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Assistant Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb information for President Roosevelt regarding recommendations about the delimitation of the boundary in Alaska. The concurrent recommendations were made today under both Adee’s and British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand’s signatures.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-25
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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-13
President Roosevelt writes to Ambassador Reid about ongoing negotiations between France and Germany about Morocco. Beginning with background information about the situation, with Germany wishing to call a conference to reform the government of Morocco—in opposition to France—Roosevelt then includes the text of numerous letters and telegrams in English and French from various parties related to this issue. Roosevelt says he will send copies of this letter to Henry White and George von Lengerke Meyer, and will show it to Secretary of State Elihu Root, as well, but no one else, as it is to be strictly confidential. He closes with some personal remarks to Reid, responding to a previous letter from him, and thanking him for presenting Milla Shonts and her daughters. The envelope appended at the end suggests that this is the copy of the letter which was sent to Meyer.
Massachusetts Historical Society
1906-04-28
Henry White encloses a letter from Sir George Trevelyan in response to an invitation from President Roosevelt to visit the United States, conveyed by White. Trevelyan would very much like to accept but he is in poor health. Rumors of Sir H. Mortimer Durand being sent to Russia and replaced as the British ambassador to the United States are untrue. A qualified candidate has already been identified for the British ambassadorship at St. Petersburg, but the name cannot yet be released. Cecil Spring Rice’s upcoming marriage may change his career path, as his wife will want to be near her father, who is a widower. The death of Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna will ensure unanimity in Roosevelt’s nomination for the presidency. Roosevelt’s efforts to have China remain neutral in the Russo-Japanese conflict are much appreciated in Great Britain.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-20
Assistant Secretary of State Loomis encloses a note for H. Mortimer Durand, British Ambassador to the U.S., requesting President Roosevelt’s approval before sending it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-28
Secretary of State Hay encloses British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand’s remarks and a draft of a reply to Durand’s address for President Roosevelt’s consideration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-02
Arthur Hamilton Lee thanks President Roosevelt for writing concerning his appointment as Civil Lord of the Admiralty for the Royal Navy. Lee discusses the resolution of the Alaskan boundary dispute, Joseph Chamberlain and the Tariff Reform movement, recently appointed Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand, and protectionism.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-22
Henry White informs President Roosevelt of the Prime Minister’s positive impression of new Ambassador to the United States H. Mortimer Durand. White mentions interactions with Joseph Hodges Choate and Lord Lansdowne, who spoke of Durand’s appointment as Ambassador following former British Ambassador Michael Henry Herbert’s recent death. White congratulates Roosevelt on the Hay-Herrán Treaty, actions regarding the Alaska Boundary dispute, and for his written appeal for the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Centennial declaration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-17
Arthur Sherburne Hardy, United States Minister to Spain, announces H. Mortimer Durand’s appointment as British Ambassador to the United States. Hardy discusses Durand’s expressed negative opinion towards the United States. Hardy also mentions a letter he recently sent to Secretary of State Hay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-05
Judge Holt addresses a New York Times article regarding rumors about former British Ambassador to Persia H. Mortimer Durand’s appointment as British Ambassador to the United States. Holt encourages Durand’s appointment as Ambassador based on his brother in law, former Minister to Persia, Arthur Sherburne Hardy’s positive reflections on Durand. Holt cites Durand’s admiration for President Roosevelt’s writings on the West.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-24