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Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1892 to December 1898. Notable events include the death of Elliott Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt is appointed New York City Police Commissioner, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Spanish-American War, and Roosevelt’s gubernatorial campaign.
Theodore Roosevelt Association
1985
Cartoon shows a boxing sugar beet “Producers” punching President Roosevelt labeled “Reciprocity Champion” with fists labeled “Teller Investigation” and “Reciprocity Resolution Cuban Congress Nov. 28, ’02.” Roosevelt wears boxing gloves “Quesada” and “Bliss” representing Cuban ambassador to the United States Gonzalo de Quesada and Tasker Howard Bliss, Special Envoy to Cuba. In the corner of the ring is a man labeled “Sugar Refining Trust.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows Cuban ambassador to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada fleeing as a bomb “Proposicion Hay-Quesada” (Hay Quesada proposal) explodes blowing up the wheelchair “Libertad” (Liberty) of a woman representing Cuba, who stands startled, holding a U.S. shield.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Cartoon shows President Tomas Estrada Palma patting the head of Cuban Minister to the U.S. Gonzalo de Quesada while showing him a large piece of paper, “Recuerda que las proposiciones incorrectas para un tratado de reciprocidad comercial conducirán a la pronta anexion de nuestra patria al pais de nuestros buenos amigos” (Remember that incorrect propositions for a treaty of commercial reciprocity soon lead to the annexation of our country to the country of our good friends).
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902
Calling card for Dr. Jerome W. Egbert, an American consular agent.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-29
Anna Knight sends a letter in French with a complaint against the conduct of American citizen General Clay. An additional letter in German asks Theodore Roosevelt to help bring the complaint to the proper source.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-06
Russian diplomat Count Cassini, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, complains to Assistant Secretary of State Loomis that at a recent White House reception, the Diplomatic Corps was made to use the same narrow staircase as servants carrying platters of food.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-06
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee encloses a letter from Archbishop John J. Keene. Keene and Cardinal James Gibbons want Nelson O’Shaughnessy to be appointed Third Secretary of the Embassy at London, or some similar European embassy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-19
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay if the enclosed letter from Senator William P. Frye justifies an “ourbreak of ‘large Batavian mirth'” from him. He tells Hay to promote Alfred L. M. Gottschalk to Callao, and then to fill Gottschalk’s position, potentially with Charles A. Conant.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-06-19
John Barrett, United States Minister to Panama, agrees with President Roosevelt combining the positions of governor and minister in Panama, and approves of his choice of Charles E. Magoon to fill the position. However, Barrett wants the appointment to be delayed until he can write to Roosevelt or Secretary of War William H. Taft about diplomatic developments in other countries in the region.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-28
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis feels it best to keep the governorship of the Canal Zone and United States minister to Panama as separate offices, at least for the rest of the year, as there will be a considerable number of negotiations with Colombia and Panama. Loomis asks Loeb to have President Roosevelt share this information with the War Department and relevant congressional committees.
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1905-02-03
German Emperor William II wants several representative American ecclesiastics to attend the inauguration of a new cathedral in Berlin on February 27. He asked that President Roosevelt nominate the delegates. Secretary of State Hay explained the American separation of church and state. Instead of referring the matter to Roosevelt, he suggested the German Embassy communicate with the leading American religious bodies. There is adequate time for Roosevelt to take up the matter if he so chooses.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-28
A compilation of letters between Russian Ambassador Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini, Secretary of State John Hay, and Chinese Ambassador Cheng Liang discussing China’s violation of neutrality.
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1905-01-23
Japanese Ambassador Takahira sends William Loeb information from Minister for Foreign Affairs Jutarō Komura regarding Yogoro Matsumoto.
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1905-01-21
Ambassador White discusses Sir Cecil Spring Rice’s plans to travel to the United States and the issues related to the trip. He also shares information and various updates with President Roosevelt.
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1905-01-13
The author of the Observer article offers commentary on an incident in which Emperor William II of Germany, who liked United States Ambassador to Germany Charlemagne Tower and his wife, was not happy with President Roosevelt’s choice of David Jayne Hill to replace Tower. Tower and his wife were millionaires who were able to throw lavish parties, while Hill, though qualified, does not have money. The Observer notes that although wealth should not be a qualification for a diplomatic post, it would be wise for countries to pay diplomats more. The article concludes by suggesting that even after leaving the presidency, Roosevelt will play a large role in American affairs.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-05
German Emperor William II, referred to as “Windy Bill,” did not want David Jayne Hill to be appointed as Ambassador Charlemagne Tower’s successor, but later made a gesture at accepting Hill by giving him a small gold snuff-box with the initial “H” for Hohenzollern, a German royal dynasty. The magazine sees it as “another cheap advertisement.”
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1908-01-04
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb a letter from Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy regarding Mexico’s recognition and support of Honduras’s provisional government. Adee asks Loeb to tell President Roosevelt he spoke with Godoy and suggested sending a letter to the presidents of Central America so Roosevelt has a better perspective of the situation.
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1907-08-20
President Roosevelt asks members of the United States Consular Service to assist Illinois Representative Martin Barnaby Madden in his investigation of the Consular Service, affording him “every possible facility”.
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1907-02-21
Chargé d’affaires Sleeper updates Secretary of State Root on the situation in Cuba which is “growing more critical hourly.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-14