Estrada Cabrera, Manuel, 1857-1924

Telegram from Rudolph Forster to William Loeb

Assistant Secretary of State Forster forwards William Loeb a copy of a telegram the State Department just received from Philip Marshall Brown, Secretary of legation to Guatemala and Honduras. Brown, in turn, relates a telegram he has sent to William Lawrence Merry, American minister to Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, regarding a ceasefire and peace arrangements between Guatemala and El Salvador

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-17

Telegram from Rudolph Forster to William Loeb

Rudolph Forster forwards William Loeb the text of a telegram just received from Philip Marshall Brown, reporting on progress toward an armistice in the war in Central America. At the request of Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Brown has informed the Government of Honduras that Guatemala “will not force trouble if Honduras will not molest Guatemala.” Honduras may need direct encouragement from Washington to make peace.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-16

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to tell President Roosevelt that he sent the agreed message identically to the Central American presidents. He hopes to receive Roosevelt’s direction on replying to Ambassador to Great Britain Whitelaw Reid’s communication on fisheries.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

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1907-08-28

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb a letter from Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy regarding Mexico’s recognition and support of Honduras’s provisional government. Adee asks Loeb to tell President Roosevelt he spoke with Godoy and suggested sending a letter to the presidents of Central America so Roosevelt has a better perspective of the situation.

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1907-08-20

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edwin Emerson

President Roosevelt informs Edwin Emerson that Guatemalan president Manuel Estrada Cabrera never donated any money to his campaign and says he was assured of this fact by George B. Cortelyou and Cornelius Newton Bliss, the campaign treasurer.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-13

Letter from William Loeb to Robert Bacon

William Loeb sends Assistant Secretary of State Bacon President Theodore Roosevelt’s acknowledgement of the badge and spike that were sent to him by President Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala to commemorate the inauguration of the Interoceanic Railway of Guatemala, which Bacon should forward.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-03-07

Telegram from Theodore Roosevelt to Robert Bacon

President Roosevelt instructs Assistant Secretary of State Bacon on how to handle recent communications between several Central American nations. Bacon should speak to Mexican President Porfirio Díaz and Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera to present the message recently received from El Salvador, and encourage Estrada Cabrera to accept.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-14

Letter from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Adee confirms with William Loeb the Department of State’s telegram to President Roosevelt dated August 25 regarding revising the peace message to the Central American presidents.

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1907-08-29

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to William Loeb

Acting Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to inform President Roosevelt that President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz wants Roosevelt’s message to the Central American presidents sent immediately.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-28

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee sent President Roosevelt a translation of the reply from President Porfirio Díaz of Mexico. Due to a filing error, Adee suggests Roosevelt authorize him to dispatch Roosevelt’s message the following day.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-28

Letter from Porfirio Díaz to Theodore Roosevelt

President of Mexico Díaz received President Roosevelt’s draft telegram to the presidents of five American republics appealing they settle their differences through a conference. Finding no fault in it, Díaz will also send a similar telegram.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-08-27

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee revised the peace message to the Central American presidents based on the suggestions of President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Elihu Root.

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1907-08-25

Telegram from Alvey A. Adee to Theodore Roosevelt

Acting Secretary of State Adee received a message from Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy that President of Mexico Porfirio Porfirio Díaz is intervening to prevent war between Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua and asks the United States to join. Adee includes a draft of a telegram Diaz and President Roosevelt could send to the presidents of the five Central American republics, including Honduras and Costa Rica.

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Creation Date

1907-08-23

Letter from David E. Thompson to Theodore Roosevelt

David E. Thompson, United States Ambassador to Mexico, writes to President Roosevelt about his suspicions that Edward Henry Harriman was involved in the Guatemalan revolution of the previous year. Two days before, Thompson met with exiled Guatemalan General Manuel L. Barillas who implicated Harriman in the revolution. The following day, Barillas was assassinated. President Porfirio Díaz of Mexico has told Thompson in confidence that he is certain Barillas was assassinated on orders from Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera.

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Creation Date

1907-04-08

Telegram from Fenton Reuben McCreery to Elihu Root

American Minister to the Dominican Republic McCreery informs Secretary of State Root that Mexican President Porfirio Díaz has called on the presidents of Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica to act in accordance with the United States and Mexico on the matter.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-02-12

Letter from Robert Bacon to Theodore Roosevelt

Robert Bacon encloses a copy of a dispatch from President Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala, detailing his reply to a message expressing congratulations.

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Creation Date

1906-09-06

Letter from Philip Brown to Elihu Root

Philip Brown expresses gratification on behalf of President Roosevelt for the congratulatory telegram from President Estrada Cabrera. Brown also sends appreciation, on behalf of Roosevelt, for the great and friendly services of Estrada Cabrera.

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Creation Date

1906-08-09

Telegram from Leslie Combs to Elihu Root

Leslie Combs is leaving Guatemala today, where President Manuel Estrada Cabrera has announced a disbanding of the army.

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Creation Date

1906-08-01

Letter from Juan Barrios Morales to Leslie Combs

Don Juan Barrios Morales writes to Leslie Combs on behalf of Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera. Morales expresses gratitude for the aid of the United States in bringing peace to Guatemala and to the republics of El Salvador and Honduras. It is President Roosevelt’s “marked and able diplomacy” that has largely contributed to the “harmony and brotherhood of Central America.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-28

Telegram from Leslie Combs to Elihu Root

Ambassador Combs has been informed by the President of Guatemala that all prisoners of war not yet exchanged are being returned to El Salvador by ship. Combs also relates that the president is angry at insinuations that the prisoners have been mistreated.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-23