Your TR Source

England--Liverpool

Search by Date Range

Clear Filters

24 Results

Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from James Sullivan Clarkson to Theodore Roosevelt

James Sullivan Clarkson writes to President Roosevelt on behalf of a Corporal Tanner, who seeks placement in Liverpool, England in lieu of Canadian placements in Quebec, Halifax, or Nova Scotia. Clarkson quotes Tanner’s plea to serve in England over the Consul at Liverpool. Tanner asserts that since he is a paraplegic, he would be of more use in Liverpool, while Canadian James Boyle is more suited to placements in Canada.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-24

Report from Herbert H. D. Peirce to John Hay

Report from Herbert H. D. Peirce to John Hay

Herbert H. D. Peirce reports on specific conditions of United States consulates in England, France, Holland, and Germany. Peirce assesses the performance of the consuls general in these locations and suggests salary changes, reassignments, and suppression of ineffective consulates. Peirce focuses extensively on allegations of corruption and infidelity against Consul General Oliver J. D. Hughes of Coburg, Germany, and allegations of scandal surrounding Clergyman G. Monroe Royce and Consul General James H. Worman in Munich, Germany.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-17

Letter from Bellamy Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Bellamy Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Austria-Hungary Bellamy Storer informs President Roosevelt of a recent visit by King of the Belgians Léopold II. Storer discusses tensions in the Congo between the British and Belgian governments and European colonization in the Congo, referencing editorials in The Times, the Treaty of Berlin, the French explorer Pierre Savorgnon de Brazza, and rumors of Belgian atrocities in Congo, using Belgian explorer Henry M. Stanley as an exemplar.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-22

Letter from Elihu Root to Merritt O. Chance

Letter from Elihu Root to Merritt O. Chance

Secretary of War Root details his travel schedule from Liverpool, England, to Washington, D.C. He wants Collector Nevada N. Stranahan to have a clear understanding that they, and their baggage, should be allowed to enter the country without examination as diplomatic officers. Everyone is well and Root has been receiving the enclosures. They are still unsure how the boundary issue will turn out.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-05