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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Grey

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward Grey

President Roosevelt tells British Ambassador to the United States Grey that Rennel Rodd was offered a position interacting with the US government, but turned it down. Roosevelt contrasts the attitudes and relations of a number of different countries with America and England, and takes a specific focus on Japan. Roosevelt notes that Japan has continued preparing for war over the last decade, and writes that there will be industrial competition between Japan and European countries. He also wonders if they are planning on invading America, Germany, or the Philippines. Roosevelt wants the United States and Japan to sign a treaty stating they will keep their citizens out of each other’s labor markets. Roosevelt closes by remarking on the similarities in governmental thinking and military approach between the United States and England.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

What now?

What now?

The writer discusses the factors leading to the Japanese victories over Russia in the Russo-Japanese War as well as the controversy surrounding proposed negotiations for peace.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-23

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Whitelaw Reid

President Roosevelt tells Ambassador to England Reid he believes “the Russian case is absolutely hopeless” after Japanese Admiral Heihachirō Tōgō’s “smashing” of Russian Admiral Zinoviĭ Petrovich Rozhestvenskiĭ. Roosevelt has encouraged Russia to negotiate for peace. In other news, the president has struggled with British Ambassador to the United States H. Mortimer Durand and gets along better with his chief secretary. Although Roosevelt believes Durand is an “honorable public servant” and does not want to hurt him, Roosevelt would rather have someone he knew as ambassador like Cecil Spring Rice.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-05

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward VII, King of Great Britain

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward VII, King of Great Britain

In a typed copy of the handwritten original, President Roosevelt thanks King Edward VII for the letter and miniature of John Hamden, and sends a copy of his book, The Winning of the West, in return. Roosevelt agrees about the importance of the special relationship between the United States and Great Britain, noting that the external interests of the two are in alignment. Roosevelt believes Russia should make peace with Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-03-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry White

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry White

President Roosevelt plans to appoint American diplomat Henry White as Ambassador to Italy after March 4 and the beginning of Roosevelt’s new term of office. He asks White to petition the British Foreign Office to send Cecil Spring Rice to the United States for a week, as he would like to be able to make his position regarding the Far East clear. He does not feel as open with British Ambassador H. Mortimer Durand as he does with Spring Rice.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Gurney Cannon

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Joseph Gurney Cannon

President Roosevelt is concerned about what he is reading in the papers about cutting funding for the United States Navy, which he believes is a bad idea. Roosevelt does not believe he is an “alarmist, or an imperialist, or an amateur war lord” when he tells Speaker of the House Cannon he believes cutting funding for the Navy would be worse than any other cut in funding the government could make. Roosevelt wants to build up the Navy, not for the sake of building it up, but for the sake of letting other nations know the United States is able to back up its policy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-27

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Memorandum from the State Department to George von Lengerke Meyer.

Memorandum from the State Department to George von Lengerke Meyer.

The memorandum directs George von Lengerke Meyer to call on Czar Nicholas II to say that under the personal direction of President Roosevelt he urges Nicholas II to speak with representatives of Japan to end the Russo-Japanese War. It states that Roosevelt and all of Russia’s friends believe continuing the war is only detrimental to Russia’s holdings in East Asia. Roosevelt also believes that it would be best for Russia and Japan to negotiate directly without the interference of outside powers. Roosevelt suggests a meeting location somewhere between Harbin and Mukden. A handwritten note at the end of the memorandum states that a German note to the Czar suggested that Roosevelt was the man that could bring Japan to a reasonable proposal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-06-05

Creator(s)

United States. Department of State

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Amasa Pierce Thornton

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Amasa Pierce Thornton

Theodore Roosevelt refutes Amasa Pierce Thornton’s statement that Roosevelt’s platform is “abandoning civilization” by explaining that all of his proposals for judicial review were made in favor of obtaining justice for the “plain people” of the United States. He writes that he would have gladly supported someone else who made a similar, practical proposal that would allow the people to review the decisions of the New York Court of Appeals regarding the Workman’s Compensation Act, the Bake Shop Case, the prevention of child labor or over-working of women, and the elimination of the sweatshop. Roosevelt ends his argument by stating that the U.S. is the only civilized country in the world where courts are able to review acts passed by the legislature and that Thornton should call Canada and countries in Europe and the Pacific uncivilized if he really believes Roosevelt is in the wrong.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919