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Ambassador Griscom thanks President Roosevelt for appointing him Ambassador to Italy. Having just arrived, Griscom is thankful he and his wife are closely located to arts and humanities considering their more remote previous postings. Griscom would also appreciate if Roosevelt would inform him of any pertinent political information for his job.
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1907-01-27
Theodore Roosevelt would appreciate if Lloyd Carpenter Griscom could properly arrange a position for Louis Friedel, since Judge Joe Murray is anxious it should happen. He hopes the boy is better and that Griscom and his wife, Elizabeth Bronson Griscom, can visit sometime.
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1910-12-23
President Roosevelt tells Ambassador to Italy Griscom that his and Elizabeth Bronson Griscom’s son, Bronson W. Griscom, has a chance to become president. Although he was born in a foreign country, Griscom can become president because his father was serving the United States as a diplomat.
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1907-07-11
President Roosevelt congratulates Ambassador Griscom and his wife on the birth of their son.
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1907-06-03
President Roosevelt was impressed by the account of Lloyd Carpenter Griscom’s interview with King Victor Emmanuel III. He believes Edith Roosevelt will enjoy the account as well.
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1907-04-22
President Roosevelt appreciates Ambassador to Italy Lloyd Carpenter Griscom’s letter. Roosevelt was apprehensive when he learned that Archibald Cary Coolidge was giving a speech due to the sensitive nature of the topic. However, he believes that Coolidge will approach the speech with tact.
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1907-03-18
President Roosevelt is satisfied by the work of Ambassador Griscom, and glad that he and his wife Elizabeth Bronson Griscom are enjoying their time in Rome.
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1907-02-06
President Roosevelt thanks Ambassador to Brazil Griscom for the letter and its “vivid picture” of Secretary of State Elihu Root’s effect. (Likely referring to Root’s recent visit to South America.)
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1906-09-08
President Roosevelt’s daughter, Alice, cannot say enough about how kind Ambassador Griscom and his wife Elizabeth Bronson Griscom were during her trip abroad. Roosevelt is willing to think that it is okay for Japan to “take the foreign relations of Korea” in its hands but will wishes first it speak about it with Japanese Ambassador Kogoro Takahira tomorrow.
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1905-10-31
President Roosevelt asks Minister Griscom to take care of his daughter Alice Roosevelt during her visit to Tokyo, Japan, on her way to the Philippines. He waits for details on how the Japanese destroyed the Russian warships.
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1905-05-31
President Roosevelt requests Ambassador Griscom translate the enclosed letter into Japanese and send both to the given address. He comments that Griscom has “a most interesting post at present” in Japan.
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1905-01-16
Ambassador Griscom writes for the State Department’s records a short account of Secretary of State Root’s stay in Brazil. Griscom details those who took the voyage with Root, the dinners Root attended and gave, the dignitaries he met, and the cities he visited. Griscom will collect the speeches Root made during his Brazilian trip and transmit them to the department as soon as they are available.
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1906-08-31
Ambassador Griscom relays a message from Japan’s foreign minister to Acting Secretary of State Loomis regarding arrangements for a visit to Japan by Secretary of War William H. Taft and Alice Roosevelt.
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1905-07-12
Clement A. Griscom forwards a quote from his son Lloyd Carpenter Griscom expressing his enthusiasm on receiving the news of his future as First Assistant Secretary of State.
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1905-05-17
Ambassador Griscom has heard that Secretary of War Taft, Alice Roosevelt, and others will be making a visit to the Philippines in July, and hopes that they will also be able to come to Tokyo, Japan. He updates Taft on the Japanese position regarding the possibility of negotiating peace to end the Russo-Japanese War.
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1905-04-06
President Roosevelt’s cousin has lunched with Lloyd C. Griscom, U.S. Minister to Japan. He shares his observations concerning the Japanese military. Fortescue also comments on the possibility of William R. Hearst as Roosevelt’s opponent in the upcoming presidential race. He extends his respects to Edith Roosevelt, and he will try to get a Japanese Buta (pig) for Miss Roosevelt.
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1904-04-15
Lloyd Carpenter Griscom will be visiting President Roosevelt this morning and is anxious to introduce his wife, Elsa Bronson Griscom.
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1903-02-27