Forbes, W. Cameron (William Cameron), 1870-1959

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyman Abbott

President Roosevelt received Lyman Abbott’s letter about his interview with journalist Eleanor Franklin Egan. He has reviewed the articles in Egan’s collection and hopes they will be widely circulated as they provide a comprehensive account of the situation in the Philippines. He lists various articles and their titles and hopes they will “convert indifference to the Philippines into active interest.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-09-09

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frederick Courteney Selous

President Roosevelt encloses the revised lists of supplies for Frederick Courteney Selous. He discusses his reasoning behind the revisions and provides Selous with his travel itinerary. Gerrit Forbes recently visited Roosevelt and recounted his recent hunt in Africa. Roosevelt is reluctant to hire a white man for the trip but will do so if Selous suggests it.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-19

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Edward North Buxton

President Roosevelt tells Edward North Buxton that he has never used a peep sight for hunting, and describes the type of rifle sights he likes best, including a hand-drawn sketch. Roosevelt relays some details about the timing of travel for his upcoming African safari, saying he is pleased to be able to start the hard physical part of the trip by degrees at Alfred E. Pease’s ranch. The president hopes to stop over in England on the return trip to see Buxton, Frederick Courteney Selous, and other friends. Roosevelt has ordered the books Buxton recommended, and thanks him for sending an interesting extract from a report by J. H. Patterson.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-08-08

Letter from Fred W. Carpenter to William Loeb

On behalf of Secretary of War William H. Taft, Fred W. Carpenter thanks William Loeb for sending the letters from General Leonard Wood and W. Cameron Forbes, and returns the letters to Loeb.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-19

Letter from John Hay to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Hay sends President Roosevelt a letter from W. Cameron Forbes to Henry Lee Higginson. Hay wishes the letter could “be read by all the antis.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay

President Roosevelt finds W. Cameron Forbes’s letter interesting and speaks to Secretary of State Hay about the “anti-foreign spirit” in the Japanese army about which Roosevelt has heard. He is particularly concerned because it seems to be especially violent against Americans.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-12-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Knox C. Philander

Theodore Roosevelt introduces Knox C. Philander to Gerrit Forbes, cousin of W. Cameron Forbes, governor of the Philippines. Gerrit Forbes is planning to travel to Africa to conduct ethnological research, with letters of support from Harvard University and the Peabody Museum. Roosevelt hopes Philander can secure a letter from the State Department to help Forbes when he encounters French, Belgian, and English officials.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-09-29

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Belle Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt expresses his pleasure to Belle Roosevelt at hosting her and Kermit. He hopes that they have reached South America, as sea travel is dangerous because of the First World War. Roosevelt does not know what outcome will be reached but is increasingly impatient with the attitude toward the war of the United States government. He believes the Progressive Party to be at an end and his own chances in his libel suit to be small on account of the electoral victory of Republicans connected to the party machine. In addition to these opinions, Theodore Roosevelt sends Belle news of his other children.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-07

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Lauro Muller

Theodore Roosevelt introduces his nephew, Theodore Douglas Robinson, to Lauro Muller. Robinson will accompany W. Cameron Forbes to Brazil. Forbes was Governor-General of the Philippines under Roosevelt. Roosevelt cannot “vouch too heartily” for Forbes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914-11-04

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Evelyn Baring Cromer

President Roosevelt introduces Evelyn Baring, Earl of Cromer, to W. Cameron Forbes, a grandson of Ralph Waldo Emerson who is currently vice-governor of the Philippines. Roosevelt will be in England in May 1910 to deliver the Romanes Lecture at the University of Oxford, and hopes he will be able to see Baring then.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-11-23

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Harry Johnston

President Roosevelt invites Harry Johnston to dine with him on November 14, when four or five men who have hunted in Africa will also be dining with him. He hopes that W. Cameron Forbes, Vice-Governor of the Philippines and a grandson of Ralph Waldo Emerson, will also be there.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-10-25

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Christopher Minot Weld

President Roosevelt is not responsible for appointments in the Philippines and suggests Christopher Minot Weld contact Commissioner of Commerce and Police in the Philippines W. Cameron Forbes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-09-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alexander Patrick Doyle

President Roosevelt sends Alexander Patrick Doyle the text of a telegram from Governor-General Henry C. Ide related to Archbishop J. J. Harty which addresses a situation that Governor-General James Francis Smith was unable to answer relating to statements made by H. Lawrence Noble.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-16

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Lee Higginson

President Roosevelt invites Colonel Higginson to lunch or dinner when he is next in town. He suggests that W. Cameron Forbes’s letter would be valuable if published and asks Higginson to look into making it public.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-12

Letter from Fitzhugh Lee to Theodore Roosevelt

Fitzhugh Lee received Theodore Roosevelt’s letter when he was thinking of how much he missed him, especially as it was Roosevelt’s birthday. He discusses the “bad luck about the Constabulary business” in Manila, Philippines. The “hum-drum” of garrison life is tiring, and Lee wants to get his troops out. He appreciates Roosevelt wanting him in the next “outfit” he organizes and hopes it will happen. Several French regiments have outstanding offers for him to join in case of conflict with Germany. Lee wishes Roosevelt could visit Manila to see the infrastructural improvements. The country is unsettled as the people think a Democratic president would grant self-rule.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-10-27

Letter from William Dinwiddie to Theodore Roosevelt

William Dinwiddie asks Theodore Roosevelt to look over an open letter by Dean C. Worcester, Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands, which speaks out against “the men who have caused the United States Government thousands of dollars of expense in investigating a mass of allegations, misstatements and deliberate falsehoods, as to the situation in the Philippines.” Dinwiddie provides his impressions of the letter and more broadly of the Philippines, concluding that the islands are sparsely populated with a great deal of land that is ripe for cultivation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-15

Telegram from Henry C. Ide to William H. Taft

U.S. Governor-General of the Philippines Ide writes to Secretary of War Taft regarding a religious case that involves the Philippine Commissioner of Commerce and Police Forbes, the Archbishop of Manila Harty, and Noble. Ide mentions that Noble faced charges and had to make a testimony due to his alleged actions against the Church. Harty, Noble, and others were questioned about the situation by Forbes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-13

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Henry Cabot Lodge

President Roosevelt has decided to appoint W. Cameron Forbes to the Philippine Commission. Roosevelt will gladly stay with Senator Lodge in Nahant, Massachusetts, on Monday. Roosevelt has also recently concluded a somewhat trying camping trip with his children that included 16 miles of rowing. Roosevelt received a nice letter from Senator George Frisbie Hoar, and shall announce Oliver Wendell Holmes’s appointment to the United States Supreme Court today.

Collection

Massachusetts Historical Society

Creation Date

1902-08-11

Telegram from William H. Taft to Luke E. Wright

Secretary of War Taft discusses President Roosevelt’s appointment of William C. Forbes as commissioner of commerce and police in the Philippine government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-24

Letter from William H. Taft to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of War Taft encloses a letter from William C. Forbes, investment banker and diplomat, for President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-02-15