Egypt--Cairo

Letter from Emily Tyler Carow to Theodore Roosevelt

Emily Tyler Carow describes her experiences in Egypt, including her concern about an “undercurrent of hostility” that seems to be present in the Egyptian Arab people. Carow tells Roosevelt about her conversations with Lord Evelyn Baring Cromer and his dinner guests, which have been about topics such as the British occupation of Egypt, the American occupation of Cuba and the insular possession of the Philippines, whether Roosevelt will run for president again, and the natural beauty of the desert.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-01

Letter from Thomas Collier Platt to Theodore Roosevelt

Thomas Collier Platt informs President Roosevelt that one of his cases regards Arthur E. Valois. Valois is asking for an appointment on the International Court at Cairo or as Consul General at Cairo.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-18

Letter from Arthur E. Valois to Theodore Roosevelt

Arthur E. Valois applies to be named Consul General of the United States at Cairo, Egypt, and refers to testimonials provided in a previous application to the Department of State.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-16

When the president does the pike

President Roosevelt wears a “I have done the pike” button and holds an “address to the nations of the Earth,” which he addresses to a number of people from Paris and Cairo to Japan and India.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-26

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt is willing to appoint Jay to the First Secretaryship. In light of what Assistant Secretary of State Loomis says, Smith should not be sent to Cairo but Roosevelt approves of sending Spencer Eddy or John Riddle.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-09-02

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to T. S. Wynkoop

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Reverend T. S. Wynkoop, Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, in Allahabad, India, for sending an editorial. Roosevelt felt he rendered “a real service to civilization” when he spoke in Cairo.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. H. Patterson

President Roosevelt tells J. H. Patterson that he will likely be able to make the hunting trip in Africa. He describes the guns he hopes to bring, outlines tentative travel plans, and discusses the game he would like to shoot. He asks Patterson to advise him “in rough fashion” about his plan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to F. R. Wingate

President Roosevelt asks F. R. Wingate several questions regarding his upcoming African safari, including where to find the best game, the best way to travel up the Nile, and when the best time would be to start writing to make arrangements for hunters, equipment shipments, and so on. Roosevelt emphasizes that he expects no special favors or treatment and that he is “no game butcher.” He intends to get hunting trophies for the National Museum of Natural History and perhaps a bull elephant of his own if “entirely proper.” Roosevelt is eager to see how the British are governing Egypt and East Africa, having recently read Modern Egypt by Evelyn Baring Cromer, and sympathises with the difficulty of colonial rule.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lewis Morris Iddings

President Roosevelt informs Lewis Morris Iddings, United States Consul General in Egypt, that he will likely be in Cairo a year from next March, and asks Iddings to pass along his thanks to ʻAbbās II, Khedive of Egypt. Roosevelt would appreciate the opportunity to hunt some game in the Upper Nile region, but will only shoot two specimens of each type, as he will be traveling primarily as a naturalist collecting material for the National Museum.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to J. H. Patterson

President Roosevelt tells J. H. Patterson that he will likely be able to make the hunting trip in Africa. He describes the guns he hopes to bring, outlines his tentative travel plans, and discusses the game he would like to shoot. He asks Patterson to advise him “in rough fashion” about his plan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-11

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Kermit Roosevelt

President Roosevelt updates Kermit Roosevelt on the plans for an upcoming trip to Africa. He believes if it happens, Kermit will be able to complete his freshman year at Harvard before they go. He encloses material from Edward North Buxton and promises his son that whenever he goes to Africa, he will take him with him.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Nicholas Murray Butler

President Roosevelt has appointed Lewis Morris Iddings to the diplomatic posting in Cairo.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-04-01

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Endicott Peabody

President Roosevelt explains he is trying to get a legation for Romania and Serbia established. If he is successful, the post will go to Consul General at Cairo, Egypt, John Wallace Riddle. Roosevelt tells Endicott Peabody he might be able to make Thomas Ewing Moore Secretary of Legation under Riddle, but he is not sure.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-27

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Wallace Riddle

President Roosevelt is concerned that Consul Riddle is not content with his appointment in Cairo, Egypt. He considers Riddle to be the “right type of public servant” and requests to know his wishes.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-28

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Simon Wolf

President Roosevelt thanks Simon Wolf for the speech and is sorry that he has already appointed someone for Cairo.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-08-08

Letter from Annie Lowe Hall to Theodore Roosevelt

Annie Lowe Hall, who traveled in Cairo, Egypt, with Theodore Roosevelt last year, sends him reminiscences of their time there together. She praises Roosevelt and was happy to listen to him speak at the Ladies’ Literary Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-11

Letter from Julius Chambers to Theodore Roosevelt

Julius Chambers sends a clipping of his predictions regarding Theodore Roosevelt’s trip from Lake Victoria to Cairo, in case Roosevelt wants it for a scrapbook.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-02-01

Letter from E. E. Hixson to Theodore Roosevelt

E. E. Hixson has some engraved calling cards for Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He asks Frank Harper if he can meet deliver them to the Roosevelts in Cairo, Egypt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1910-02-28

Letter from Lewis Morris Iddings to Theodore Roosevelt

Consul General Iddings is sending President Roosevelt two pairs of mosquito boots via London. Iddings instructs Roosevelt on how to use the boots, and emphasizes their importance in preventing mosquito bites at night. When Roosevelt is out hunting, his normal pants and boots should prevent mosquito bites well enough. If the boots do not fit, Roosevelt can send them back so they can be altered before he arrives. Iddings also forwards Roosevelt a letter from Sir Lee Stack, the chief Sudan official who is in Cairo, and who has been assisting Iddings. Iddings was pleased to hear of the Republican victory in the presidential election, and congratulates Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-12-05

Letter from Lewis Morris Iddings to Theodore Roosevelt

Lewis Morris Iddings, diplomat in Egypt, suggests that if President Roosevelt enters the continent by the Suez Canal there will likely be time for a trip to the pyramids and the sphinx, which would be a nice visit for Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-14