Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of State Hay discusses potential changes in the diplomatic service.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-08-03
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Diplomatic and consular service
Telegram from Herbert G. Squiers to John Hay
Consul General Bragg has declined to comment upon anti-Cuban statements that were found in a letter to his wife and subsequently published. Bragg does not believe the government has a right to inquire into his personal correspondence and denies insulting Cubans. Herbert G. Squiers passed this information to Carlos de Zaldo who seemed satisfied with the explanation.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-07-25
Letter from Olin Templin to Joseph L. Bristow
Olin Templin sends a warning about George Washington Ellis, who is being considered for the secretaryship of the consulate in Liberia. Templin has a low opinion of Ellis and states that Ellis is not a graduate of the University of Kansas but was actually expelled from that institution for forgery.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-18
Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Arthur Raikes, charge d’affaires of the British Embassy, expresses His Majesty’s thanks at the respect shown by President Roosevelt and the United States government in memory of Lord Pauncefote.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-02
Letter from Andrew Dickson White to Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador White was able to speak with Chancellor von Bülow regarding the transfer of the gentleman named in President Roosevelt’s letter to a suitable position in the United States. Chancellor von Bülow and Emperor William II have a high opinion of the gentleman and White is under the impression that a transfer will eventually be carried out.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-02-01
Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Theodore Roosevelt
Freiherr Sternburg is in India and reflects on the great power politics of India and the Middle East. The Russians want a port on the Persian Gulf and are advancing through Persia. The British oppose them in order to maintain a connection between India and Asia Minor. Germany is building a railroad across the Ottoman Empire which is complicating the issue, but Sternburg believes the railroad will help Great Britain. He has not been impressed with the British military in India.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-26
Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of State Hay has investigated the charges made against Powell Clayton by Mr. Auten. He did not find any charges against Powell in connection with his duties as Ambassador to Mexico. Hay believes that Ambassador Clayton is an “efficient and faithful public servant.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-27
Letter from August P. Kinne to George B. Cortelyou
Mr. Goldberger, who is studying the industrial conditions of the United States, would like to pay his respects to President Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-17
Letter from John Hay to George B. Cortelyou
John Hay encloses an unknown application that he believes will be one of hundreds sent to President Roosevelt. If this was a consequential matter it should properly go through the British Embassy in Washington or the American Embassy in London.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-20
Letter from Marie Mensing to Theodore Roosevelt
Marie Mensing reminisces about having known President Roosevelt and his family when he was a boy. She hopes Roosevelt will take action not only to punish President William McKinley’s assassin but also stop “the wholesale murders of rulers which has become so common of late years.” To Mensing, electrocution does not sufficiently punish the murder of a nation’s ruler, as that is the penalty for “ordinary murder.” She also expresses concern for the recent displacement of the American ambassador to Germany when the house he was living in was sold by the former owner. She urges Roosevelt to ensure that America owns property in the cities where the nation will be represented so the ambassadors are ensured of secure housing.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-24
Letter from Horace Porter to Theodore Roosevelt
Ambassador Porter congratulates President Roosevelt on his succession to the presidency and the “enviable impression” he has made. Porter calls President McKinley’s assassination “one of the most appalling crimes” in America’s history. He encloses a set of resolutions adopted by a meeting of Americans at the embassy in Paris, France.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-24
Letter from Wilhelm Snyman to Theodore Roosevelt
Wilhelm Snyman thanks Vice President Roosevelt for his help. He has made arrangements with Charles D. Pierce, the Orange Free State consul in New York, and the American consul in East London to transfer money to his wife, Sarah Viljoen Snyman.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-06
Letter from Hermann Speck von Sternburg to Theodore Roosevelt
Hermann Speck von Sternburg thanks Vice President Roosevelt for his interesting letter, and is glad to hear that Roosevelt’s family is doing so well. Sternburg believes that with regards to South America, the Monroe Doctrine was beneficial in helping create peace, and he wishes that some nation or group of nations would establish a similar doctrine over China. He suggests that Roosevelt propose a Roosevelt doctrine when his time comes “in a few years,” in conjunction with Japan in order to check other powers in China. Sternburg briefly comments on the continuation of the South African War, and the use of Indian troops in the British army, both in the South African war, as well as in any potential war in Europe. He remarks upon Gurkhas as being especially strong fighters, and discusses some of the situations in Nepal, Tibet, and Afghanistan, as well as an upcoming visit to the Maharajah of Jaipur. Sternburg also writes about the public reception of speeches by Roosevelt and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and discusses his recent return to Berlin from Washington when his term as diplomat to the United States finished, with a suggestion that any sort of strong pressure aiming towards his return to the United States would likely be met with good results.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-09-01
Letter from Richard Harding Davis to Theodore Roosevelt
Richard Harding Davis thanks Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelt for taking an interest in the case of Stephen Bonsal, a member of the U.S. diplomatic service. Davis has known Bonsal a long time and admires him greatly. He fears that President Grover Cleveland takes the charges against Bonsal seriously, and that Bonsal will consider himself disgraced if he is dismissed.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1895-04-12