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Charles R. Watson sends Theodore Roosevelt a copy of the Foreign Missions handbook. It includes a photograph of Roosevelt and excerpts from his speech in Luxor, Egypt. Watson thanks Roosevelt for visiting the mission stations in Egypt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-07
Consul General to Egypt Jay updates Theodore Roosevelt on his plans. He expects to be in the United States until the end of December unless the Italians’ conduct in Tripoli, Libya, causes tumult in Egypt, necessitating his return. Jay gives the address where he and his wife, Susan Jay, are staying. He hopes to see Roosevelt and is glad that Edith Kermit Carow is better.
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1911-11-04
A. O. Lamplough invites Theodore Roosevelt and his friends to view the exhibit of his watercolor drawings of Egypt and Nubia.
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1911-11-03
D. E. Siramarc heard that Theodore Roosevelt met some Armenians in Egypt and strongly advised them to enter the Turkish army. As an Armenian, Siramarc believes the reports and wants to know if they are true. If so, he wants a copy of Roosevelt’s remarks.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-27
Joseph Mandulay asks Theodore Roosevelt for help in securing employment in America for his brother.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-08
N. L. Rockey writies to Theodore Roosevelt about his time in India, and encloses something that he believes no one else would send to him pertaining to the matter between Egypt and England. Rockey notes the tendency of the local population to self-identify as Hindus, Muslims etc. rather than Indian, and sees this as a contributor to the current political unrest in the region.
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1911-08-31
G. M. Chesney thanks T. S. Wynkoop for sending the letter from Theodore Roosevelt. He is using it for the Pioneer because Roosevelt’s “emphatic reaffirmations of his doctrine” regarding Egypt are of international concern. Chesney and his party arrived in Mussoorie, India, and he hopes Wynkoop does not plan to stay in the heat of Allahabad, India.
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1911-08-26
General Ian Hamilton has recently finished an inspection tour of Egypt and Sudan, and reports to Theodore Roosevelt about the continuing effect his speech has had there. Hamilton is about to begin an inspection tour of the West Indies, and while traveling hopes to be able to see the Panama Canal as a tourist. Hamilton asks if it would be possible for Roosevelt to write him a letter of introduction to someone knowledgeable about the area who would be able to give him good information about the canal. He will be briefly stopping in New York on the return trip to England, and hopes he will be lucky enough to see Roosevelt then.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-03-28
Charles R. Watson encloses a copy of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church of North America’s annual report. The Board took action to thank Theodore Roosevelt for his support of their missions in Sudan and Egypt, which he visited on his trip up the Nile.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-02-03
Charles R. Watson, writing on behalf of the Board of Foreign Relations of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, has learned that President Roosevelt is contemplating a trip to Africa after leaving the presidency, and invites him to visit any of the mission stations that the Presbyterian Church has established along the Nile River Valley. Watson believes Roosevelt’s visit to any of these stations would be a boon, and would allow him to see in person the sorts of missionary efforts he has previously praised. Accompanying the letter, Watson includes a list of various works that he is sending to Roosevelt under separate cover addressing the mission work in Egypt and the Sudan, a list of the various mission stations that have been established in the region, and a pair of maps illustrating their locations.
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1908-12-22
Ambassador Reid updates President Roosevelt on a number of personal, social, and official matters. In particular, Reid focuses on the fallout of a controversial interview given by Emperor William II of Germany to the British press. The interview has been suppressed in Germany and caused domestic issues for William, but may improve relations with the English. Reid discusses plans to reform the House of Lords, and a shooting outing he hosted where his son Ogden Mills Reid related stories about the presidential campaign in the United States. Reid also intends to give a dinner for Frantz Bille, the retiring Danish minister. Reid writes that everyone was on “pins and needles” waiting for information about foot and mouth disease.
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1908-11-24
F. R. Wingate discusses the arrangements he is making and is planning to make for President Roosevelt’s upcoming safari in Africa. Roosevelt will visit the Sudan in the later part of his trip, and Wingate says it would be helpful if Roosevelt could communicate with him during the first part of the trip so that he knows which arrangements to make. In particular, Wingate discusses Roosevelt’s chances of shooting elephants, buffalo, lions, and white rhinoceros in the Sudan.
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1908-11-05
British historian Frederic Harrison thanks President Roosevelt for sending a copy of his presidential addresses and messages and would like the other volumes. He is “deeply impressed with the statesmanlike judgment and the moral elevation which inspires… and unifies them.” No British statesman since Oliver Cromwell has zealously pressed for the nation’s moral improvement. Harrison has arranged for Roosevelt to receive a copy of his forthcoming volume.
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1908-09-08
Cecil Spring Rice informs Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt that his friend Edward Ashley Walrond Clarke, British Consul General to Zanzibar, has promised to look after President Roosevelt. He discusses the Turkish reform movement, its influences, and global impact. The British have appealed to William II, Emperor of Germany, to stop arming.
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1908-09-06
Lewis Morris Iddings, of the American Agency in Cairo, Egypt, informs William Loeb that he has sent a note to President Roosevelt asking if he can be of any service in Cairo if Roosevelt really plans to visit Africa after leaving office. Iddings would like to have an idea of Roosevelt’s plans so that he can give correct answers when he is asked whether Roosevelt will come to Egypt. People in Egypt are very excited by the possibility of a visit from Roosevelt.
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1908-06-29
Caspar Whitney describes his travel plans across the Sahara Desert and into Sudan for the coming winter. He has to take a roundabout way to get to his destination, the Baḥr al Ghazāl region of Sudan, because the English will not allow him to travel through their territory in Egypt, as they do not want to be responsible for him. The solution, according to Whitney’s friend Vance Thompson, is to travel with French military caravans. Whitney asks Roosevelt to give him a letter, such as Thompson suggests, to endorse his experience and fitness to the French government to allow him to travel with them.
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1907-11-06
Bellamy Storer writes to President Roosevelt asking him to consider the facts, which Storer has enclosed as a statement of points, regarding his dismissal from diplomatic service. The dismissal was based on the grounds that both Storer’s conduct, in his capacity as an American ambassador, and his wife Maria Longworth Storer’s conduct in Rome, blurred the lines of public office and personal opinion regarding the promotion of Archbishop John Ireland to Cardinal. Storer defends his actions, including full and partial correspondence between those chiefly involved, to prove that he was acting in his public capacity at the request of President Roosevelt, which Roosevelt now denies. Storer is aggrieved that he was dismissed before his letter of resignation could have reached Washington since he was on leave in Egypt at the time he received Roosevelt’s request for his resignation.
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1906-11-18
Ambassador Reid sends President Roosevelt clippings from British newspapers that he thinks will interest him, and he informs Roosevelt of the help he has recently given to Francis Cockrell’s son after he was involved in a car accident in Switzerland.
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1906-08-23
Ambassador Reid reports to President Roosevelt about affairs in Europe. Reid’s impression is that neither Great Britain nor Germany want tensions to escalate to a war, and he is still trying to get more details about their negotiations. Reid informs Roosevelt that the King seems to be in ill health. He is also worried that Roosevelt’s friend, Silas McBee, is stirring up trouble by seeming to interfere in debates about the Education Bill. Reid referred the Grocers’ Federation to Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Howard Metcalf so that they might receive more information about complying with America’s meat inspection laws, and he enclosed a copy of a speech he gave at Cambridge on the American Revolution. Reid concludes by saying that he hopes the British government will help the United States settle disputes with Canada.
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1906-08-16
German Ambassador Sternburg writes to President Roosevelt and promises that he will do everything he can to help with the request of Colonel Henry Lee Higginson. Sternburg praises Dr. Karl Muck, a German who has been named the new leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and says he will be able to do a great deal of good. In a postscript, Sternburg addresses rumors about Germany’s interest in Egypt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-05-27