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President Roosevelt tells Frances Theodora Parsons that he would be glad to see Mr. Eberhardt. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson has been visiting Roosevelt recently, and they have had a nice time.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-21
President Roosevelt tells Secretary of State Root that he would like Charles C. Eberhardt, the current vice-consul in Mexico City, to be promoted to a minor consulate if it is possible.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-15
President Roosevelt tells his sister Corinne Roosevelt Robinson that he will see if Charles C. Eberhardt can be promoted to a “small consulship.” It would be absurd to appoint him to the consul generalship. Roosevelt also expresses how much he enjoyed their time together during her last visit.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-16
Frances Theodora Parsons writes to President Roosevelt about the tremendous support her recently deceased husband Consul General James Russell Parsons received from Vice Consul Charles C. Eberhardt and the clerk Mr. Ker. She hopes Roosevelt can promote them to Consul and Vice Consul, respectively, believing that would have been her husband’s wish.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-08
Frances Theodora Parsons writes to President Roosevelt about the tremendous support her recently deceased husband Consul General James Russell Parsons received from Vice Consul Charles C. Eberhardt and the clerk Mr. Ker. She hopes Roosevelt can promote them to Consul and Vice Consul, respectively, believing that would have been her husband’s wish.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-08
President Roosevelt offered a job in Nogales, Mexico, to Charles C. Eberhart but he declined. Roosevelt told the State Department that Eberhart should be given the first available promotion for which he is suitable. Roosevelt learned the details of James Russell Parsons’s death and calls him a “quiet hero.”
1906-02-10
President Roosevelt will take up Mr. Ker’s case and see what can be done. A place was offered to Charles C. Eberhardt but it proved not to be a promotion. Roosevelt will bring up the matter with the State Department. Roosevelt recommends that Frances Theodora Parsons write directly to Secretary of State Elihu Root about Ker and Eberhardt.
1906-05-04
President Roosevelt agrees to meet with Charles C. Eberhardt. He has been enjoying a visit from his sister, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson.
1908-02-21