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Secretary of State Hay writes to Herbert G. Squiers regarding the appointment of a United States consular officer for the Isle of Pines, Cuba.
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1903-08-29
John B. Jackson writes to President Roosevelt regarding the presentation of credentials to the Bulgarian government when the Prince returns.
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1903-08-29
Beekman Winthrop writes to President Roosevelt to accept the commission to the Philippines. Winthrop sends his regards to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1903-08-29
Regis Henri Post writes to President Roosevelt to recommend that Governor Hunt be made a canal commissioner due to his experience in Puerto Rico. Post also mentions Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
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1903-08-16
Herbert G. Squiers forwards to Secretary of State Hay a letter from Charles Raynard suggesting a vice consul to look after American citizens living in the Isle of Pines, Cuba.
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1903-08-17
J. C. Bancroft Davis writes to President Roosevelt regarding a commission to educate native people of the Philippines.
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1903-08-19
Lafayette Young writes to President Roosevelt regarding the appointment of his son to the secretaryship of Puerto Rico.
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1904-08-11
Acting Secretary of State Loomis wires Benjamin F. Barnes to ask whether President Roosevelt has set a date for receiving Baron Von Sternburg regarding his ambassadorship.
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1903-07-31
Acting Secretary of State Loomis has written to German Ambassador Baron Herman Von Sternburg concerning the State Department’s Assistant Secretary Alvey Adee’s letter about Sternburg’s credentials.
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1903-07-27
Joseph H. Choate informs President Roosevelt of the death of John G. Long.
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1903-07-28
Jams Sullivan Clarkson has been trying to protect President Roosevelt’s time by dissuading David M. Parry from meeting with him regarding the controversy in the Post Office and by encouraging Roosevelt to decline an invitation to a banquet of international insurance men. Clarkson remarks that the financial panic seems to have passed, the Democrats wish to nominate Judge Gray, the death of Judge Long was a serious matter, and that General Batcheller is in the country and can give Roosevelt valuable information about diplomatic and commercial matters in Egypt.
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1903-07-29
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis asks William Loeb to let him know if he needs to send the picture and letter for the Sultan to Oyster Bay or send it direct to James W. S. Langerman in care of General Joseph Wheeler.
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1903-07-07
Acting Secretary of State Loomis is having the commission of John Barrett prepared to send to President Roosevelt. An announcement of this upcoming appointment had been leaked leaked to the press by Barrett’s friends. Loomis also encloses a copy of a dispatch he received from the Minister at Bogota.
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1903-07-01
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis sends a newspaper clipping from The Post to William Loeb, for President Roosevelt. The article deals with Russia refusing to recognize the passports of Jewish-Americans.
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1903-07-04
Ambassador Choate informs President Roosevelt that the son of the Chairman of the Royal Commission on the St. Louis Fair, George Peel, is currently sailing for America with letters of introduction for him. Choate hopes that Roosevelt will find the time to meet with him, as Choate believes he is a bright young man who is well informed on public questions.
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1903-07-05
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt regarding letters of recommendation for George Horton, who wishes to re-enter consular services to Greece.
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1903-06-10
Senator Lodge writes to President Roosevelt to reinforce George Horton’s credibility and honor, in response to an incident that had previously occurred.
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1903-06-11
George Cabot Lodge writes to President Roosevelt to clarify a misunderstanding due to poor mail delivery service. The misunderstanding is regarding George Horton, a literary editor at the Chicago Record-Herald, who supposedly “bad-mouthed” Secretary of State Hay’s daughter, also a writer. Lodge fills Roosevelt in on missing details of the case and requests that he still be considered to be re-elected to the consular service.
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1903-06-15
Although it is not an official record of the United States Government, John Hay sends Mark Birmingham the report from David Hill on the Candelaria Gold and Silver Mining Company.
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1903-02-04
John Hay is expected at the British Embassy later today but would like to first meet with President Roosevelt.
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1903-02-06