction to America’s diplomatic representatives.
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1909-02-01
President Roosevelt will read the report with interest. Harry Johnston has already written to express his gratitude for the help provided by American Minister to Haiti H. W. Furniss.
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1909-02-01
President Roosevelt informs Senator Perkins that President-Elect William H. Taft feels that the legation in China should be expanded into an Embassy, and that Roosevelt agrees with this. He asks if Perkins can act on this suggestion.
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1908-12-26
President Roosevelt informs Senator Cullom that both he and President-Elect William H. Taft feel that the legation in China should be expanded into an embassy. He asks if Cullom can act on this suggestion.
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1908-12-26