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President Roosevelt asks Minister Egan, if possible, to visit Vigo Peterson in the hospital in Copenhagen and convey his sympathies. Roosevelt is currently busy with the campaign, and he hears positive reports about Egan and his family.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-10-02
President Roosevelt does not need to see diplomat Thomas J. O’Brien ahead of his appointment as ambassador to Japan. Frederik VII, King of Denmark, speaks well of O’Brien.
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1907-08-19
Maurice Francis Egan sends President Roosevelt a book about the Icelandic-Celtic sagas and informs the president about giving Thomas J. O’Brien’s letter of recall to Danish King Frederick VIII on September 6, 1907. Egan recounts his visit to Frederik VIII and his wife, Queen Louise, mentioning his discussion with Louise about Christian Science and her opinion that Roosevelt was handling race relations and treatment of African Americans in a Christian way. Although Egan feels that Danish is difficult to learn, he believes he is getting along well.
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1907-09-12
Ambassador O’Brien writes to Secretary of State Hay regarding the unratified treaty selling the Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands) to the United States.
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1905-06-30
Theodore Roosevelt will show Minister Maurice Francis Egan’s letter to Hamilton Mabie, the author of an article in The Outlook. While he is not orthodox, Roosevelt tries to avoid the type of “intensely offensive spiritual pride” that conceits being heterodox. Roosevelt believes greatly in the doctrine of works and knows many men whose doctrinal beliefs are incompatible, yet they can work harmoniously. He strongly condemns religious men who disapprove of the search for scientific truth. Roosevelt found Egan’s conversation with Frederik VIII, King of Denmark, interesting.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-19
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1911-12-09
Egan, Maurice Francis, 1852-1924
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
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Danish Master of Ceremonies Engelbrecht tells Maurice Francis Egan, the United States Minister to Denmark, that the King and Queen of Denmark ordered him to send their “thanks for the sympathetic condolences” Egan sent on behalf of Theodore and Edith Roosevelt on the occasion of the death of Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg Glücksburg.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-17
Maurice Francis Egan notifies Theodore Roosevelt that he sent condolences to Frederick VII, King of Denmark and Queen Consort Louise of Sweden on the occasion of the death of Prince Johann of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg Glücksburg. Egan notes he lived close to Prince Johann prior to his death, and Egan said right before he left to return to the United States, Prince Johann asked him to send Roosevelt his regards. Egan states he wrote Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He touches on topics of the United States Navy and the movement of ships. The Russians, according to Egan are flattered that a fleet of ships went to Kronstadt, and he has a couple of friends close to Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. Egan mentions his pride that Andreas du Plessis de Richelieu is among his friends, and he had a dinner with him recently.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-15
Ambassador Egan informs Theodore Roosevelt that King of Denmark Frederik VIII and his wife, Queen Consort Louise, are absent. However, he can arrange an audience with Crown Prince Christian and his wife, Alexandrine. He provides information about traveling to Oslo, Norway.
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1910-03-30
Maurice Francis Egan, American minister to Denmark, relays a conversation with Prince Valdemar of Denmark. Prince Valdemar is distressed at the rule of the farmers in Denmark, which he has no control over as a prince. Prince Valdemar is convinced that President Roosevelt is “the one man” who understands moral and social problems and desires to talk to him.
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1909-01-21
Jacob A. Riis sends President Roosevelt an article about playgrounds in Washington. He also writes that a priest has been after him, and that he intends to take the matter to the archbishop. He then updates Roosevelt on his travel plans; he intends on “taking the heart care” in Neuheim, Germany, before going on to Denmark.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-20
Ambassador Reid sends an addition to “the bundle of gossip” he recently sent to Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, noting that this dispatch is a bit more serious and more likely to interest President Roosevelt with his description of a number of political events, in addition to more social fare.
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1907-08-01
Ambassador to Great Britain Reid has received photographs of President Roosevelt show jumping a horse, and will present them to King Edward VII when there are fewer dignitaries in town. Reid is amused by Roosevelt’s remark that he was not sure if his “encounter” with labor leaders and socialists was covered in the English papers – Reid describes the coverage as mostly in Roosevelt’s favor, adding his thoughts on the danger of anarchist ideas infiltrating labor movements in the United States and abroad. Reid discusses the similarity between the conflict between California and Japan and Newfoundland and the United States. Finally, Reid comments on the ongoing talks at the International Peace Conference at the Hague.
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1907-06-07
Alvey A. Adee encloses a letter from the Minister of Denmark, in which the king thanks President Roosevelt for his congratulations on the opening of the cable in Iceland.
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1906-09-04
Minister of Denmark Constantin Brun writes on behalf of Frederik VIII, King of Denmark, to the Acting Secretary of State to thank President Roosevelt for his congratulations on opening a telegraph cable to Iceland.
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1906-08-31
The Minister at Copenhagen reports that Frederik VIII, King of Denmark, thanks Roosevelt for his telegram of condolence upon the death of the late king, Christian IX. Frederick VIII also toasts Alice Roosevelt Longworth’s wedding.
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1906-03-07
Elisabeth D. Nielson Riis relays a conversation she had with Crown Prince Frederick about the royal family of Denmark. The Prince does not believe his sister, Dowager Empress of Russia, has any influence over the country, and Riis interprets these conversations to be matters the Prince wants relayed to Roosevelt.
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1905-02-19
A second portion of a movie showing TR’s return from his African hunting trip, highlighting his time in Great Britain, and finally his reception in New York City. There are views of: 1) the funeral cortege at Windsor on May 20, 1910; identified in the processional, left to right, walking in rows are: Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, King George V of England, and the Duke of Connaught; the Duke of Cornwall (later King Edward VIII) and Prince Albert (later King George VI); two rows of the King’s aides; King Alfonso XII of Spain, King George I of Greece, and King Haakon VII of Norway; King Manuel II of Portugal, King Frederik VIII of Denmark, and King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria; Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, King Albert I of Belgium, and Prince Yusuf Izzedin of Turkey; the Duke of Aosta, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch of Russia, and Prince Sadanaru Fushimi of Japan; the Crown Prince of Rumania (later King Carol II), the Duke of Sparta (later King Constantine I of Greece), and probably Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria; Crown Prince of Serbia (later Peter I), Duke Albrecht of Wurtemberg, and Prince Henry of the Netherlands; the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the Grand Duke of Hesse, and Prince Henry of Prussia; Crown Prince George of Saxony, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and Prince Charles (later King Gustav VI) of Sweden; probably the Prince of Waldeck, probably Prince Tsai-tao of China, and Prince Mohammed Ali of Egypt; Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Prince Arthur of Connaught, and Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein; Prince Alexander of Battenburg; Prince George of Cumberland, and the Duke of Fife; TR is visible at the end of the procession; 2) TR’s arrival in New York City, his greeting by Mayor William J. Gaynor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Henry Cabot Lodge, and William Loeb, his speech at the Battery, and the parade in his honor.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound
1910
Maurice Francis Egan, Minister to Denmark, thanks President Roosevelt for accepting the dedication of his book, The Wiles of Sexton Maginnis. Egan discusses how King Frederick VIII dislikes the condition of politics in Denmark and fears for its future. Egan pities him as a well-intentioned person “who finds that his constitutional limitations render him impotent.” Archbishop John Ireland has asked Egan to Rome, but Egan will try to meet him elsewhere.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-11