Letter from Frank P. Sargent to Ralph Izard
Frank P. Sargent sends a list of charges that are to be brought against Inspector Ralph Izard.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-15
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Emigration and immigration
Letter from Leslie M. Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw sends a copy of the formal charges that will be brought against Ralph Izard, Chinese Inspector of Brooklyn, New York.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1903-01-15
Memorandum of facts: Chinese Inspector Izard & Jenkins
Inspector Ralph Izard attempted to pay U.S. Marshal William Henkel $500 to arrest 27 Chinese immigrants without a warrant. Izard attempted to deceive the U.S. District Attorney on the same count. Izard and Inspector Jenkins swore false warrants under the name John Doe. Jenkins and Chinese interpreter Moy Gop Jung admitted that no investigation had been done to secure the warrants and that all statements made were untrue. Izard and Jenkins have caused great expense to the U.S. government because of their actions. Izard has been falsifying travel expense accounts, stating he has been in various places, when in fact he was in Boston.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-20
Summary of letter from Emory C. White
Emory C. White has returned from South America and provides his observations on the German community. Germans are heavily involved in commerce and have influential communities in Chile and Argentina. The Germans are opposed to the United States and remain loyal to Germany.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-12-16
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Lodge would like President Roosevelt to urge the passage of an immigration bill in an upcoming speech. On the eve of the election, Lodge expects the Republicans to win twelve congressional seats and the governorship in Massachusetts.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-11-03
Letter from Joseph Bucklin Bishop to Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph Bucklin Bishop commends a speech President Roosevelt gave at Harvard and condemns the “professional swindler of immigrants.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-06-27
Letter from Marcus Alonzo Hanna to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Hanna wishes the position of supervising inspector of alien-contract labor be revived at Ellis Island and recommends Charles H. Litchman for the position. Hanna argues that Litchman knows a great deal about the immigration and alien-labor contract problem.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-03
Letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Lodge returns a letter from John Elliott regarding Gallego immigration to an island (Cuba). Lodge believes their immigration would be valuable to the island. He also discusses some of the troubles that he is having getting the Philippine bill through. Lodge wants permission to use Elliott’s letter in debate on the Senate floor.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-05-03
Letter from Thomas Roberts Slicer to Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Roberts Slicer is making the case that Edward F. McSweeney has performed admirably at his position in the United States Industrial Commission and quotes a letter from Albert Clarke to do so. McSweeney has other supporters including Jacob Riis and Arthur Von Briesen. Slicer thinks that McSweeney should resign, but only after he has had the opportunity to answer the charges against him as an civil servant should.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-11
Letter from Max Lowy to Theodore Roosevelt
Max Lowy is pleased with the removal of Terence Vincent Powderly, the former Commissioner General of Immigration. Lowy recounts a negative experience with the Bureau of Immigration in 1897, when 47 of his employees were deported and he was swindled by George O. Glavis out of $5,150.00 in fees.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-04-04
Letter from James R. Sheffield to Theodore Roosevelt
James R. Sheffield recommends Edward H. Van Ingen for appointment as Immigration Commissioner for the Port of New York.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-03-13
Letter from Frederick William Holls to Theodore Roosevelt
Frederick William Holls was informed by George B. Cortelyou that Mr. Perry would not accept the position of Commissioner of Emigration. He suggests that President Roosevelt consider William A. Duer for the position.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1902-01-30
Letter from Henry C. Dickey to Theodore Roosevelt
Henry C. Dickey provides a statement regarding the actions of Marshal Myron H. McCord of Arizona Territory in connection with Chinese smuggling cases in Tucson. McCord at first refused to help, but then seemed eager to cooperate later that year. Ben Daniels was not connected to the case.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-12-09
Letter from Terence Vincent Powderly to George B. Cortelyou
Special Immigrant Inspector Robert Watchorn has investigated “the matter at Buffalo” and the report will be complete soon. The report will show that John R. De Barry has “stirred up all this commotion himself” and Commissioner General Powderly recommends De Barry’s removal from office. The investigation at Ellis Island has shown poor management by Assistant Commissioner Edward F. McSweeney with immigrants being “ill-fed, ill-treated, and robbed.” McSweeney has been protected by the civil service and influential friends. Powderly hopes that President Roosevelt will reserve judgment about McSweeney until the report has been completed.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-12-10
Note from Terence Vincent Powderly
Terence Vincent Powderly has lodged a protest but there may be an effort to follow through on the plan. He does not believe a “babel of religions as well as tongues” should be located at a government station for immigrants.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-27
Letter from Albert Whyte
Albert Whyte reports on the state of affairs in Hawaii. He says that the greed of sugar plantation owners has led Hawaii to be “overrun by the scum of creation.” Members of the Planters’ Association lament the lack of desirable labor, but Whyte believes they have not sincerely tried because they cannot get “white labor” as cheaply as workers of other ethnicities. He reports that the labor conditions on the plantations are practically like slavery and extremely degrading.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-11-18
Letter from Terence Vincent Powderly to John Coleman
Commissioner General Powderly defends the transfer of John R. DeBarry to Malone, New York.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-12
Memorandum of information for the Secretary of the Navy
Captain Sigsbee presents two translations of German newspaper articles received from consular agents in Germany. The first article discusses Germany’s intent to promote immigration to South America and focuses on available economic opportunities for the German people. It claims that the United States ignored the Monroe doctrine by annexing Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines. The second article states Germany should not try to establish itself in South America as it would not be able to maintain long term control.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-25
Letter from Frederick William Holls to Theodore Roosevelt
Frederick William Holls defends Consul Diederich, the American consul in Bremen, Germany, against the recent effort to have him dismissed. Holls suggests that the a new commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island should be fit to be a federal judge and a “native born American of eminence.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-24
Letter from Albert Griffin to Theodore Roosevelt
Albert Griffin argues that Cuba is important to American interests and must be “Americanized” and kept under the influence of the United States. He believes the Americanization can be achieved through immigration to Cuba.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1901-10-17