Francis, Charles S. (Charles Spencer), 1853-1911

Letter from Felix Kraemer to William Loeb

Felix Kraemer has enclosed a letter of introduction from the Vienna Male Chorus Society, who will be performing at the White House on May 6. He requests that all the singers and their families could bypass quarantine restrictions since their transport from Hamburg, the Oceana, was personally chartered by the society and no one else travelled with them. Kraemer hopes William Loeb will “drop him a line” about when he can receive him.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-03-31

Creator(s)

Kraemer, Felix

Letter from Elihu Root to Theodore Roosevelt

Secretary of State Root sends President Roosevelt a copy of a dispatch from Ambassador Charles S. Francis reporting an interview that Baron Hengelmüller von Hengervár did with the Neue Freie Presse in Vienna.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-01-03

Creator(s)

Root, Elihu, 1845-1937

Statement about Japanese-U.S. relations

A statement regarding Japanese-U.S. relations based on an interview with Ambassador Charles S. Francis by an editor of the Vienna newspaper, Neue Freie Presse. Francis does not believe that the barring of Japanese children in San Francisco schools will have a negative impact on the friendly relationship between the United States and Japan.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-12-11

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Arthur von Briesen

President Roosevelt thanks Arthur von Briesen for sending him a “very interesting little pamphlet,” which he will read carefully. In a postscript, Roosevelt includes an extract of a letter he received from Ambassador to Austria Charles S. Francis confirming how he will answer any inquiries regarding Briesen’s qualification to be the official counselor of the Hungarian Exposition of Agriculture in the United States, saying that “he is a personal friend of the President’s and that he stands high, both professionally and personally.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-08-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to John A. Sleicher

President Roosevelt hopes John A. Sleicher has a pleasant visit with former New York governor Frank Swett Black, and asks him to tell Black that he is pleased with Charles S. Francis’s performance as American Ambassador to Austria.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-17

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Albert Apponyi

President Roosevelt thanks Count Apponyi for the letter, and acted on his suggestion regarding the American ambassador right away. Roosevelt wishes to make it clear that the United States has “a hearty feeling of friendship for the Hungarians, just as much as we have for the Austrians,” and asks for any other suggestions that Apponyi may have in relation to the matter. Roosevelt thinks that events favor Hungary and the Magyar people, even though the progress may not be as quick as Apponyi wishes.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-07-10

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alice Roosevelt Longworth

President Roosevelt writes to his recently-married daughter Alice Longworth advising her that if she and her husband Congressman Nicholas Longworth plan to stop at Vienna, Austria, they should also stop in Budapest, Hungary, so that it does not appear they are showing preference to one side of the dual monarchy. Roosevelt also advises her to visit Cincinnatti when she returns, because it is important for the people of the city to feel that she takes an interest in her husband’s hometown. Roosevelt is glad to hear that the Longworth’s have been having a good time on their trip so far in London, and briefly shares his amusement at the distress Alice’s visit has caused to some people who had married titled Europeans who were not invited to their gatherings. Life at Sagamore Hill is going well.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-06-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Root that on March 19 he will send the Senate Charles S. Francis’s nomination for Ambassador to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and recall Bellamy Storer. Storer has not responded to Roosevelt’s three most recent communications, despite the fact that Roosevelt knows that he received them.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-15

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Thomas Collier Platt

President Roosevelt informs Senator Platt that on Monday he will nominate Charles S. Francis for ambassador to Austria-Hungary. He asks Platt not to mention this in the meantime.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Frank Swett Black

President Roosevelt informs Governor Black that Charles S. Francis is going to be nominated as Ambassador to Austria-Hungary on Monday morning. He does not want it to be made public until them. He asks if Black wants to notify Francis himself.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-03-16

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Elihu Root

President Roosevelt informs Secretary of State Root that Postmaster General George B. Cortelyou would like Louis A. Coolidge to be made comptroller of the currency. The current comptroller, William Barret Ridgely, would have to be put in the diplomatic service to free the space for Coolidge. The next two vacancies in the diplomatic service are spoken for, but Roosevelt would give Ridgely the third vacancy to open his place for Coolidge.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-01-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Maria Longworth Storer

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Bellamy Storer

President Roosevelt accepts Bellamy Storer’s resignation and plans to reappoint him as Ambassador to Vienna again, unless Secretary of State John Hay thinks it is better to simply not accept the resignation. He cannot guarantee a future transfer and may later appoint Charles S. Francis to the position.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1905-01-09

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Franz Schneiderhan and Emil Nüskyn to William Loeb

Franz Schneiderhan and Emil Nüskyn thank William Loeb for the opportunity to perform for President Roosevelt during the tour of the Wiener Männergesang-Verein through the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07-26

Creator(s)

Schneiderhan, Franz, 1863-1938; Nüskyn, Emil

Letter from Bellamy Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Bellamy Storer writes to President Roosevelt asking him to consider the facts, which Storer has enclosed as a statement of points, regarding his dismissal from diplomatic service. The dismissal was based on the grounds that both Storer’s conduct, in his capacity as an American ambassador, and his wife Maria Longworth Storer’s conduct in Rome, blurred the lines of public office and personal opinion regarding the promotion of Archbishop John Ireland to Cardinal. Storer defends his actions, including full and partial correspondence between those chiefly involved, to prove that he was acting in his public capacity at the request of President Roosevelt, which Roosevelt now denies. Storer is aggrieved that he was dismissed before his letter of resignation could have reached Washington since he was on leave in Egypt at the time he received Roosevelt’s request for his resignation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-11-18

Creator(s)

Storer, B. (Bellamy), 1847-1922

Letter from Whitelaw Reid to Theodore Roosevelt

Ambassador Reid sends President Roosevelt a clipping from the Spectator about the Algeciras Conference. Reid also discusses members of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1906-04-02

Creator(s)

Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912

Presidential snapshot (#14): Excerpt of a letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alice Roosevelt Longworth

President Roosevelt asks his daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth to stop in Hungary if she and her husband Nicholas Longworth visit Austria while they are traveling in Europe. Roosevelt also advises Longworth that she should visit Cincinnati in support of her husband who represents the city in the House of Representatives. Roosevelt also writes about the Longworths reception in London and about the state of the rest of the family.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

Creation Date

1906-06-24

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Der Glückwunsch des Präsidenten Roosevelt an den Kaiser Franz Josef

President Roosevelt congratulated Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph on his sixtieth anniversary of accession through a telegram delivered by American Ambassador Charles S. Francis in Hofburg, Austria.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-05-27

Creator(s)

Unknown

Letter from Bellamy Storer to Theodore Roosevelt

Bellamy Storer apologizes for his previous letter and provides background concerning the dismissal of Consul General Carlton Bailey Hurst at Vienna.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-01-16

Creator(s)

Storer, B. (Bellamy), 1847-1922

An honorable appointment

Newspaper article supporting the appointment of Charles S. Francis as ambassador to Austria-Hungary.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902

Creator(s)

Unknown