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President Roosevelt looks forward to receiving the medal from the British Olympic Council president, William Henry Grenfell, Baron Desborough. Roosevelt congratulates him “on what was really a great feat.”
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1908-08-28
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Takahira for the figurines and looks forward to speaking with him in person.
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1908-08-10
Acting Secretary of State Adee informs German Ambassador Sternburg that he has received Sternburg’s letter regarding Emperor William II’s presentation of busts of Frederick II and Helmuth Moltke to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Adee promises to ensure that the busts are forwarded to their destination.
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1907-09-17
Surveyor of Customs Clarkson writes to William Loeb about a hammock which is to be sent to President Roosevelt. The hammock is a diplomatic gift from United States Minister William B. Sorsby who found the hammock while serving as a diplomat in South America.
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1905-07-01
Ambassador Griscom informs President Roosevelt that he can soon expect to receive a one-of-a-kind sword from the people of Sendai, Japan. Griscom mentions that Reverend D. B. Schneder is on his way to America with the sword. Griscom encourages Roosevelt to send a letter to the Sendai mayor in return for the gift.
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1905-06-21
Secretary to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., Eki Hioki, writes Secretary of State Hay that the gift and accompanying letter to Prince Fushimi have been sent to Japan.
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1904-12-20
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis will contact the United States Consul General in Tangier, Samuel R. Gummere. Gummere will check if James. W. S. Langerman was charged by the Sultan of Morocco to bring horses as a gift for President Roosevelt.
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1904-12-05
Ambassador Conger notifies Secretary of State Hay of an official gift from the Empress Dowager of China to President Roosevelt. Conger gives instructions for proper presentation of the gift.
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1904-11-21
Baron Pierre de Coubertin has left a package for President Roosevelt at the American embassy in Paris. Assistant Secretary of State Adee forwards the package to William Loeb’s attention.
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1904-11-21
Ambassador Conger sends Secretary of State Hay a dispatch detailing his audience with the Empress Dowager of China. Conger delivered a letter from President Roosevelt. Her Imperial Majesty sends a photograph of herself as “an expression of cordial relations” between the United States and China.
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1904-11-16
Uncle Sam holds back “customs officers” and points Alice Roosevelt to “the open door” at the “U.S. Custom House.” An attendant brings gifts from the “Emperor of Korea,” the “Emperor of Japan,” “Philippine friends,” and the “Dowager Empress of China.”
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1905-10-22
President Roosevelt asks Secretary of State Hay to “attend to the cup” and says that he will pay for it because he wants to treat the Japanese correctly. Roosevelt also praises an editorial in the Birmingham News.
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1904-12-10
President Roosevelt is pleased to send an inscribed copy of his book, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, to Masʻūd ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn.
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1902-07-03
President Roosevelt thanks Hazyozoun Hohannes Topakyan, Persian consul, for the jeweled rug and promises it will be hung up in the White House.
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1909-02-17
President Roosevelt congratulates William Woodville Rockhill on the “extraordinary experience” of meeting the Dalai Lama. Roosevelt asks what sort of gift he should send the Dalai Lama in return for the Buddha and silk katag. He sent Pope Pius X a copy of his books, but thinks the Dalai Lama might not have use for such a gift.
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1908-08-01
President Roosevelt tells President Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala that he has received the letter that he sent, in addition to the gold badge and railroad spike that Estrada Cabrera sent as souvenirs of the inauguration of the Interoceanic Railway of Guatemala. Roosevelt appreciates the sentiment, and says that the work that they have done will help bind the American continents together in brotherly love.
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1908-03-04
President Roosevelt thanks French Senator Émile Dupont for the plaque he received through Ambassador J. J. Jusserand which commemorated the St. Louis Exposition.
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1908-01-22
President Roosevelt thanks Mayor Roxas y Fernandez of Manila for the silver loving cup from the first toast at the first Philippine Assembly banquet. He believes sustained “wisdom and self restraint” as seen in the initial actions of the Assembly will lead to Filipino self governance.
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1907-12-14
President Roosevelt asks Ambassador Thompson to deliver his portrait to President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and to thank Díaz for the portrait he had sent Roosevelt.
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1907-11-22
President Roosevelt has an average portrait of himself. He inquires of Ambassador Thompson if President Porfirio Diaz, of Mexico, expects or would like it in response to the one he sent. Before doing anything, Roosevelt wants to hear from Thompson and Secretary of State Elihu Root as he does not want to send it unless such a gesture is received as a compliment.
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1907-11-16