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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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-01-13
President Roosevelt introduces Duncan Clinch Heyward, former Governor of South Carolina, who will travel to Europe to commence business with the North German Lloyd Steamship Company. Heyward hopes to establish steamship services between Bremen and Charleston and other European ports in order to increase immigration to the Southern states, which Roosevelt fully supports.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-29
This article is the platform adopted by the Republican Party of Michigan ahead of the Republican National Convention. The topics mentioned include foreign trade, monetary and fiscal policies, the state electoral process, and Theodore Roosevelt’s candidacy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-25
Text of German legislation related to the tonnage dues, tonnage taxes, and other tariffs at Hamburg and Bremen, Germany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901
Herbert H. D. Peirce reports on specific conditions of United States consulates in England, France, Holland, and Germany. Peirce assesses the performance of the consuls general in these locations and suggests salary changes, reassignments, and suppression of ineffective consulates. Peirce focuses extensively on allegations of corruption and infidelity against Consul General Oliver J. D. Hughes of Coburg, Germany, and allegations of scandal surrounding Clergyman G. Monroe Royce and Consul General James H. Worman in Munich, Germany.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-17
Frederick William Holls defends Consul Diederich, the American consul in Bremen, Germany, against the recent effort to have him dismissed. Holls suggests that the a new commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island should be fit to be a federal judge and a “native born American of eminence.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-10-24