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Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary showed Roosevelt the letter and bill from A. Fauconnet. Roosevelt does not recall purchasing ammunition from Bremen, Germany, and asks if Jacob Friedenberg can provide more information.
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1911-01-13
Theodore Roosevelt criticizes E. A. Belcher for publishing comments that Roosevelt considered to be confidential. The confidential comments were about the “Japanese matter.”
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1915-04-10
Theodore Roosevelt asks Ambassador Gama to forward the enclosed copies of the Geographical Journal to Secretary Muller and Colonel Rondon.
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1915-02-22
Theodore Roosevelt would normally send a card on Mary Phillips Riis’s behalf to Hector Munro Ferguson or Bishop of London Arthur F. Winnington Ingram, but both are busy with the troops. Roosevelt asks that when Riis visits she tell him in advance so he can be sure to see her. He has not heard of the man she mentions, thinks the incident with silk petticoats she mentions is “very pathetic,” and wishes there were something more practical he could do about unemployment.
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1915-01-22
President Roosevelt questions Assistant Secretary of the Navy Newberry about the statement concerning delegates interfering with activities at a conference in London. Roosevelt does not recall anything about it.
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1909-01-24
President Roosevelt thanks Lewis Harcourt for the invitation, and tentatively accepts. He requests, however, that he and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt be able to defer giving a definite answer until they are in London in the spring of 1910. Roosevelt is unsure how long they will be able to stay in England. Harcourt’s offer is very attractive to and Roosevelt believes they will be able to accept.
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1908-12-30
President Roosevelt has received Hermann Woolley’s letter asking him to speak to the Alpine Club, but does not wish to make any firm plans until he is in London. Roosevelt would particularly like to meet the members of the Alpine Club and the Royal Geographical Society, but he is not sure if he will be able to address the club. If he is able to, Roosevelt believes it would have to be an informal talk, although even this he is not able to commit to at present.
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1908-12-21
President Roosevelt congratulates James E. Sullivan on the performance of the American Olympic team in London.
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1908-07-27
President Roosevelt tells John R. Carter that William Lyon Mackenzie King will be visiting London soon on behalf of the Canadian government to discuss Japanese immigration to the U.S. and Canada, and instructs him to show whatever official courtesies he can.
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1908-02-02
If Secretary of War William H. Taft returns to the United States via Europe he will need to stop at the Isle of Wight to meet with German Emperor William II in addition to his already planned stops in St. Petersburg, Berlin, Paris, and London.
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1907-11-07
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador Reid for the newspaper clippings, and thinks Secretary of War William H. Taft has done well. Roosevelt tells Reid about his bear hunt, and says he is surprised that his speeches were covered by the British press.
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1907-10-23
President Roosevelt thanks Consul General Wynne for sending the interesting editorial. Roosevelt is pleased that the editorial mentions the purging of the postal service, in which Wynne played a key role.
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1907-10-23
President Roosevelt wants Secretary of State Root to inform the British Embassy of the poor journalistic practices of Maurice A. Low, who represents “the very worst type of the yellow journalism.” Roosevelt would like to know whether David Jayne Hill can be appointed delegate to the upcoming Hague Convention.
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1907-02-09
President Roosevelt notifies Ambassador Reid that Harriet Amelia Shonts, wife of Theodore P. Shonts, and their two daughters, Mary Theodora Shonts and Marguerite Amelia Shonts, will be in London soon. He asks if Reid would be able to help them be presented at court, as “Shonts is a man who would be entitled to this.”
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1906-04-07
President Roosevelt asks Ambassador Choate to contact Whitelaw Reid once John La Farge gets him the information.
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1905-01-21
President Roosevelt addresses Maria Longworth Storer’s requests. He intends to reappoint her husband, Bellamy Storer, as Ambassador to Vienna. There is no guarantee of a future transfer, and he may later appoint Charles S. Francis to the position. Regarding her plea to send Joseph Grew as the third secretary to Vienna, Roosevelt does not know him. He reminds Storer that individual appointments are not personal favors but reflections of his duty to the public and are based on qualification.
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1905-01-09
William Loeb informs Secretary of State Hay that President Roosevelt has asked Hay to send the enclosed letter to the American embassy in London, England, with directions to deliver the letter to Cecil Spring Rice personally.
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1904-12-28
President Roosevelt promises Rachel Sherman Thorndike he will consider Alexander M. Thackara for promotion, but cannot promise anything. If the president can give him a promotion without injustice to any others, he is happy to do it.
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1904-11-19
President Roosevelt forwards a letter from the Consul General at London to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw. Roosevelt explains that there has been considerable backlash against the document and suggests it should be temporarily withdrawn.
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1904-04-16
President Roosevelt would like Nelson O’Shaughnesay kept in mind as secretary of the embassy in London and asks if the third secretary intends to resign.
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1903-09-16